09-24-2003, 04:06 PM
Shlama Akhay,
I wanted everybody to see these two paragraphs from Katherine Bushnell's book 'God's Word to Women'. It's found in Lesson 27, paragraphs 207 and 208. The book ends with paragraph 839 from Lesson 100!!! It's a biggie!! <!-- s
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#207. "On the day of Pentecost, the Spirit was poured out upon "all flesh," that is, not upon every human being, but as is precisely told us, upon old and young and upon male and female alike. And in these words, "What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?" Paul seems to specially refer to that day of Pentecost, when about 120 persons, many of them women (Acts 1:14,15), were assembled, and the Holy Spirit, that is, the spirit of prophecy, came upon "each of them" (Acts 2:3), and they all "began to speak...as the Spirit gave them utterance;" and Peter said, ...your daughters shall prophesy...and upon my handmaidens...will I pour out of my Spirit." So that there is no possibility of denying that at the time of the inauguration of the present Gospel dispensation, the "word of God" "came out" from God, not from man, and it "came unto" women , and not unto men only. This is Paul's indignant protest against these Judaizers, who by quoting the Oral Law of the Jews would silence women, and interfere with Divine order.
#208. The Apostle then declares: "If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandment of the Lord." He here contrasts the "the commandments of the Lord" with the "precepts of men," which the Oral Law of the Jews taught. In other words, a true prophet, or a spiritual person, would perceive, Paul claims, that his ruling in this matter accorded with Scripture, while the ruling of the Jewish rabbis did not. What was Paul's ruling? It was given just before, in directions relating to veiling in worship, which clearly shows that he permitted women both to preach and to pray in public. He gave the same permission in his universal rule but a moment before, at verse 31: "Ye ALL can prophesy...that ALL may learn, and ALL may be comforted."
Any thoughts?
Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey
I wanted everybody to see these two paragraphs from Katherine Bushnell's book 'God's Word to Women'. It's found in Lesson 27, paragraphs 207 and 208. The book ends with paragraph 839 from Lesson 100!!! It's a biggie!! <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> #207. "On the day of Pentecost, the Spirit was poured out upon "all flesh," that is, not upon every human being, but as is precisely told us, upon old and young and upon male and female alike. And in these words, "What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?" Paul seems to specially refer to that day of Pentecost, when about 120 persons, many of them women (Acts 1:14,15), were assembled, and the Holy Spirit, that is, the spirit of prophecy, came upon "each of them" (Acts 2:3), and they all "began to speak...as the Spirit gave them utterance;" and Peter said, ...your daughters shall prophesy...and upon my handmaidens...will I pour out of my Spirit." So that there is no possibility of denying that at the time of the inauguration of the present Gospel dispensation, the "word of God" "came out" from God, not from man, and it "came unto" women , and not unto men only. This is Paul's indignant protest against these Judaizers, who by quoting the Oral Law of the Jews would silence women, and interfere with Divine order.
#208. The Apostle then declares: "If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandment of the Lord." He here contrasts the "the commandments of the Lord" with the "precepts of men," which the Oral Law of the Jews taught. In other words, a true prophet, or a spiritual person, would perceive, Paul claims, that his ruling in this matter accorded with Scripture, while the ruling of the Jewish rabbis did not. What was Paul's ruling? It was given just before, in directions relating to veiling in worship, which clearly shows that he permitted women both to preach and to pray in public. He gave the same permission in his universal rule but a moment before, at verse 31: "Ye ALL can prophesy...that ALL may learn, and ALL may be comforted."
Any thoughts?
Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey