Women must not be allowed to govern: Biblical Manhood and Womanhood P/2

                                                       Read Part One HERE

In this post I will compare Professor Wayne A. Grudem's lists of 83 church activities with a list of activities the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth about as inspired by the Holy Spirit. This list can be found in I Corinthians 12:4-8

Professor Wayne A. Grudem has said the following:

Scripture teaches some restriction on the roles women may fill in the Church. Generally these restrictions fall into three areas:

1. Governing authority.
2. Bible teaching.
3. Public recognition or visibility.

There are three lists of activities:
In List 1, I proceed from areas of greater governing authority to areas of lesser authority.
in List 2, I proceed from areas of greater public recognition and visibility to areas of lesser visibility.
In List 3 , I proceed from greater public recognition and visibility to areas of lesser visibility.

My Comment:

The job descriptions mentioned in these three lists comprise of a total of 83 positions in the church in order to establish which functions are acceptable to women and which functions are not acceptable to women.

We will now compare these lists of church activities with a list of church activities the Apostle Paul wrote about in I Corinthians 12:4-8 as inspired by the Holy Spirit

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit and He gives them to each one, just as He determines.

The above list of spiritual gifts does not specifically mention that any of these gifts may not be acceptable to women because, apparently, the Holy Spirit, does not make a distinction between male and female believers when giving out His gifts.

In my next post I will compare Professor's Wayne A. Grudem's lists of 83 church activities with another list compiled by the Apostle Paul as inspired by the Holy Spirit, which can be found in I Corinthians 12:28

 

Read Part Three HERE