why we do not have women preachers why we do not have women preachers
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Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Some Churches Have Women Preachers
We Are Not Talking About:•Women teaching women•Women teaching children
We Are Talking About:Women publicly preachingto mixed (men & women)
audiences
It Is Not Because
• We don’t like women
• We think women cannot do as well as men
• We think women are inferior
• We think women don’t know the Bible
• We want to hold to old traditions
Women Are EqualWomen Are EqualTo MenTo Men
Gal 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In Leadership
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In
LeadershipA. Generally – 1 Cor. 11:1-3
1 Cor 11:1-31 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
God
Christ
Man
Women
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In
LeadershipA. Generally – 1 Cor. 11:1-3
B. In the Home – Eph. 5:22-24; 1 Pet. 3:1-7
• Husband is head of the wife• Wife is to submit to husband
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In
LeadershipA. Generally – 1 Cor. 11:1-3
B. In the Home – Eph. 5:22-24; 1 Pet. 3:1-7
C. In the Church - Men are to lead
• Elders are men (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Tit. 1:5-9)• Deacons are men (1 Tim. 3:8-13)• Preachers are men
Peter & apostles (Acts 2, 3) Paul (Acts 13, 17) Stephen (Acts 6) Philip (Acts 8)
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In Leadership
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
1 Tim. 2:11-14
11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.
12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
A. Context:
Roles of men & women
Men (v. 8)Pray Everywhere
Women (v. 9-14)Subjection
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
A. Context:
B. Restrictions: (v. 12)
Not To Teach
Not To Have Auth. } Over a man
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
A. Context:
B. Restrictions:
C. Reasons: (vv. 13-14)
1. Order of creation (Gen. 2:22-24)
2. Transgression (Gen. 3:1-6; 16)
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In Leadership
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
III. Women Are Not To Address The Assembly
III. Women Are Not To Address The
Assembly
1 Cor. 14:34-35
34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
III. Women Are Not To Address The
Assembly
A. Context: Church = Assembly (v. 23)
1 Cor 14:23
Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
III. Women Are Not To Address The
Assembly
A. Context: Church = Assembly (v. 23)
B. Silent: (v. 34)
• Must sing (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16)• Silent – i.e. submissive / not over man• Silent – not address the assembly
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
Why we do not haveWhy we do not havewomen preacherswomen preachers
I. God Placed Man (Not Woman) In Leadership
II. Women Are Not To Teach Over A Man
III. Women Are Not To Address The Assembly