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Originally Posted by Evangelical
In 1 Timothy 2:13-14 Paul gives two reasons why women are not to lead.
The first, is that Adam was created before Eve, thus in God's arrangement and order of things man was to occupy the first place. The second, is that Eve disqualified herself from leadership by being deceived, whereas had the devil tried to tempt Adam he would not have succeeded.
Eve was deceived and Adam willfully sinned. Yet even though willful sin is apparently worse than deception, in church leadership deception is worse than willful sin.
It is better to know when one sins and recognize the deception of the devil than to not know when one sins and not be able to recognize the deception or put up a fight. This is why Adam was preferred for leadership than Eve.
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It is so comforting to have witnessed how this fundamental "truth" has save the male-dominated Recovery from serious error and helped them to realize their sins.
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I have mentioned this on several occasions. But it was a sister, apparently not so spiritual either, who spoke up during the pre-Whistler-quarantine battles between Anaheim and Cleveland and said that the whole think was "
simply a war between two ministries and it should not affect the churches." What a word of wisdom from the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 12.7-8) to profit the body of Christ.
But what male leader was willing to accept it?
Evangelical, let me ask you who was deceived, and who willfully sinned?
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