2 Timothy 1:5
5For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
Showing posts with label teaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teaching. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Acts 18:26
Acts 18:26
26and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
This teaching was not done in the assembly. Apollos was "taken aside". This was within the context of a home or a personal setting. A woman in her personal dealings with men should speak truth into their lives. The gospel and sound doctrine should permeate their lives and affect others. Colossians 3:16 says, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." This is very different to what is talked about in 1 Timothy 2.
26and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
This teaching was not done in the assembly. Apollos was "taken aside". This was within the context of a home or a personal setting. A woman in her personal dealings with men should speak truth into their lives. The gospel and sound doctrine should permeate their lives and affect others. Colossians 3:16 says, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." This is very different to what is talked about in 1 Timothy 2.
Acts 18:26
Acts 18:26
26and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
26and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Acts 2:14
Acts 2:14
14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
In these verses, authority and teaching and individual proclamation is distinguished, however. Peter and the eleven took a stand. It is only men that took on the role of explaining this event and teaching and having authority, not the women. Only the men took up the mantel of public, non-corporate speaking.
There is clearly a place in scripture for women prophesying, although it does not cross the lines of teaching or having authority or the principles established in 1 Corinthians 14 or 1 Timothy 2.
Also in Acts 1, the replacement of Judas was only open to men.
14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
In these verses, authority and teaching and individual proclamation is distinguished, however. Peter and the eleven took a stand. It is only men that took on the role of explaining this event and teaching and having authority, not the women. Only the men took up the mantel of public, non-corporate speaking.
There is clearly a place in scripture for women prophesying, although it does not cross the lines of teaching or having authority or the principles established in 1 Corinthians 14 or 1 Timothy 2.
Also in Acts 1, the replacement of Judas was only open to men.
1 Corinthians 14:35, "If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home"
1 Corinthians 14:35
35If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home;
I believe this verse shows at least one purpose to this command. The command establishes the home as a place for learning and becoming established in the Word of God. If a woman asks her husband questions, then he must lead in order to answer the questions. The verse challenges the husband to lead the family in learning about the scripture. This hearkens back to
Deuteronomy 6:4-9:
4"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
I believe that it is the promise of God, that if women obey this verse, He will use their obedience to build their homes in strength and glory. And this obedient woman will be praised and honored and valued. Based on other scriptures (specifically Numbers 30) and the fact that this would probably be something that was already done and there would be know need for Paul to mention it, I also think that this verse would apply to daughters in asking fathers at home as well.
For women in the church who have neither a father or a husband, it is the responsibility of the church to provide a means of covering for them and a place for them to come to be able to ask questions. Each church may provide this as they see fit provided they remain within the boundaries of the scripture.
If a husband or father does not know the answer, they should go to the leadership and find the answer, not the woman.
One day when I was walking and praying. I wasn’t thinking about these verses, but I felt like God spoke this to me, that these verses were for the building up of the family. I don’t want to be quick to base my interpretation of these verses on that as good as it sounds. This is something that needs to be thoroughly tested before being accepted.
Why is Paul specifically talking about asking questions here? Is it to say that women not only are not allowed to make comments, but they are also not allowed to ask questions? How does this give us insight in to what Paul is saying?
I need to study this more.
35If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home;
I believe this verse shows at least one purpose to this command. The command establishes the home as a place for learning and becoming established in the Word of God. If a woman asks her husband questions, then he must lead in order to answer the questions. The verse challenges the husband to lead the family in learning about the scripture. This hearkens back to
Deuteronomy 6:4-9:
4"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
I believe that it is the promise of God, that if women obey this verse, He will use their obedience to build their homes in strength and glory. And this obedient woman will be praised and honored and valued. Based on other scriptures (specifically Numbers 30) and the fact that this would probably be something that was already done and there would be know need for Paul to mention it, I also think that this verse would apply to daughters in asking fathers at home as well.
For women in the church who have neither a father or a husband, it is the responsibility of the church to provide a means of covering for them and a place for them to come to be able to ask questions. Each church may provide this as they see fit provided they remain within the boundaries of the scripture.
If a husband or father does not know the answer, they should go to the leadership and find the answer, not the woman.
One day when I was walking and praying. I wasn’t thinking about these verses, but I felt like God spoke this to me, that these verses were for the building up of the family. I don’t want to be quick to base my interpretation of these verses on that as good as it sounds. This is something that needs to be thoroughly tested before being accepted.
Why is Paul specifically talking about asking questions here? Is it to say that women not only are not allowed to make comments, but they are also not allowed to ask questions? How does this give us insight in to what Paul is saying?
I need to study this more.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
1 Timothy 2:12, "to teach"
1 Timothy 2:12
12But I do not allow a woman to teach
The word to teach means, “1) to teach a) to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses b) to be a teacher c) to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher 2) to teach one a) to impart instruction b) instill doctrine into one c) the thing taught or enjoined d) to explain or expound a thing f) to teach one something”.
The term here is functional and not positional. If this were to be limited to Elder or a Preacher why does it not use those terms, the terms here are functional not positional, and therefore we must not be quick to make them mean positions, rather than actions.
Why does Paul say “I”, is this his personal opinion or God’s? Earlier Paul says as an apostle “I”. So is this a statement based on his authority as an apostle.
12But I do not allow a woman to teach
The word to teach means, “1) to teach a) to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses b) to be a teacher c) to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher 2) to teach one a) to impart instruction b) instill doctrine into one c) the thing taught or enjoined d) to explain or expound a thing f) to teach one something”.
The term here is functional and not positional. If this were to be limited to Elder or a Preacher why does it not use those terms, the terms here are functional not positional, and therefore we must not be quick to make them mean positions, rather than actions.
Why does Paul say “I”, is this his personal opinion or God’s? Earlier Paul says as an apostle “I”. So is this a statement based on his authority as an apostle.
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