Can a Woman Preach If Elders Affirm It?

Ask Pastor John
Episode: 533

[chantallively]

"The Bibles not hard to understand. It's just hard to swallow" - Steve Lawson

[eddiesblacksmithingkjv]

Pastor John is so gracious. He took 10 minutes to say NO

[shebelieves]

I am saved. My husband, please pray 🙏 for his salvation, is not saved. It is my duty to preach to our children of the true God the Creator, and of Jesus Christ his Son our savior.. I try to hold Bible study nighty with the kids reading the Bible and saying prayers.

[michelleeriksen]

Despite the fact that I'm a woman, the Bible is clear that women should not preach over men. Logically, sure, it doesn't make sense to the world and even my mind that women cannot teach, but the Bible is the ultimate authority. Not mankind's own logic.

[missys.]

As a woman who seeks to be more like Christ I agree with all that was said in this episode. We recently moved from Arizona where we attended a Sothern Baptist church to Loughborough Leicestershire, England, which meant we had to find a new church to be members of. It was hard due to the fact that churches are allowing women to preach under the authority of the elders or they appoint a woman outright to be the lead elder or pastor/preacher of their churches. It is crazy to me because Gods word is so clear on this issue. Thank you for addressing this issue...problem that is rampant these days.

[kendraborczuch-kitts]

I love this because I love truth. Thankful for your obedience in keeping God’s word pure.

[steelmilkjug]

"The Devil deceived Adam and Eve to switch places"... The Spirit in my belly yelled "AMEN!!" When I heard that part :)

[claytonhall]

The woman can’t preach, but she can teach.Who can she teach?She can teach the young girls how to become women and carry themselves according to the word of God.

[dogpreacherhall]

This is an excellent & thorough (NOT exhaustive, but...thorough) answer to this issue. The problem with people deciding opposite of this is their approach to the issue & texts involved (include 1Cor. 14:34-40, & Titus 2:3-5) is to not handle these scriptures exegetically....but, eisegetically! The way that Pastor John went backwards to explain the situation works in these other passages as well. In the 1st Corinthians passage...Paul indicates in v.38 that if a man is determined to be ignorant...let him be so. WHY? In v.37, Paul had just said that if any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual...let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD ! NOW....verse 38 makes sense, because if they will still have contention concerning this matter...let them be ignorant...you can't reason with them on it, because they see themselves as more authoritative than the LORD. Likewise....in Titus...what/who/where & why.... were the AGED women encouraged to teach? V.3 "...teachers of good things; teaching YOUNG women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers of the home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed." Now, go back through that passage and see if you can answer the questions of WHAT was to be taught...to WHO...WHERE was it to be taught...and WHY were these things to be taught? These were teachings that were so that God's word would not be blasphemed.

[gabriellachieng]

So good! I've been trying to understand this Scripture for such a long time. Wow 🙆🏾‍♀️

[LivingBoldlyWithUyi]

Man thank you for clarifying this!!! I love this

[briangoodban]

Good discussion and approach to the text. I’d also add for clarity that the Bible must be treated as a whole and complete work that compliments and commentates on itself.

[femmcclure]

As a woman with a strong desire to spread the word when and where God leads me, this is a gorgeous explanation! I would also add that the culture of this time would find a woman in a church leadership role stepping not only into leadership but into a position of authority to which she was generally unaccustomed in that culture. Imagining the level of ego that could befall a person who had always held something more akin to a servant's role once thrust into authority, I can see how especially at that time such a thing would be dangerous not only to her own spirituality but to others'. Furthermore, how would others perceive anything she had to say, as she was acting in a manner so foreign to a women's situation in society? Fast forward to a modern, feminist age, women have all sorts of powers and authorities and so would be less likely than their biblical-era counterparts to become overwhelmed by their new position...HOWEVER, that does not excuse what Paul says nor what the Old Testament says about the roles of men and women, nor do those references completely deny our participation in spreading the word in our communities. What the pastor says in this video is 110% applicable and elegant and I am glad to have heard it.

[yvonnecrozier]

So true, we have such a high calling of ministry in our own roles. "Male and female He created them" it is like fine clockwork, perfectly orchestrated by our creator from the beginning.

[HeartChrist]

Scripture is the Authority, not the elders or any man in a position in the church.

[GregRickard]

No. Men don't have authority to override the bible.

[shauniejames]

Amen 🙏🙏🙏Thank you God for revealing all truth to me.. this was something that was on my mind.. God said no it’s No 😇

[wesleyonyango]

scriture is clear as the day . women shuold not preach but sit quietly this need no explanation you either take it or leaveit

[junimimi]

Dear pastor John, please can you tell me.. What about the deborah in the old testament where God raised her as one of the judges of israel....??

[fightthegoodfight]

I agree, everyone should know their role and play their part. we think we have the bible more figured out now then the early Christians did. We need to go back to the writings of the early Christians and their beliefs so we can learn with accuracy how we should conduct ourselves in the way they did.