Women in the Bible

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Beloved,
1 Tim 2:12  But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, but to be in silence.
usurp comp. of G846 and an obsol.  hentes (a worker); to act of oneself,
i.e. (fig.) dominate:--usurp authority over.

   usurpation - the seizing of something, usually a position of power or
authority, that is not rightfully one's own. When, for example, the
military in Haiti overthrew the democratically elected government of
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991, it was an act of usurpation. 

We should follow those in Heb 6:12  That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Whether a man or woman, I don't want anyone seizing power over
me.(usurping)
I will gladly subject myself to those in authority, or who are learned
in the Word.

1 Tim 2:11  Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Mom was a learned women, and I take her Godly usurpation with pleasure.
Paul was speaking of unlearned women. (1Tim 2:12)

Job 34:34  Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken
unto me.

Heb 13:17  Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they
may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for
you.

My mother was a woman and she used her power over her children, that was
her position. Mom was a watcher of my soul, in prayers and instruction.

Jesus was subject to His mom also. Luke 2:51  And he went down with
them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother
kept all these sayings in her heart.

Luke 2:52  And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with
God and man.
I believe God uses what he wills to bring us to the place He has
ordained for us, even women.

Your servant for Jesus sake,
Steven Hall

 usurp

usurp (y”-sūrp“, -zūrp“) verb
usurped, usurping, usurps verb, transitive
1.	To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by
force and without legal authority. See synonyms at appropriate.
2.	To take over or occupy without right: usurp a neighbor's land.

verb, intransitive
To seize another's place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

 [Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin śsśrpāre,
to take into use, usurp.]
- usurp“er noun
- usurp“ingly adverb

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