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MALE Elders - Coggle Diagram
MALE
Elders
ACCUSATIONS
Sexist
Discriminatory
yes if done by males for their own selfish ends
no if part of the creators wise creation
was Jesus discriminatory? - was Jesus wrong?
Male dominance
Neither male nor femail (Gal 3:28)
7 passages on submission
1 Cor 11, 14; Eph 5; Col 3: 1 Tim 2: Titus 2: 1 Peter 3
Gal 3 - context of salvation - not context of headship/church leadership
all christians share priviledges of sonship (heirship) apart from the law (3:23-29)
all share by faith
all have access to God thru Christ as sons/daughters
all are indwelt by Christ
all share eternal promises
Books
Leadership is Male
Pawson
Recovering BMW
Piper/Grudem
Different by design
MacArthur
ELDERS IN CONGREGATIONAL LIFE
Apostles
Jesus = Son of God
theological necessity
Luke 2:23
antitype of Adam not Eve
1Cor 15:45,47
Rom 5:14
King not queen
first born son of David and Abraham
male invested with headship authroty
Gen 2:20, 22, 23
1 Cor 11:3
1 Tim 2:12
Apostles all male (Luke 6:13)
was he accomodating the culture?
He didnt in other ways and died for it!
Redemption abolished distinctions?
if that was his plan - he had an opportunitty with apostles
He affirmed women
travelled with them
encouraged their service
ministered to them
Replacment for Judas (after crucifixion)
only males considered - Acts 1:21
Apostles appointed 70 men - Acts 6:1-6
NT Churches
Marriage
Husband leads - wife submits
Eph 5:22-24;
Husband is head therefore wife submit
Head? cf Christ and church
head = authority/leadership not source/origin
Col 3:18
every NT ref to wife in relation to husband ses same worrd to submit
submit as you would to the Lord
Eph 5:Col 3: 1 P 3:6
Tit 2:1,4,5
Church
Household analogy - 1 Tim 3:15; 1 Tim 2:8-3:7
men leadrs of local church family
1 Tim 2:9-15
prohibits women from teaching - exercising authority
positive and negative
not absolute prohibition
Titus 2:3; Acts 18:25, 26
but prohibit teach men publicily in Gods house
1 Cor 14:34-35
silence v10,11 is an example of the submission
1 Tim 5:17
elders lead and teach
women cant teach men - therefore - women not elders
this created criticism for Paul
reminds of original creation order
1 Tim 2:13-15
Woman made after , from, for brought to , named by man
1 more item...
v14 - Fall = Eve deceived
1 more item...
Paul follows this by qualifications of thse to oversee church (ch 3:1-7)
1 more item...
1 Cor 11:2-16
source v3
only womn not referred to as head
nothig to do with local temporal circumstances
but divine pattern and order
Order in Godhead
equal in substance - but Christ obeys and submits (1 Cor 15:28)
no inferiority (Phil 2)
Man created in God's image - male and female
equal in personhood
hierarchy - relationship among equals
not inferiority
v7-9 woman = glory of man
= created to reflect his headship by submitting to headship
1 Cor 14:33-38
LIFE IN THE FATHERS HOUSE
Differences
Roles
Men
loving leaders
Where are the examples of ongoing leadership that is female?
1 Tim 2:11-14 - excludes women
he who aspires ...
what? wanting the top rung of the ladder?
BUT - it was not glamorous then
persecution - singled out etc
AND Jesus commanded them to be servant of all
Mark 9:35
Luke 22: 24-27
effective teachers
women
to women (Prov 1:8; Titus 2:3-5)
to children (Prov 1:8; Titus 2:3-5)
men
feed whole gathered flock
1 Tim 2:12-14
1 Cor 14:34-35
godly examples
Women
Bible views improved respect for women
monogamous marriage
Prov 5:15-21
1 Kings 11; Mal 2:13-16
Eph 5:28-30 = revolutionary
not inferior but different
Roles
Submissive learner
1 Cor 11:3-10
1 Cor 14:34-38
1 Tim 2:11-14
Clear - every woman should submit to male leadership in church - learn from teaching of men not be a teacher of men
eldership etc is not for women
Gifted teacher
Children
Younger women
Tit 2:3-5
skilled hostess
1 Tim 5:10
humble servants
1 Tim 5:10 - feet - distress
physical needs of members
not do or do
Gen 3:1
Satan focus - what not eat
Today - women focus - what not do
Men and women are different
SO that we fulfil different roles
Not quality or ability but function
1 Cor 11:3
subservient role Jesus took when walked on earth
God designed us that way
CHURCH ELDERS
p28
Male
One woman man
1 Tim 2:12
I do not allow woman to teach
immediately before discussion of eldership
Link between leading church and leading family
Eph 5:22-6:4
Eldership is more than a gifting or a ministry
it is an office - a role
BIBLICAL ELDERSHIP
Equality
Personhood,dignity and value
distinct in roles