Women in the Bible

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From:	caryle clear [SMTP:cpcj@sprynet.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 18, 1997 8:13 AM
To:	higher-fire@prairienet.org
Subject:	Re: Women in the Bible

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I firmly believe that if there is not a qualified man to do the Job, God
will find a woman!  Just look at the resurrection, Jesus met the woman
[Mary Magdelene] first and she was the first one to deliver the message of
the risen Lord (John 20:15-18)!  The men doubted repeatedly (Luke 24 "And
their [the women's] words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed
them not"(11) "But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that
they had seen a spirit"(37) to name a few times).  

[Brad Young]  
I agree.  If there is no man to do the job, God can use a woman.  If there is no woman available, He could use a donkey.  If there was no donkey available, He could raise up stones.  God will use a woman if that is the best option available to Him, but women and men should not be considered equal insofar as pastoring/preaching/teaching is concerned.  If a woman is married, she should be in subjection to her husband.  If she is unmarried, and there is no man available to do the job, then I think that it is fine until God raises up a man to do the job.

Men and women are *not* created equally.  The proof?  Wanna arm wrestle? =)

The order set up for the household is different than that for the church. 

[Brad Young]  
It would seem awfully confusing to think that God would have one set of rules for home and another for the church.  This really doesn't jibe with the word.