{"id":2158,"date":"2021-09-01T02:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeewithpat.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2021-09-01T02:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T02:25:23","slug":"watch-out-for-those-women-preachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeewithpat.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out For Those Women Preachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watch Out For Those Women Preachers
Author: Pastor Ken Smith\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does The Bible Say About Women Preachers\/Evangelist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for me, Pat, I just laughed when a friend and I was discussing Women Preachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what does the Bible ready say on the subject? Right off the bat I thought,\u201dwhy am I as so many women still dealing with this in today\u2019s world?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have made a copy of post below for you each to read, study your Bible and let God show you. What better post to share, it was written by a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for me Pat, I was called at the age of 10 years old to evangelism. I never questioned the call on my life. I have been preaching ever since that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God calls us all to be His disciples and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I as many men and women will continue to shout to the world about the grace, mercy and salvation that Jesus Christ gave to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Nehemiah 8:10)
\u201cThe Joy Of The Lord, Is Your Strength.\u201d
(Proverbs 17:22)
\u201cA Merry Heart Does Good, Like Medicine, But A Broken Spirit Dries The Bones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Ministers
Written By: Pastor Keith A. Smith
Assemblies of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. There is not one Scripture in the Bible that forbids women
    from preaching, but on the contrary, there are many verses that encourage both men and women to preach the Gospel.<\/li>
  2. The Bible teaches that God is not a respecter of persons, and He will use any and all who will yield to Him, regardless of race, age, or sex.
    Galatians 3:28 \u2013 \u201c\u2026neither male nor female\u2026for ye are all one
    in Christ Jesus.\u201d
    Acts 10:34 \u2013 \u201c\u2026God is no respecter of persons\u2026.\u201d
    Moses said in Numbers 11:29, \u201cWould God that all the Lord\u2019s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put His spirit upon them!\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The crying need of the hour is for more laborers. It is a trick of the enemy to try to down rate thousands of our faithful laborers just because they were born females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The Great Commission, Mark 16:15, \u201cPreach the Gospel,\u201d is to ALL believers, and to all the church of Jesus Christ. The command to \u201cpreach the Gospel\u201d is to both male and female.<\/li>
    2. It is an undeniable fact that God has called and anointed thousands of women to preach the Gospel. The Full Gospel organizations have hundreds of licensed and ordained women who are preaching, teaching, evangelizing, pastoring, and doing mission work with the signs following their
      ministry. God is using them for the salvation of the lost, deliverance from sin, gifts of the Spirit, and infilling of the Holy Spirit.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The Bible says, \u201cTouch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.\u201d And may we be reminded of the Scripture in Acts 5:39, \u201cIf it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against
      God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      When someone says, \u201cGod does not call women to preach,\u201d it is like saying that God does not baptize with the Holy Spirit today. We know better, because we have witnessed and experienced it with our own ears and eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I would be afraid to condemn women preachers, lest I would be found to be fighting against God, and to be committing the vile sin of attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Women preachers are a fulfillment of Bible Prophecy and another sign of Christ\u2019s soon return to earth.
        Joel 2:28
        28 \u201cAnd afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. \u2013
        Acts 2:17-18
        17\u201d \u2018In the last days, God says,
        I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
        Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
        your young men will see visions,
        your old men will dream dreams.
        18Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.<\/li>
      2. The Bible declares that women will prophesy: 1 Cor. 11:5, \u201cFor every woman that prayed or prophesied\u2026.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Both the Hebrew (Nebrah), and Greek (Prophet) used for prophetess means (female preacher). (See Young\u2019s Concordance, Pg. 780.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The word \u201cProphet\u201d means a public expounder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The word \u201cProphesy\u201d means to speak forth, or flow forth. The
        Bible says in 1 Cor. 14:3, \u201cBut he that prophesied speaketh unto MEN to edification, and exhortation and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The dictionary says, prophesy is \u201cto speak under divine inspiration\u2026to preach.\u201d
        Therefore we learn from the original translation, from the Bible interpretation, and from the dictionary, that to prophesy means more than to tell the future, but it is to speak publicly about the past, present, or future. It is to preach under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The Old and New Testament prophets and prophetesses were preachers of God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Even if the words prophet and preacher could be separated, how could anyone prophesy to bring exhortation, comfort and edification to the church, if she were forbidden to speak in church and was to keep silent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Would God inspire and anoint someone to do something that was
        wrong and sinful??? * (There is a difference between a prophet, and the gift of prophecy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. God called and used women preachers in the Old Testament.
          a. DEBORAH \u2013 Judges 4:4-5. Deborah was a Judge for both civil and criminal cases. The children of Israel came to her for judgment. She was the chief ruler of Israel for 40 years, giving orders to the Generals and all the army. She did the work of an evangelist, prophetess, Judge, and a preacher. God gave her authority over the mighty (Judges 5:13).
          Judges 4: 4 \u2013 5
          4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided.
          b. MIRIAM \u2013 Exodus 15:20; Numbers 12:1; Micah 6:4. She was a
          Prophetess and a Song Leader in Israel.
          c. HULDAH \u2013 2 Kings 22:14. Five men went to Sister Huldah and
          communed with her. She spoke to a congregation of men concerning the book of the Law. A female preached to a man\u2019s congregation, and her message was taken to the nation and produced a revival.
          d. MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ\u2019S MOTHER \u2013 Isaiah 8:3. She was a
          prophetess.<\/li>
        2. God called and used women preachers in the New Testament.
          a. The first message of the Resurrection of Christ was spoken by women to a group of men.
          b. Anna \u2013 Luke 2:36-38. She must have prophesied in church, because she did not depart from the temple.
          c. Phillip had 4 daughters who prophesied. Acts 21:9.
          d. Priscilla assisted Paul in his revival meeting and even taught Apollos in the way of the Lord more perfectly.
          e. Phebe \u2013 Romans 16:1-2. Paul commended Phebe to the Church at Rome and requested that they assist her in her business. She was one ofPaul\u2019s assistants in the work of the Lord and delivered the Book of Romans to the people from the hand of Paul.<\/li>
        3. There is no sound reason why a woman or man should not preach the Gospel. There is a desperate need in the church for more workers.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Laborers are few, and God will use any and all who will go for Him. Some say God will not use a woman to preach, because \u201cThe woman was deceived,\u201d but remember Romans 5:12: \u201cWherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world.\u201d It seems to indicate that Adam was just as guilty as Eve in the fall of man. If anyone should be kept from preaching because of sin, it would be Adam. But God does not forbid anyone from preaching, because of Adam\u2019s or Eve\u2019s sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. 1 Cor. 14: 34-35
            34women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. This Scripture does not say anything about women preachers.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            If Paul intended this verse as a general rule to bar all women from speaking in church, then they cannot teach Sunday School, testify, pray, prophesy, sing, or even get saved, and this would contradict the rest of the Bible
            (Acts 2:4; Acts 2:16-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Paul was rather dealing with a particular problem in the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Women were not educated as were the men in that day; therefore the women would talk back and forth to their husbands in church and ask questions concerning the sermon. Paul said, \u201cIf they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If they want to talk things over let them wait until they get home. This rule is still good for the church today, where people are talking and causing confusion in the church service. They should not speak in church. (Note: the back of the church either before or after services.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If a woman cannot speak in church, then she cannot speak in prayer meeting, young people\u2019s service, etc., for who can deny that Sunday School and Prayer meeting, and Youth work are parts of church? Christ\u2019s Church is not a building, but rather it is found where two or three are gathered together in His name, whether at a street meeting, in a tent, a home, church, classroom or anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. 1 Timothy 2:12 is not a blanket rule for all women of all churches. If it were, then the women could not speak at all, for the same verse that tells them not to teach also tells them to be silent.
              If all women had to keep silent in church, then that would be promoting disobedience to God, for they could not prophesy, pray, testify, sing, exhort, do personal work, or even get saved.
              Whenever an interpretation to a verse contradicts the rest of the teaching of the Bible, we know this interpretation is incorrect, for the Holy Spirit will never contradict His own Word.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              This is the chief verse that is used to oppose women preaching and yet it says nothing about preaching, nor does it say anything about a public worship or church service. But, on the contrary, this verse is giving instructions to wives as to how they were to conduct themselves in regard to their husband. Paul says in 1 Cor. 14:35, \u201cAnd if they will LEARN anything, let them ask their husbands at home.\u201d Now he states in 1 Tim. 2:12 that the woman should learn in silence, and should not usurp authority over the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Paul is dealing with more of a home problem than a church problem.
              This verse still applies to us today. It is wrong for a woman to usurp authority over her husband (in church, home, or any place else) as was the case in Paul\u2019s day. She should not try to teach him or speak words that would cause discord and confusion, but should rather be silent and in subjection to her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              It is also to be understood that if anyone, whether man or woman, is usurping authority over the God-given leadership of the church, she or he is to be silent, and not to teach, or act in such a way that would create discord in the assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              1. Some have used Titus 1:6-7, \u201cIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children\u2026\u201d, but there is a difference between a preacher and a bishop. For I was an Evangelist and now am a Pastor, but I am not a Bishop (Overseer), and most Pastors are not.
                If God called a single man with no children to be a Bishop, as Paul was, surely this verse is not opposed to it, nor would this scripture oppose a woman Bishop if she was called of God for the work, as was Deborah.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                What this verse does teach is that a person who is to be a Bishop must not have two living companions, either husbands or wives.
                The Bible often speaks of \u201cman\u201d when it refers to both men and and women inclusively. The word \u201cmankind\u201d also includes both men and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For an example of this word usage see 1 Cor. 13:1 \u2013 \u201cThough I speak with the tongues of MEN and angels\u2026.\u201d This word \u201cMEN\u201d includes women as well, for we do not have one language for men and another for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                1. To condemn women preachers and women church workers is a serious offense, because God has stamped His approval on them by His Spirit over and over again, and who is man to fight against the Spirit of God?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  To condemn women preachers and women church workers is in a sense to claim they are doing wrong and committing sin\u2026and all those who support them and listen to them are having a part in that sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  For anyone to do this, he must condemn approximately 99% of all the Spirit-filled believers and the vast majority of all of Christianity.
                  \u201cOf a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons\u2026\u201d
                  (Acts 10:34 Then Peter began to speak: \u201cI now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Blessing, Love and Prayers,
                  Pastor Pat
                  Devotion posted By:
                  Reverend Patricia H. Aman, PhD
                  \u00a9 1996\/2021\u2033Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d
                  Study Notes: The New King James Bible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Unless otherwise stated, all content in this mail is \u00a9 1996 through 2021 by Coffee With Pat, and the Respected Authors.
                  Devotional Author:
                  Pastor Ken Smith
                  Assemblies Of God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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