Sermon on Women’s Role in the Church – Sermon outline by Tom Moore settling from the word of God the role of women in teaching and in leadership.<\/p>\n
THE FEMALE FACTOR<\/p>\n
1 Timothy 2:8-15<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/strong> [ Beginning of this sermon on women’s role in the church<\/strong>. ]<\/p>\n A. There is an important need in our day and time to discuss the role of women in the church.<\/p>\n 1. The denominational world has thrown off the limitation of biblical authority and have gone head-long into error concerning the proper role of women.<\/p>\n 2. I have been in the Lord’s church long enough to know that whatever the denominationalists do will sooner or later appeal to some of our brethren.<\/p>\n 3. I know of several Churches of Christ who have allowed women to occupy positions of authority over men in the church…<\/p>\n 4. Thus it is very critical for us to understand what the Bible teaches concerning a woman’s role in the church.<\/p>\n B. I want to acknowledge at the outset of this study that a woman’s role in the church is significant<\/p>\n 1. Women ministered to the Lord of their substance (Luke 8:3)<\/p>\n 2. Dorcas was known for her good deeds among the widows (Acts 9:36)<\/p>\n 3. A husband and wife team, named Aquila and Priscilla taught Apollos the way of the Lord more perfectly (Acts 18:26)<\/p>\n 4. On repeated occasions Paul spoke of the church in the house of Aquila and Priscilla (1 Cor. 16:19; Romans 16:3-4).<\/p>\n 5. Phoebe was a servant of the church in Cenchreae (Romans 16:1-2).<\/p>\n 6. Mary worked among the Romans (Romans 16:6)<\/p>\n 7. Tryphaena and Tryphosa labored in the Lord (Romans 16:12)<\/p>\n C. If it were not for worthy women God’s church could not exist in this or any generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n A. WOMEN ARE SUBORDINATE BY DIVINE DECREE<\/p>\n 1. Ephesians 5:22-24<\/p>\n a. By Divine decree, man is to be the “head” of the woman in the church and in the home.<\/p>\n b. This headship rests upon two things:<\/p>\n 1) The original constitution of the sexes as created<\/p>\n 2) The woman’s role in the fall of man<\/p>\n 2. Concerning the original constitution of the sexes, notice what the Bible teaches:<\/p>\n a. In Genesis 2:18-20 we are informed that the woman was made for the man, not the man for the woman.<\/p>\n b. 1 Corinthians 11:8-9<\/p>\n 3. Concerning the woman’s role in the Fall, Eve believed Satan’s lie that she might become as God, and hence was beguiled and deceived<\/p>\n a. Genesis 3:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3<\/p>\n b. Adam, though, labored under no such deception (1 Timothy 2:14; Genesis 3:12)<\/p>\n c. Accordingly, woman’s subjection was increased after her Fall – Genesis 3:16<\/p>\n 4. These facts do not suggest that women are inferior to men, but it does means that they are to be subordinate in rank to man.<\/p>\n a. Neither does this mean that women are inherently more gullible than men, but it does illustrate what happens when God’s chain of command for society is broken<\/p>\n b. It ought to be noted that as Christ’s subjection to the Father involved no removal of dignity (Philippians 2:5-11), so there is none inherent in the woman’s subjection to man.<\/p>\n 1. 1 Timothy 2:8-15 is a crucial text relating to the issue of the role of women in the church.<\/p>\n a. This text offers us a general statement of the will of God on the subject of women working with men in the church.<\/p>\n b. Many try to limit this context to public worship, but the scope is much broader than that.<\/p>\n 1) Certainly the instructions about modesty (v. 9) and childbearing (v. 15) are related to the woman’s perspective on her total responsibility to the Lord.<\/p>\n 2) Likewise, the comments about her relationship to male members of the body of Christ apply more than just to the worship assembly.<\/p>\n c. In this context we learn that women are not to pray publicly when men are present, are not to teach when men are present, and are not to usurp authority over a man.<\/p>\n 2. Man and woman’s relationship in prayer … 1 Timothy 2:8-10<\/p>\n a. “Men” comes from aner and has reference to “males”<\/p>\n b. Men are to “pray in every place” (“every where” KJV)<\/p>\n c. Here we learn that wherever Christians gather and engage in prayer – whether the whole church is assembled or a group of teenagers having a devotional or a prayer of thanks is being offered at the dinner table – males are to be the leaders of the prayer.<\/p>\n d. This priestly function is reserved exclusively for males when they are present with women.<\/p>\n 3. Women are not to be placed in a leadership role over a man … 1 Timothy 2:11-12<\/p>\n a. Many misunderstand these verses and\/or misapply these verses because they do not understand the phrase “usurp authority.”<\/p>\n b. Phrase means to “have authority over, to govern one, or to exercise dominion over one”<\/p>\n c. Rather than a woman having authority over a man, the Bible says she is to “learn in silence with all subjection … to be in silence.”<\/p>\n 1) The word translated “silence” has reference not so much to one’s speech as to a total manner of life – NOT total silence or they could not sing in worship<\/p>\n 2) It enjoins not the total absence of speech but a quiet life and a peaceful demeanor in which one fulfills his or her proper role.<\/p>\n d. Thus women, by command of God, are not allowed to preach or to assume a formal teaching role in relation to men in spiritual matters, for such a role would put her in authority over men.<\/p>\n 4. Paul shows that this command is not cultural in nature … 1 Timothy 2:13-14<\/p>\n a. This principle applies to all times and places and not just to the time in which it was written<\/p>\n b. In these two verses we have the reason for a womans subjection to the man.<\/p>\n c. By creation man has a natural position of authority over women in the church and home<\/p>\n CONCLUSION:<\/strong> [ Ending of this sermon on women’s role in the church<\/em>. ]<\/p>\n A. Women are not:<\/p>\n 1. To preach or teach when men are present<\/p>\n 2. To pray publicly when men are present<\/p>\n 3. To be elders or deacons<\/p>\n 4. To wait on the Lord’s Table or lead in song<\/p>\n 5. To usurp authority in the church or in the home in anyway<\/p>\n B. This in no way degrades the woman anymore than Christ is in His subjection to the Father.<\/p>\n C. Women have an important place in the church, but it must be in subordination to the man.<\/p>\n D. In this position she will glorify God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sermon on Women’s Role in the Church – Sermon outline by Tom Moore settling from the word of God the role of women in teaching and in leadership. 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B. THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH<\/h2>\n