Bible
Study - Are You Worshipping God In Spirit And In Truth?
Lesson 9
Role Of Women In The Church
The Bible speaks of how women
are to conduct themselves in worship. In 1 Corinthians 14:34-36
we read, "Let your women keep
silent in the churches, for they are not permitted
to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also
says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their
own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak
in church, for Adam was formed first, then Eve."During the worship of the church women are not permitted
by the Lord to preach, lead prayer or lead singing.
This does not preclude women from singing in the worship service
or teaching children in the Bible classes. But they
are not to take a leading role over man in the worship service.
This command of God is not hard to understand. But some want
to ignore it and do what seems right in their own eyes.
The Bible explains why women
are to keep silent and why they are not permitted to speak
in the worship of the church. It was because "Adam was
formed first, then Eve." This is the way God has specified
that it will be. God speaking to Eve in Genesis 3:16 says,
"Unto the woman He said…your desire
shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you."
The reason women are to be submissive and not speak in the
worship of the church is God has specified that the man is
to rule over the woman. Many people do not approve of what
God has done, but this is still God’s business. As we read
in Romans 9:20, "But indeed, O
man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed
say to him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?"
Who are we to question God?
Also in 1 Timothy 2:11-13
God’s word to us says, "Let a
woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not
permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man,
but to be in silence For Adam was first formed, then Eve."
God’s word is very clear. It says it is not to be permitted.
In other words it is forbidden. When we do things that are
forbidden by God it is sin. It is sin which separates us from
God and sin will cause us to be lost eternally.
Again this does not
prohibit women from teaching children in the Bible classes.
Paul tells Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:15, "And
that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures."
How was Timothy taught the scriptures? He was taught
them by his mother and grandmother as we read in 2 Timothy
1:5, "When I call to remembrance
the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your
grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded
in in you also." Women can play a vital
role in teaching children in Bible classes.
When a woman gets up before
the church with men present to teach, preach, lead prayer,
or lead singing, she is in violation of what God has commanded.
She is perverting the worship of God. As a result of this
rebellion, God is not worshipped in spirit and in truth. As
we have already seen, worship becomes vain or useless when
we follow the desires of men instead of what God wants. To
ignore what God has said has horrible consequences.
Questions Lesson 9
Role Of Women In The Church
(click on the button of the
answer of your choice)
1) (1 Corinthians 14:34-36)
How are women to conduct themselves in the worship of the church?
They can preach.
They can lead singing and prayer.
They are not permitted to speak.
2)
According to the Bible it is not shameful for women to
speak in church.
3) (Genesis 3:16) God told
Eve
That her husband was to rule over her.
That she was to rule over her husband.
That neither shall rule over the other.
4)
The reason a woman is not to speak in worship of the
church is she is to be submissive to man.
5) (1 Timothy 2:11-12) During the
worship of the church
Women can teach and have authority over man.
Women cannot teach and have authority over man.
Both men and women can lead in the worship service.
6)
God has commanded women to keep silent and not to speak,
teach, or have authority over man in worship.
