Men and women are meant to complement each other; each has unique skills and talents. They are meant to work together in the service of God - both in the church and in the home. Setting gender against gender is an evil thing to do and prevents both from reaching their potential - again that would be in church and at home. It has been an ongoing argument for generations but these days more men are coming to the conclusion that women who are Spirit filled are to be encouraged to play greater roles and even to actually support them.
I agree with you. However, in this thread alone we have "sisters in the Lord" calling brothers chauvinist (apparently knowing nothing about Chauveu), contradicting the plain meaning of scripture by cherry picking verses to justify their attitudes, slandering their brothers in the Lord, and insisting that they don't have to listen to any authority other than Christ.
My X wife suffered the same malady asserting that her relationship with God was her walk, not mine, and that the submission spoken of in scripture was just about sex and not spiritual guidance. The divorce rate in the church is a direct reflection of that spirit of rebellion, self will, and lack of submission to any authority including the word of God.
Have you read all the posts? They're accumulating fast and this us because the bitterness of feminism is spreading sin like wildfire in the church. It can not go unanswered.
I've called out one individual specifically because her sinful responses go from bad to worse, trampling on not just my testimony, but the testimony of the word. I haven't labeled her a child of Satan or a tare, but she is on display as a child of rebellion in the midst of an electronic gathering of the saints.
I called upon another "sister" to give witness to the other's sin or to give witness to her innocence in order to execute church discipline. This other sister calls herself a teacher but is unwilling to even answer yes or no regarding the firsts's obvious transgression of the commandment, side stepping any responsibility to the church.
I've never had a problem with any of your posts. I recieve you as a sister in the Lord, and believe that you've been consistently honest and without duplicity, so am I unrighteous for calling out sin?
Is transgression justified by equality?
This is a small site with a limited viewing, but we're discussing a big problem, one that brings judgment upon the church.
If you haven't read all the posts, I'll give you a shortcut to understanding the hatred and slander directed at me and others. I believe all the scripture, including those passages that limit the participation of women in leadership roles based upon the differences between men and women as we've been created and as directed by the word of God, without the wresting of scripture out of context to justify transgression.
The individual that I've initiated church discipline upon grievously misinterprets scripture and trangresses the commandment openly and her discipline must be as open as her transgression. The alternative is God's discipline and it is far better to submit to righteous authority than to suffer the discipline of God (which can be abrupt and permanent. )
If you've read the offending posts, will you testify and approve the word of God? The goal here is restoration, not condemnation. My former wife is suffering horribly for her transgressions and this was never my desire or will, but you can not approach God in unrepentant sin, nor can you escape discipline if you're a legitimate child.
I ask you or any woman that believes herself faithful, to take a stand in His word and make a righteous judgment based upon a reasoned understanding and biblical wisdom, the word of God applied to circumstance.