Bible Study Discernment

[for_his_glory]

Let scripture speak for itself as there will you find all truths through the anointing of the indwelling Holy Spirit that is already in you if you are in Christ and He in you, John 12:44-50; John 14:26; John 15:5.

Matthew 13:
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Galatians 3:
1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

1 John 2:
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

1 John 4:
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Those who have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit also have the anointing that gives us the right of understanding of all we need to know. Unlike those who teach heresies and have no truth found in them. We know we are not going to be deceived by the false teachers (antichrist) that have gone out into the word, but are none of Christ as they have no anointing of the Holy Spirit, 2 Timothy 3:1-7.

The anointing of the Holy Spirit would never replace the teachings of Christ, but as what we started in our learning from the teachers in our beginning we now know how to discern that of what is being taught to us as we study for our self to know for a surety through the Holy Spirit confirming and giving us understanding of that which is being taught us by others. The Holy Spirit will also bring those scriptures we learned from back to our remembrance as we teach others, John 14:26.

1 John 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. This is why it is said in vs. 27 let no man teach you which means do not allow those who are false teachers having not the anointing of the Holy Spirit teach you. We are to safeguard ourselves from false teachings. The Holy Spirit is all we need to correctly interpret that of what we are being taught, 2 Timothy 2:15, 16.

 

[Beetow]

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The spirit of the law, and the letter of the law, sometimes yield surprising results.

For example:

"Let the women keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak,
but let them subject themselves, just as the law also says." (1Cor 14:34)

* Normally; when Paul speaks of the law he's referring to the covenant that Moses'
people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy.

Exactly where in the covenant that women are forbidden to speak in an assembly I
don't know. However, it's quite obvious that the covenant is very sexist, i.e. women
were not installed in the priesthood and it is that particular group's responsibility to
catechize God's people. (Mal 2:7)

Anyway: the law doesn't always address certain things explicitly. Sometimes its rules
and procedures imply principles that we call "the spirit of the law".

For example Jesus' critics were educated experts in the black and white letter of the
law relative to the weekly routine sabbath but they were as illiterate as mannequins
in regard to applying the spirit of the sabbath. (e.g. Matt 12:1-13 & Mark 3:1-5)

A controversial application of this principle is located in the 6th chapter of John's
gospel wherein Jesus made some disturbing comments about his body and his
blood which he concluded by saying:

"The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit" (John 6:63)

The black and white letter of his words speak of vampirism and cannibalism, but
when Jesus says his words are spirit; now we're into a sphere that goes beyond
language and grammar.

"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Then said Jesus unto the twelve: Will you also go away? Then Simon Peter
answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
(John 6:66-69)

I rather suspect that by that time, Peter had enough experience with Jesus'
parables to know that the best way to interpret his superior's mysterious sayings is
to wait for the Lord to get around to them in his own good time. (cf. 1Cor 2:9-14)
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[for_his_glory]

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The spirit of the law, and the letter of the law, sometimes yield surprising results.

For example:

"Let the women keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak,
but let them subject themselves, just as the law also says." (1Cor 14:34)

* Normally; when Paul speaks of the law he's referring to the covenant that Moses'
people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy.

Exactly where in the covenant that women are forbidden to speak in an assembly I
don't know. However, it's quite obvious that the covenant is very sexist, i.e. women
were not installed in the priesthood and it is that particular group's responsibility to
catechize God's people. (Mal 2:7)

Anyway: the law doesn't always address certain things explicitly. Sometimes its rules
and procedures imply principles that we call "the spirit of the law".

For example Jesus' critics were educated experts in the black and white letter of the
law relative to the weekly routine sabbath but they were as illiterate as mannequins
in regard to applying the spirit of the sabbath. (e.g. Matt 12:1-13 & Mark 3:1-5)

A controversial application of this principle is located in the 6th chapter of John's
gospel wherein Jesus made some disturbing comments about his body and his
blood which he concluded by saying:

"The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit" (John 6:63)

The black and white letter of his words speak of vampirism and cannibalism, but
when Jesus says his words are spirit; now we're into a sphere that goes beyond
language and grammar.

"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Then said Jesus unto the twelve: Will you also go away? Then Simon Peter
answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
(John 6:66-69)

I rather suspect that by that time, Peter had enough experience with Jesus'
parables to know that the best way to interpret his superior's mysterious sayings is
to wait for the Lord to get around to them in his own good time. (cf. 1Cor 2:9-14)
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John 6:48-58 if you cross reference this with Matthew 26:26-28 then you will see the meaning of eating my flesh and drinking my blood is not about being a vampire or about cannibalism. We have to cross reference many scriptures to get to the real meaning of that which has already been written.



"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law" (1 Corinthians 14:34).

"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence" (1 Timothy 2:11-12).

In these verses, Paul cannot be addressing women who were in the ministry, but rather those in the congregation who were out of order like those women in the Church of Corinth. How do we know this? We have many such proofs, many from Paul himself. Here is a partial list of women who were all in influential positions of leadership in the early church.

Pheobe (Romans 16:1-2): This woman was a deaconess of the church in Cenchrea, who was beloved of Paul and many other Christians for the help she gave to them. She filled an important position of leadership. It would be a difficult stretch of the imagination to say that this woman fulfilled her duties without ever speaking in the church!

Priscilla (Acts 18:26): Priscilla and her husband Aquila are often mentioned with great respect by Paul. Together they were pastors of a church in Ephesus, and were responsible for teaching the full gospel to Apollos. We are informed that they both taught Apollos, and pastored the church together. In fact, Priscilla is sometimes listed ahead of Aquila when their names come up. This has led some to speculate that of the two, she was the primary teacher and her husband oversaw the ministry. At any rate, we see here a woman in a very prominent position of teaching and pastoring. (Other references to Priscilla and Aquila are Acts 18:2, 18; Romans 16:3, and I Corinthians 16:19).

Euodia and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2-3): Here we see reference to two women who were "true yokefellow" and who labored with Paul in the advancement of the gospel.

Junia (Romans 16:7): In this verse we see Paul sending greetings to Andronicus and Junia, his "fellow-prisoners" who are of note among the apostles. Junia is a woman's name. In some modern translations, an "s" has been added (Junias) because the translators were so sure a woman could not be an apostle, that they assumed a copyist has accidentally dropped the "s." However the proper male ending would have been "ius," not "ias." No church commentator earlier than the Middle Ages questioned that Junia was both a woman and an apostle.

Though there were other women throughout the Bible in positions of leadership, such as prophetesses, evangelists, judges, leaders, etc., the above references should be enough to establish that women were indeed a vital and normal part of church leadership. Paul expected women to speak in the church, or else why would he have given the following directive. It would have been useless to give directions for women who were speaking in the church, if they were never allowed to do so.

Furthermore, if Paul believed that all women should never teach or speak in church, why does he commend many women who did just that.