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I have a question regarding Bible study. The one in my house began with my 2 sisters, a couple of their friends, and a couple of great neighbors. All women. We had and still have great fellowship and study. But a few husbands decided they wanted to attend, too. And of course, they are all welcome. According to smvoice. But I also understand the Scriptures regarding who teaches whom. This is my conundrum. It will make for an interesting discussion here, I think. And I would love to hear your opinions on this. God Bless, smvoice

>>But I also understand the Scriptures regarding who teaches whom. This is my conundrum. It will make for an interesting discussion here, I think. And I would love to hear your opinions on this.<<

I can understand the conundrum. I think the scriptures are rather clear on women in public/church teaching or preaching. The cases where women were teaching were with women only or with husband. Even the passages that seem to show women in public ministry are rather unclear as to what they did other than assist he man.

With that said comes the conundrum. If men have abdicated their role of leadership one wonders about the void that has been created.

An intersting discussion indeed.

"I have a question regarding Bible study. The one in my house began with my 2 sisters, a couple of their friends, and a couple of great neighbors. All women. We had and still have great fellowship and study. But a few husbands decided they wanted to attend, too. And of course, they are all welcome. According to smvoice. But I also understand the Scriptures regarding who teaches whom. This is my conundrum. It will make for an interesting discussion here, I think. And I would love to hear your opinions on this. God Bless, smvoice"

Excellent issues. These are matters which probably needs a great deal of discussion. On the one hand, Paul makes it absolutely clear there is no difference between male/female when it comes to being among those chosen before the foundation of the earth. And, many of the the women (read Rom. 16) were commended for their "hard work" with the message of grace. Then, he also makes those remarks in I Tim. 2:11ff about not allowing a woman to teach. I have read discussions about the import of these admonitions, but cannot yet fully grasp the implications.

That being said, if there are no men who understand the Scriptures (the way you do) and do not know the message of grace in Jesus, then you certainly should not hesitate to share what you know.

In another post, you comment on one of the men not liking "church". What he probably does not like is that the Western obsession with organization, ritual, protocol, and buildings which makes him feel that Christianity is a "religion" (thank you Rome). You have busted his mistaken perception wide open and shown him that God is reaching right into hearts and rescuing people in spite of themselves...certainly in spite of organizations.