Book of The Ordination of Women The Ordination of Women The Priesthood of all Believers and other Aspects By Pastor Jan Voerman Netherlands SDA Church 2012 Page 01 to 02 1. A Threefold Foundation The true church of Christ should be a Bible based community of loyal believers and not a fellowship of people based in any way on cultural insight and popular principles and habits of society. In our modern age, women are more than ever, in many lands of the civilized world, encouraged to take part in the economic process. Women are often promoted to occupy posts of responsibility and leadership. The public opinion in many countries is that women are equal with men without difference. As Christians we should certainly not only admit, but also actively practice, that women should always receive due respect and appreciation, without any form of discrimination. Since the Bible is for every true Christian the standard to live up to, we should always test our life and opinion to it and act accordingly. As to the position of women, not only the apostle Paul but also the apostle Peter testifies similarly; and since these chosen apostles were inspired workers of God, the biblical statement certainly applies that “…the testimony of two men is true”John 8:17, and also that “…in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” Mat. 18:16. Thus every sincere Christian should take the testimony of these two apostles as being true and trustworthy. The apostle Paul, in 1 Cor. 14:34, places himself on the absolute platform of God’s law. “They (women) are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law” Authorised KJV. “They must, as the Law says, take a secondary place”Berkeley Version. “But let them be in subjection, as also saith the law” ASV. “They have no license to speak, but should keep their place as the law directs” NEB. Paul does not refer to cultural or social insight or public opinion. He simply refers to the Law. As for man’s and woman’s position he refers in 1 Cor. 11:8, 9 also to the Creation, thus placing himself undeniably on the ground of God’s authority as the Creator of mankind. In 1 Tim. 2:13, 14 Paul again refers to the Creation and also to the Fall. So there is a threefold immovable foundation on which the position of man and woman rests. Three undeniably fundamental realities: The Law, the Creation and the Fall. It is evident that Paul does not refer to the law of the 10 commandments. The apostle clearly refers here to another law, spoken by God at the beginning, right after the fall. In consequence of the Fall, God spoke to Adam and Eve and specified the rule or law of life. “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” Gen. 3:16. Here we have a clear “Thus saith the Lord”. God Himself spoke to Eve. He did not speak through an angel or through another being. This is a clear and direct personally addressed Word of the Lord. God Himself declared this rule to the woman. God Himself pronounced this law. We might ask: Is this law only given to a restricted group of people, perhaps with a certain culture? Was this law only in operation during the period of the Old Testament, and was it nailed to the cross? Or should we perhaps believe that this law was only in force until Paul wrote to the Galatians: “…there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ”? Gal. 3:28. If it is supposed that this law has ended, then there should be also, since that moment, a taking away of the great sorrow of bringing forth children as well as the desire of a woman to the husband. However, there is no evidence for that at all. Or is it perhaps so that only this small part –‘and he shall rule over thee’ - which does not seem to suit many modern people so well these days, has come to an end? But as we think about that, wouldn’t that be very inconsistent? God has spoken. He has given mankind his law! Shouldn’t we conclude that it is always the best way to accept, without question, the words spoken by God? If who would like to read the whole book [free], please email to da.kh.tw@gmail. We will email Ebook [.PDF] to you. 有興趣想〔免費〕讀整本書者，請Email到 sda.kh.tw@gmail。我們將 Email 電子書給您．
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