New Library Rules May Keep Bible Out of Reach

DavidTagh »

Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:25 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

If it's that important to them let them, however lets keep the Bible within reach of everyone.

Baptist Body Rejects Fund over Woman Pastor

DavidTagh »

Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:40 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Believer, yes submission to corrupt, unjust, or oppressive authority is a hard thing to do. I believe that's why it's 'armor' of God we are told to put on and not the 'tee shirt' of God. God also gives us His Holy Spirit which has the gift of long suffering and peace among other things which makes it less difficult (sometimes even joyful) to endure the oppression.

Even submission to God given authority, such as what a wife is required to do to her husband, is not that easy in today's society where there is the concept of equality, interchangeability between the genders, and even female superiority (Jezebel), and I believe it's as hard for 'today's woman' to submit as for 'today's man' to have a woman truly submit to him. It is why we need to know the Word to know how God really designed us to work.

Baptist Body Rejects Fund over Woman Pastor

DavidTagh »

Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:23 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Since it was brought up, Re: female authority in secular situations, we are instructed to submit to authorities since God has allowed them (Rom 13:1, He 13:17, 1 Pet 2:13), but to trust in the Lord, not that authority (Ps 118:8 and many many others). In our submission to that authority we are not to fall victim to it but to stand firm stand firm in the armor of God (Eph 6), so we may stand.

Baptist Body Rejects Fund over Woman Pastor

DavidTagh »

Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:59 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

<<<We find in Scripture, Other Women who held the Title of Prophetess.

Miriam: Exodus 15:20.
Deberah: Judges 4:4.
huldah: 2-Chronicles 34:22.

There were the Four daughters of Philip the Evangelist. We are told that as God pours out His Spirit in the Last Days, " Your Son's and Daughter's shall Prophesy.

To Prophesy, Can mean to Preach. >>>

While this is true, it does not support the point that a woman would be placed in a position of authority over a man (1 Tim 2:12). Scripture can NOT be broken (John 10:35). There is no restriction against a woman prophet (though we are warned against the false prophetess Jezebel (Rev 2:20)). This does not put her in a position of authority, but a servant of the Lord, relaying a message. We (the body of believers aka the church) are instructed to test the spirits (1John 4:1) to see if what anyone (male or female) is saying if they are claiming the words are from God. Also remember that the man (not the woman) has the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 3:22), and it was not the man who was deceived, but the woman (1 Tim 2:14). Remember that woman was taken out of the man (Gen 2:23), they used to be a single physical person, God in His wisdom wanted to divide this single person into 2 physical persons with different characteristics. The physical relationship between man and woman should be a reflection of the relationship between Christ (the Bridegroom) and His Church (the bride). Women are instructed as part of there surrendering to Christ to submit to their Husbands (Eph 5:22), if they are not submitting of their own free will, they are not submitted to Christ. Likewise man is instructed to love their wives as Christ loves the church(Eph 5:25) - which means, just like Jesus does not demand we submit to him, husbands are not to demand submission from their wives, it must be a free will submission which is arrived on the Love they receive.

Also those are daughters, we can assume they are under the authority of their father (if not husband)