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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
So if he is only speaking of obedience, why did he make this statement:
"I've watched this year. I know some men that are powerful in the Spirit. Powerfully used by God. But, I've watched a couple of them, even this year, they came up against a problem and they could not find an answer to. They couldn't come to any kind of an answer, but the wife, who is in the background, usually, they had never cut their hair. One day he walked in just twisting his hands, one of them in particular, and she came to him and she said, "This is the answer here." And she mapped out an answer that was so perfect, he staggered at the wisdom in it. Do you know why she got a hold of that and he didn't? Because ladies, among us, who do not cut their hair are entangled with angels and the wisdom and power of angels that men are not connected to and they cannot be connected to it."
He has stated numerous times that women have a power that MEN DON'T HAVE, because of their long hair.
That is not problematic for you????
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Similar statements could be made about men. Consider the passage:
1 Cor 11:3
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Tim 2:12
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
It could be said, and it would be scripturally accurate, that,
"a man can hold a place of position and authority in the Church that a woman cannot have, and will never be able to attain unto..." There is a place in the kingdom and Church that is unique to each gender, that the other gender cannot fill. The "head of man is Christ", but that is contropsed with the "head of the woman is the man". These are two unique positions in the Church that the other cannot fill. The head of the man is not the man... and the head of the woman is not Christ. The genders cannot supplant one another in their various roles and positions in society, in nature, and in the Church. It just so happens that
1 Cor 11:10 states:
1 Cor 11:10
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
This passage is directly dealing with women. According to LS's interpretation of this passage, he seems to believe this indicates that a woman who is under the authority of Christ through obedience and submission, especially in the context of
1 Cor 11 by being faithful in not cutting her hair, has authority in the spirit realm and influence with angels. You disagree with this interpretation, and that's fine. But this principle, that individuals who are obedient and submitted to God's order of creation have authority in the Spirit realm IS a biblical assertion.
1 Cor 11:10 deals with the unique position of the woman regarding this, whereas
1 Cor 11:3 deals with the unique position of the man. In this message that LS preaches, he is primarily dealing with the authority women have, and their unique position. There are other sermons and messages he can preach where he can deal with the unique position of authority and influence a man has, but that is not his message at this point. If I am preaching a message about the necessity of water baptism and the new birth, I am not going to spend much time, if any at all, dealing with the beattitudes. It's not part of my message at this moment in time.
If LS is directing a message to a particular demongraphic in the Church, and focusing on the unique position of that demongraphic, and the authority they have in the spirit realm, it's natural that he not spend time dealing with other areas. He has a message to preach at this moment in time, and he's not going to beleaguer that message with other messages that do not directly apply. When I heard LS preach this message almost two weeks ago, he did in fact make mention of the unique position men have because of their submission to God's order of creation in keeping their hair short. But this was not the focus of his message. We can nitpick this to death, but there is nothing specifically problematic in his focus on women's position in this part of this message.
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