RDP still hasn't explained how his women prophesy, sing, and testify in silence....
(much to his consternation, and ignoring of posts where I have questioned this.) He will never be able to explain how a woman can keep silent in church, and still speak. That is his "dichotomy".... lol
And it remains, that he is using his own "filter" of understanding of those 3 "women keep silent" scriptures to try to explain it according to his satisfaction. But it still remains to be his "filter" that he is using to bar women being used in the ministry in his church. LOL... and then of course, he always has to launch into Dr. Daniel Wallace to try to explain the verse, and just keeps going in circles, and never has answered how you can keep silent, and prophesy.
And... ILG has posed a great question... is it better for a women to prophesy directly from God, since they aren't (according to RDP) allowed to teach from the scriptures, rather than for them to be able to use the written word to teach others?
Sis. Alvear has also posed this question too... she has prophesied, and God has used her mightily, BUT if she should try to teach a bible study to a man, in a living room, or expound on a scripture to a congregation of people, she has disobeyed God? What kind of reasoning is this?
That is why the filter of "RDP's understanding" on the women keep silent doesn't work, and those scriptures need to be further understood in context, and culture in order for the teaching to be relevant. But, as we've all seen on this entire thread, unless you see it RDP's way.... you are just not seeing it right. lol...
I've explained how I understand it, but I certainly don't condemn anyone else because they don't see it my way. I believe that scripture is open to personal interpretation. Even the apostles in the early NT disagreed on very important subjects, and had great disagreements. Not everyone is going to see things exactly the same. That is why we must be careful not to judge our brother, just because he doesn't see it that way we do.
I am not throwing rocks at RDP in any way for believing what he does, as he and others in his fellowship are certainly entitled to believe what they believe. I do have a problem, when their filter of understanding is held up as elite, and the only "RIGHT" interpretation, and a casting of stones on anyone who sees it any differently. There is great danger in that kind of mindset.
We must walk according to how the spirit of Jesus leads and guides us, and each one of us must walk pleasing unto the Lord as the spirit leads and guides us. In the NT, we see that Paul brought the gospel of uncircumcision to the Gentiles, and Peter brought the gospel of circumcision to the Jews. They never saw things identically. Yet, the gospel was able to be furthered to both Jews and Gentiles, because they didn't major on their differences, but they majored on the gospel, which should be our focus too.
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