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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. the text that has been weaponized by

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those who are practicing sexism, gender discrimination,

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and the exclusion, systemic exclusion of women

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in leadership. Particularly we're concerned about

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the church. And what we're trying to do is to

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understand what is Paul saying First Timothy

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chapter two, verse 12. Let me read that text

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again. First Timothy chapter two, verse 12. Many

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have used this to say a woman cannot teach in

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the church and she cannot lead. She cannot be

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a pastor. She should keep quiet. verse 12, and

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I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority

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over a man to be, but to be in silent. So what

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we did was to look at first that in chapter one,

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verse three, to fall, we saw that there is a

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doctrine problem. So Paul sent Timothy to go

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to Ephesus and said, there are lots of myths

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in the sun, meaning that if we will say in general,

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we will say that there are a lot of out of context

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discussion, which is being taught that is not

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sound to doctrine. There are myths. They are

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endless genealogies, and they cause division.

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They cause confusion, disputes, rather than Godly

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edification. And we try to go to the church itself.

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We saw when Paul established the church, had

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spent two years in the school of Tyronus teaching

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these people. And then, of course, commotion

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starts in the town. because he used to go for

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evangelism, do a lot of things. And there are

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some people whose business is affected in the

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sun. And so they say, you could say that the

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problem is not first and foremost Artemis, because

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when you see the young man started discussing,

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he was concerned about their traits in the sun.

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And I want to tell you the truth. All the issues

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we are dealing with, slavery and all that, is

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a problem of greed of men. in the sun, is about

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the profit they will get. That's why I said,

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ministry is sacrifice. If already your test board

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has been spoiled by luxury, you're not going

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to do ministry or else you compromise. One of

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the things that you have to adopt as a discipline,

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and that's what we call concentration, meaning

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that there are things that might be your rights.

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but you waive them because you want to stay focused.

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I said, if you say you want to maintain your

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concern about what people say about you, you

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and lawyers will be friends. You will always

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be going to court, defamation here, defamation

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there, defamation here. You don't understand

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what I'm trying to say? Yes, because people will

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speak, they will call you devil. As I said, the

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ones who are false prophets will be calling you

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false prophets. You will be angry because the

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one who is actually trying to tell you false

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prophets, if you ask him to recite just two memory

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verse, he doesn't know. You don't know last when

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he went to church. But again, because now everybody

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are for data, you can say anything. So you have

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to be less sensitive concerning your reputation

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and be more concerned about the character of

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God, about the glory of God. As long as God is

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glorified, you should be satisfied, even if some

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people call you evil. Are we together? That is

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a point. Secondly, you have to reduce your appetite.

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Once you are focused on wanting to gain this,

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gain that, gain this, gain this, gain this, gain

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this, you are actually setting yourself for problem.

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You have to tame your appetite in the sun. You

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must be like Paul that you know how to be in

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abyss and know how to be in what? In abound.

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Hallelujah. So the temple of Artemis or the temple

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of Diana In that temple, women held high ranking,

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respectful leadership position. Remember, already

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the goddess herself is a female. Are we together?

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So in that temple, women held high ranking, respected

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leadership role. such as high priestess and this

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position of high priestess in the temple it grants

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you immense public authority you know it's not

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like today like now we have just like I said

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we have seen it even the era of church that when

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the church is is is closely related with the

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state You see that if you're a bishop in that

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moment, you're not just bishop in the church.

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You have immense authority in the public domain,

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in the society. You are the one who shape loss,

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who shape what goes on. Not just only that, you

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have a high opportunity to immense wealth, to

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immense wealth so much because of your influence.

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So at Ephesus, not just only that, whatever position

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you have held in the temple of Artemis, it also

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has its own power extended into the society.

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So you are the people who have immense public

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authority. And you see, these high priestesses

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in the temple, there are positions which are

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independent of your husband. Let me repeat it

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again. They are entirely independent. Means that

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authority surpasses the authority at home, sir.

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Are you with me? Are you with me? Please understand

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this context. This is very important. That authority

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is an independent authority. It surpasses your

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husband's status. because now you are dealing

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with the community, the society. So Paul stationed

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Timothy in this place and told him to fight false

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doctrine. And these doctrines are feebles. So

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when Paul wrote, go to verse 13. Now with this

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understanding, I want you to read verse 13. of

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chapter two. For Adam was formed first, then

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Eve. Please, listen, the reason why Paul quote

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this text was not because he wanted just to quote

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anything. Remember, there was a doctrinal problem.

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And the problem fundamentally has to do with

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how the scripture is viewed. because there's

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a corruption there's another doctrine so when

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Paul wrote and said for Adam was from first he

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was not trying to say that the woman is inferior

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to a man that's not the point he is addressing

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a problem in Ephesus no He was correcting an

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efficient false doctrine about female supremacy.

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Remember what I told you about the goddess Artemis,

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right? So when he said, for Adam was from first,

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then Eve is trying to reset the heretical order.

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Remember I told you, when we are this high priestess,

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their authority is supreme. is more than that

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of their husbands. Their husbands start to, it's

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independent because they are already firsts.

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So Paul is saying, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

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no, no. There is an order in scripture. Adam

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was first. He's trying to confront this female

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supremacy doctrinal that is being pushed. He

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said, no. There is an order from the beginning.

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Remember what Pastor Fred told us. When Jesus

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was addressing the Pharisees, he immediately

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asked him a question. He returned them back from

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where? The beginning. It was not so. This is

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the order. Now let me tell you something. In

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Greek mythology, that's why you see Paul say

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part of the first doctrine in first Timothy,

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he said myths. That's febuls, right? In Greek

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mythology, the goddess Artemis was said to have

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been born first before her twin brother Apollo.

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Let me repeat again. In Greek mythology, the

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goddess herself, Artemis or Diana was said to

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have been born first. before her twin brother

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Apollo. In fact, when you read the myth, it says

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that she first was born and she came and helped

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her mother. Imagine that a baby, your twins inside

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the womb, the first baby came out and the first

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baby that came out will now come back and assist

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the mother to give birth to the other twin. Are

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you with me? So because she was born first before

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her twin brother Apollo, so this day is a myth

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that is mixed now. Those people who have been

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saved from the temple, from that worship into

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the church, came with that type of ideology of

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female supremacy. because she was born first,

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is the first born attitude that meets heavily

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shaped by the doctrine of the female spiritual

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supremacy at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.

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That is the background I'm telling you. So when

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Paul quoted that verse and said for Adam was

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born first, then Eve, that was what he was confronting.

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because they have been taught all the while when

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they were still unbelievers that you are above

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the man. Now that they are born again and they

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enter the church, they came with that ideology.

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They are the first. Paul said, no, it was not

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so in the beginning. Look at verse 14. Paul then

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added, and said, and Adam was not deceived. But

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the woman being deceived fell into transgression.

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Again, you see, when we read this verse, we don't

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pay attention to the context. So it looks as

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if Paul is saying here again that the woman is

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gullible than the man. You see, don't miss it.

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That's not issue. You know, some people have

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used this so we put nice women in the sun. the

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question i'm saying in your class are you the

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first is it a woman that is leading you i mean

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do you understand i'm trying to say oh god you

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see some religious people max their their ignorance

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and aside they are failing and the women are

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leading their in their classes and then they'll

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come to the scripture and say women have a chicken

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brain it's you that have a chicken brain but

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that's not what paul is addressing He is addressing

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a doctrinal problem. And to understand what is

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a doctrine, you are going to take this out of

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context. So when Paul wrote again in verse 14,

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and said, Adam was not deceived, but the woman

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being deceived fell into transgression. He was

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correcting again another myth beside the issue

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of the firstborn myth. What is a myth? Because

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Artemis is a goddess and supreme, spiritual supremacy

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again there's a means that has been flying that

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whatever a woman did she act in wisdom that is

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the woman has more wisdom than the man including

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that what Eve did that it was a wisdom is a Gnosis

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this is a the hint of what we call of Gnosis

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you know something Gnosis means she has a secret

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knowledge secret wisdom So whatever she did,

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what she acted was superior, was an enlightened

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wisdom. So Paul was saying, no, no, no, no. There

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was no wisdom in what the woman did. She was

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simply tricked by the devil into sin. What she

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did was not gnosis. What she did was a deception.

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it was ticked he was ticked into sin again paul

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was addressing a doctrinal problem that you see

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two things address in that text so the first

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doctrine in ethos was also a distortion of genesis

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are we together was distortion of the intent

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of god a myth when meat are set above the word

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of God, the order of God. That's what Paul is

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addressing. Now, the issue is that the question

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we need to address was Paul addressing all women

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when he said in verse 12, let's go back to verse

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12, and I do not permit a woman to teach or to

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absorb authority over the man. but be silent.

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Was he talking to all women in the church? Again,

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if you look at it, just like we did with the

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other scriptures, if you read from verse one,

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Paul started with a general instruction about

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church from verse one. When you go down, he begin

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to talk to church, I exhort first and foremost,

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first of all, the supplication prayers, intercession,

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giving of tongues. be made to all men for kings

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and for all in authority and on and on verse

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seven for which was appointed as a preacher and

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then he kept talking about that some of the things

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he was facing verse eight i desire therefore

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you know sir that man now look at it once he

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talks generally he now started focusing on specific

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you understand what i'm saying now when he said

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men he was not talking to women did you get what

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i'm trying to say That means in that shot and

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there is a problem also with men. Did you want

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something? Listen when you see Paul saying certain

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things he was not saying for saying sake In those

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days, they don't just write a letter and just

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send just tell the people to love the Lord Say

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the people to be patient said no this they address

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specific problems So when you said now after

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talking generally now he turned to the man you

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say hey man, let me address some problem And

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it's part of the doctrinal problem, sir. He said,

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men, this is what I desire, that you pray everywhere,

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lifting up holy hands without rat and doubting.

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You know what has happened there? There is aggravation

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in that church. You understand? He said, don't

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come to church. You understand? Having all those

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kinds of confusion here and there. That is not

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what to do. You understand? It's wrong. Don't

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do that. Just one thing I want you to do, to

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lift up holy hands, not filthy hands, not hands

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full of rats, full of anger, divisions. He's

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addressing me, he know men, men that are angry.

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You know, Sam, brother, you need to, anger is

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all your portion. Don't say that's how we are

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in our family. That's not, which family are you

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talking about? How many families do you have?

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And then you keep shouting, I've been translated

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from the kingdom of that means into the kingdom

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of that song. In this kingdom, we don't have

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anything like that. Generally, because you normally

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say, you have to understand, you're not just

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a body. Your hormones, you're not under the control

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of your hormones. Generally, there is sex. Of

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course, because of testosterone, Men are generally

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aggressive. That's why you have more men in prison

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than women. You are not a body. You are a regenerated

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person. You can't live by that. It's not the

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fruit of the spirit. That's why it's telling

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them, no, that's not your identity. Lift up holy

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hands with that wrath, with that anger. He's

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not a portion without doubting without confusion

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without disputing without division Then he don't

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turn to women he said in like manner, did you

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see that? Did you see the kind of things? We're

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saying, you know, we've been seen likewise, you

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know, sir Meaning that when Paul is saying he's

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just applying the same principle or two different

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Groups of people in the nature if he's discussing

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love he cannot turn to married women and address

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them and say okay this is how you should apply

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love within the context of your relationship

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if he's addressing fathers this is how you should

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you admit you you you demonstrate love within

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the context of your relationship but it's the

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same thing that's why he said in like manner

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also that women so that means the matter fundamentally

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the matter he was telling the men to do is exactly

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what he's telling the woman is only that he's

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applying it to the problem of the women at that

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moment because the problem again as we see because

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if a woman as we have seen in the that came from

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the temple of Artemis what do you expect she

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should be doing of course that woman does have

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you seen those women that are supreme you know

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you know they pay attention to their appearance

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are we together are we together have you seen

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a big big woman or powerful women in society

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brother before they come out hey you know what

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they have done to them understand they will ensure

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that every every of the addressing has a meaning

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i was i was sometimes when i sit down i was uh

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after maybe a program maybe program of donald

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trump or this i'll see people analyzing the the

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the the outfits that uh the trump's wife war

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They will be saying, this is what it means. This

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is the color of this. It was chosen by this.

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I say, uh -uh. Me, I don't know how the color

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speaks. But I'm trying to let you know that when

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you are at that level, sir, you don't come out

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anyhow. The dressing you are coming out is in

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itself a message. That is what the women were

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doing. And they are neglecting the main thing.

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Remember where they were coming from. Paul is

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saying no, no, no, no, that is not correct. You're

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supposed to pay attention to your attitude, your

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inner heart, your character, much more than you

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pay attention to your appearance. He was not

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saying don't wear anything. He was saying priority,

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setting priority. And the issue is what he was

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addressing. is the problem at Ephesus. Are we

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together? That's what he was doing. And so verse

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9, and he moved to verse 10. And then he told

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them that that is what is proper. For women professing

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goodliness with good works, that is the order

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of your identity. It's not subjugation. It's

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telling them their identity, that first attitude.

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Peter said the same thing in the sun. The inner

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beauty, you pay attention to it. Then verse 11.

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You see, in verse 11, he suddenly changed. He

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didn't say women. He now said, let a woman, are

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we together? Let a what? A woman learn in silent

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with all submission. And I do not permit a woman

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to teach or to absorb authority over a man. But

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to be, I repeat that word again, he did in 11

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and said, but what? In silent. Which means that

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by starting to say silent, repeat it again, you

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understand? Over a man, you understand? Because

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in the verse nine, verse 8, he said men alone.

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He didn't mix them. Verse 9 and 10, he said women.

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He didn't mix them. When he came to verse 11,

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he mixed the two, talking about the relationship

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between the two. That means he was not speaking

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to general women. He was speaking to who a man

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and a woman within the context of marriage. Are

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we together? He was speaking to a man and a woman

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within the context of marriage. That means he

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was addressing three set of people in this text.

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Now, why do we say? It's not because we are just

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wanting to say that there are evidence within

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the text that verse 11, verse 12 is talking to

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married people. Or in this way, married women.

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Are we together? Married women. First, this text,

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they say direct parallel to another text in Corinthians.

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Let's look at it quickly. So it's not today that

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Paul have admonished people in this manner. 1

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Corinthians 14. 1 Corinthians 14, verse 34. We

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have dealt with this text in this church already.

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So I'm going to just read it in the sun. 14 verse

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34. Let your women keep silent. Did you hear

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silent again? Keep silent in churches for they

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are not permitted to speak, but they are to be

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submissive. Is that what we saw again? Silent

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submission. Do you understand what I'm trying

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to say? That's the same thing. As the law also

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says, verse 35, and if they want to learn something,

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let them ask their own husbands at home, for

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it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

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Now, we're not dealing with this text because

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we have dealt with it. I'm trying to show you

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the parallel. that does the same thing, silent

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submission. And this one even made it clear because

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in Timothy he said man and woman. Here it makes

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it vivid, husband. You understand? And why? Even

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though the word, Greek word, is the same, wife,

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woman, you understand, is the same, gune. So

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it is a context that tell us. what exactly he's

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talking about because the Greek word is the one

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word, gunei. So what we're trying to say again

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is that he said they should ask their husband

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at home. That means is a home of yes. Then there's

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a problem when you drag a problem from a family

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problem and drag it into the public domain. That

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means you are out of context. Now let me give

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you more evidence that shows us that this is

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one that shows us that what Paul was discussing

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in verse 11 and verse 12 is talking to a couple

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or married women. So Paul talks about submission.

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Now you see there is Because there's another

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word aside just being the words the parallel

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We see it there is one word that is important

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there submission Now nowhere in the Bible entire

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Bible that asks women to submit to all men Let

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me repeat again nowhere in the entire Bible that

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asked women to submit to who? to all men. Anywhere

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you see, submission to a man is within the context

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of a home. You understand? Ephesians 5 also tells

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us where we saw. In fact, he said, submit to

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their own husbands, not someone else's husband.

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Are you with me? You cannot say, you come here

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and you're commanding my wife to submit to you.

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You are dead on arrival. Did you understand what

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I'm saying? No. She has only one to submit to.

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Because that kind of expression of love is only

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effected within the context of marriage. We have

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submission, we will submit to the church. That

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is not the same. Let me tell you one thing. In

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submission to the woman involves sex. That's

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why her body is not her body, but the husband's.

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And the husband's is not his body, but the wife.

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There are other submission that brother, you

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can't do it. So you can't tell another man's

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wife to submit to you. How? That's why we said

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it is only within the context of the house, the

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home. So sir, you are not the head of every woman.

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It's clear, 1 Corinthians 11 tells us, right?

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He's a husband that is the head of his wife,

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not all men. You are not. So that's another thing

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we saw in that Timothy that shows to us that

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no, this could not have been told to the women

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in Ephesus that you have to submit to all the

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men in the church. How could that be? That would

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have been aberrations. Are we together? Now we

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have made up, I said, my love, when I met her

00:32:33.069 --> 00:32:37.609
some years ago, and I unveiled the vision and

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I turned her head for her to be following me.

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You know, some say, huh? She agreed and she was

00:32:46.450 --> 00:32:51.140
following me. And then now, we are making another

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:54.299
decision to move to somewhere else. Can I call

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.779
my mid -person friend wherever and say, well,

00:32:55.779 --> 00:33:02.440
let's go? Did you understand? Did you understand

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:05.660
what I'm trying to say? How do you expect that

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:08.119
to say, the Bible says it's a summit to a man?

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:15.039
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? You

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see, that's the point we're seeing. The issue

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is that there are many things. When we talk about

00:33:24.329 --> 00:33:26.990
submission in marriage, it can be applicable

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in any other relationship. Because it's a unique

00:33:31.789 --> 00:33:35.009
expression of love within the context of marriage.

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There are other submissions in the church. Of

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course, they ask the young men members to submit

00:33:42.529 --> 00:33:45.049
to the elders. That's not the same as a submission

00:33:45.049 --> 00:33:48.849
of a woman to the man. That's also expression

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of love. but is done in a way different from

00:33:53.769 --> 00:33:56.269
what you are, is obtainable within the context

00:33:56.269 --> 00:34:01.490
of a marriage. So it could not have been poured

00:34:01.490 --> 00:34:05.529
a blanket to say every woman, you have to submit

00:34:05.529 --> 00:34:13.550
to all women, men. No. No. We have men that are

00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:15.449
still finding their way, men that do not know

00:34:15.449 --> 00:34:18.349
their left and right, you understand? Men that

00:34:18.349 --> 00:34:20.909
are still struggling. How can you expect every

00:34:20.909 --> 00:34:22.869
woman to submit to any man? I mean, he's not

00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:31.929
even sensible in the sun. So that is a point

00:34:31.929 --> 00:34:39.269
here. Are we together? Let me show you another

00:34:39.269 --> 00:34:43.409
thing. Look at us starting. Why we are saying

00:34:43.409 --> 00:34:47.090
that this instruction is within the context of

00:34:47.090 --> 00:34:52.769
marriage. Was starting you say for Adam was from

00:34:52.769 --> 00:34:58.230
first and then if you see this text Wherever

00:34:58.230 --> 00:35:02.929
this text was pointed to Are we together is within

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:07.789
the context of marriage? Are we together where

00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:10.110
issue of Adam and Eve we have many other this

00:35:10.110 --> 00:35:12.730
thing Jesus pointed it in the Sun is a discourse

00:35:12.730 --> 00:35:15.789
discussion about divorce about problem in marriage

00:35:15.789 --> 00:35:19.150
in the Sun Paul also has shown us in Ephesians

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:22.480
Matthew 19, the same thing. Are we together?

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:28.300
It's within the context of marriage. If it is

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:31.340
not the context of marriage, it is about something

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:34.539
that is done in marriage. Did you hear what I

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:38.519
said? If it's not just about marriage within

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.900
that context of marriage, it's about something

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:44.460
that is done in marriage. For example, in 1 Corinthians,

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chapter six. Well, Paul could take the verse

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:51.059
he say for the scripture says in the Sun that

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Talk about that if you are joined with the Lord

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:56.840
your one flesh and your one spirit in the Sun

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:59.420
We either is joined to a hallowed is one flesh

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:03.980
for the scripture says yeah that what? That the

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:07.260
two shall become One flesh the context of that

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:10.119
place is immorality trying to make them understand

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:13.239
how they cannot carry that which belong to Christ

00:36:13.630 --> 00:36:15.989
because you are one with god and go and give

00:36:15.989 --> 00:36:19.449
it to another illegal person the illegal person

00:36:19.449 --> 00:36:23.130
there is the harlot because that's illegality

00:36:23.130 --> 00:36:25.610
you understand that is you carry someone's property

00:36:25.610 --> 00:36:28.849
you go and give to another person do you understand

00:36:28.849 --> 00:36:31.289
what i'm trying to say and so what they are happening

00:36:31.289 --> 00:36:34.849
here is the sex here and the sex means union

00:36:34.849 --> 00:36:38.590
that's the definition of sex you understand in

00:36:38.590 --> 00:36:42.980
marriage you understand what tells us about the

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:45.139
union and that's the demonstration that is being

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:48.099
used as the relationship between Christ and the

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.559
church. Did you understand what I'm trying to

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:53.420
say? So it is a sex that man defines such a union

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.619
together. You understand? So when you carry yourself

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:59.840
and go and unite with another person, that's

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:03.280
why you call it immorality. That's illegal. So

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:06.320
he said if you joined yourself to God, which

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.380
is demonstrated by the relationship between a

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:13.059
man and his wife, So that's why I said, if your

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.579
context is not talking about marriage, it's talking

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:16.659
about something that is done in the marriage.

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:19.199
Did you understand what I'm trying to say? So

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:24.519
there is no how you will prove you see Adam and

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:26.739
Eve, you understand, and their relationship.

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:28.679
And you say it's talking to the general church.

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:34.780
Are we together? Amen. So this is an exclusive

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:40.760
speaking about marital issues. So in 1st Timothy

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:44.800
chapter 2 verse 11, Paul stated, let a woman

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:49.059
learn in silence. Look at verse 12. He said,

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and I do not permit a woman to teach or to have

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:57.980
authority over a man but to be in silence. Remember,

00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:00.000
we have already dealt yesterday with the issue

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:03.059
of context. You understand? You don't read a

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:05.380
verse with your knowledge of a modern times.

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You need to read it. What does that mean to be

00:38:08.090 --> 00:38:12.429
silent? Because the word in Greek, silent, is

00:38:12.429 --> 00:38:15.510
not always to be mute. Because if you say that

00:38:15.510 --> 00:38:18.170
they should be mute, it doesn't make sense. Our

00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:21.250
sister just sang for us here. If we are to practice

00:38:21.250 --> 00:38:23.429
this, they will come here. They will not say

00:38:23.429 --> 00:38:25.449
good morning. They will not say good night. They

00:38:25.449 --> 00:38:27.070
will not say anything. They will keep quiet.

00:38:27.349 --> 00:38:29.889
That's the meaning, the literal meaning of what

00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:32.050
some people don't want to apply, if really you

00:38:32.050 --> 00:38:35.239
are going for that. That means all these women

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.539
that come to church, when they enter, they will

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.800
enter with their mouth shut. You understand?

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.920
No speaking, nothing. That's what the meaning

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:49.420
of literal silent means. Are you with me? Are

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:52.199
you with me? But that is not what Paul meant

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:55.719
there. Because he has already instructed women

00:38:55.719 --> 00:39:00.039
already. You understand? In fact, we see in scripture,

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:03.190
a woman can prophesy. Is that correct? In fact,

00:39:03.829 --> 00:39:07.010
1 Corinthians 11 tells us, if a woman prophesies,

00:39:07.150 --> 00:39:10.050
right, or prays, that means she can pray. So

00:39:10.050 --> 00:39:11.949
that means I'll be a Confucian. If it means literal,

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so how comes then they can prophesy? So that

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means that is not what he's saying. That's not

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what he's saying. Are we together? So let's deal

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with the word silent first. Then we'll just...

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go out of here. In scriptures, the word silent,

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as we said, doesn't have a blanket meaning. Remember,

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the context helps us to define words, their usage

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within the context. Let me give you an example.

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Of course, the word silent can be mute in some

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other places, but that's not, you don't use a

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blanket meaning. We have said it over and over

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in this church, right? Like the word world is

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used several times in different ways. It's a

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word, the same word in English, but it has different

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meaning. We have cosmos, we have aeons, right?

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We have okiume, okiumene. You understand? These

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are all Greek words. But brother, they are translated

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into English in the Bible, they all means wall,

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wall, wall, wall, wall, but they don't mean the

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same thing. So that means we have to read closely.

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Are we together? We have to what? Read closely.

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I saw even in English, I saw one was doing some

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play of what? What do you call it? Is it homophones?

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My English, go help me. You understand? Yes,

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one or go, you can help me. You have one word,

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you understand? The same sound. In fact, there's

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another one he was saying. It's the same word,

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but when you sound it differently, what do you

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call that one? It is the same word, but they

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have different meaning the way they are sound.

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You understand? So I'm just, I say, ah, hey,

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hey. You understand? Are we together? For example,

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beat. Hmm? B -E -A -T. It can be choir beats.

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Eh? It can be, eh? Are we together? Amen. So

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that means even in English, I have those kind

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of things. So you can use the word a blanket.

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Are we together? let me give you an example first

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of solonia first of solonian just an example

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where it is the word that was silent was not

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used as mute first of solonian chapter 3 verse

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12 first of solonian 312 and may the lord make

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you increase Okay, second, sorry, let's say first,

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second Thessalonians, sorry, second Thessalonians

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3 .12. Now those who are such we command and

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exalt through our Lord Jesus Christ that they

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walk in quietness. That word quietness is the

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same word as silent. and eat their own bread.

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Now, do you think it means that you should walk

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with your mouth mute? That's what you're saying

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here? No. He's saying that you should walk in

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order. You understand? So the word here, silent,

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was translated from the Greek word, hesychia,

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or hesychia, H -E -S -H -E -S. H -E -S -Y -C

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-H -I -E, H -E -S -Y -C -H -I -E, has to chair.

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It's a Greek word, it's a feminine noun. Now

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it is a word that was translated to asylum or

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quietness. It means to settle down. It means

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to be calm. It means to be orderly. To settle

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down, to be calm, to be orderly. In fact, this

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word, hesychia, was derived from the root word,

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hesychios, that is H -E, S -Y -C -H -I -O -S,

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H -C -T -O's. And this H -C -T -O's is an adjective.

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It means peaceful or undisturbing. Peaceful or

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undisturbing. So verse 11, let's go back to first

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Moti. 2 verse 11, he said, let the woman learn

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in silence with all submission. So it means he's

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saying that let the woman have a teachable disposition,

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is that correct? Meaning to be orderly, have

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a teachable disposition, that it means to teach

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in silence or to learn in silence, sorry. To

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learn in silence, it doesn't mean to patlock

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your mouth while you are learning. No, it said

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to be peaceful, to be only stopping. You understand?

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I mean, those of us that are lecturers, we met

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some aggressive students, right? Hallelujah.

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There are students that are not peaceful learners.

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Did you understand what I'm trying to say? They

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are very proud. They know nothing. but they want

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to scatter the whole uh something you have to

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put them in order if not they would this they

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will they will scatter the the the class are

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we together this is the type of people now please

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as we are doing this right be thinking about

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where we are coming our context you know our

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context is that these are women coming from the

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temple of Artemis some of them must have been

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high priestess You understand? Now they are coming

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with their supremacy mentality. They don't want

00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:30.659
to learn. They are always busy. You understand?

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He said, mm -mm, mm -mm, mm -mm. He said, have

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a teachable disposition. So he's not saying keep

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quiet. It doesn't even make sense. You understand?

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Yes. You understand? Don't be arrogant. That's

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what he's saying. You understand? Be humble.

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When you relate with your husband be humble In

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the Sun are we together so that by the way, let's

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go back again. There's another word verse 12

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so already because he said have a teachable disposition

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in all submission because by adding with all

00:47:08.530 --> 00:47:12.670
submission that means he is talking about arrogance

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Supremacy kind of thinking you know son prides

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:20.739
and confusion you don't want to you understand

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:22.659
he said no no no no that's not how to go about

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it this is your your nature in Christ that you

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learn in silent and that learning has a disposition

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is that of humility with submission to your husband

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are we together amen now verse 12 he said I do

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not He continued, he said, I do not permit a

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woman to teach or to have authority over the

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man. Remember, this man here is not every man.

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He's her husband. Are we together? Good. He said,

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I do not permit a woman to teach. What does teaching

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means? What is teaching? Now, if you see, if

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it's just a blanket again words, it means to

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teach. just to pass information. And that means

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I'll be confused. Are we together? Because if

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that verse 12 were a permanent universal ban

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that women should not teach, it would directly

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contradict Paul himself, the rest of his colleagues.

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You understand what I'm saying? When they met

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with the couples Priscilla and Aquila, they were

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tent -makers, co -workers. Amen. In Act 18, we

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saw that in Act 26, Aquila and Priscilla, he's

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:53.380
not just Aquila, he said Aquila and Priscilla,

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they call a man, verse in scripture, called Apollos.

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They say, there is some loopholes in your doctrine.

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You now call him and polish his head. Do you

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:08.980
want to sometimes say? That means, if that's

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the case, fall is burning woman. how else he

00:49:11.510 --> 00:49:14.929
is working do you know that he also in his letter

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in his romance he also talks about great aquila

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you know something i'm saying i'm priscilla that

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means he said they are co -workers we have done

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this when we are dealing with the women's issues

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about women's liberty in the son in romance of

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the 16 verse one and two he also commanded phoebe

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He's a woman. Paul commanded her. He uses the

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:47.980
word documus. You understand? He said Phoebe

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was a, she's a deacon, because that word documus

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:54.780
in Greek is a minister or a deacon. Do you want

00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:58.880
something? Hey, are we together? Because a deacon

00:49:58.880 --> 00:50:03.260
in the church is a teacher. A minister is a teacher.

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Did you want to know something, Francis? If you

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read 1 Timothy, He gave for bishop and details,

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:15.480
right? Are we together? One of the criteria is

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:20.480
that they must not be novices in the things of

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God. So there's no how he's commending Phoebe

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and he's asking the brethren to support her in

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:29.980
her ministry of ministering. That ministry is

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not food that she's sharing because documents

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is not used for that. Documus is used for deacon

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or a minister. One that preaches the word. Romans

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16 verse 7, he also talks about Jumeah. This

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:56.679
one, he commended Isaiah, he's an outstanding

00:50:56.679 --> 00:51:03.099
apostle. Are we together? An outstanding apostle.

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Amen. in fact he said she was before me she was

00:51:08.809 --> 00:51:16.329
in Christ before me are we together so there

00:51:16.329 --> 00:51:19.210
is no how you will now say that Paul is putting

00:51:19.210 --> 00:51:22.610
a blanket listen that means you are taking out

00:51:22.610 --> 00:51:28.210
of context he's out of context I want you to

00:51:28.210 --> 00:51:31.409
note before we come to explain what teach means

00:51:31.409 --> 00:51:35.449
they say what there you now say oh because he

00:51:35.449 --> 00:51:39.070
said verse 12, first Timur teach of the two verse

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12, he said I do not permit a woman to teach

00:51:42.489 --> 00:51:49.550
or to have authority. He's not a mystic. He didn't

00:51:49.550 --> 00:51:56.070
say to teach and to have authority. He say or.

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It's a reason. Hallelujah. Now that word or is

00:52:02.610 --> 00:52:08.190
a conjunction. is translated from the Greek word

00:52:08.190 --> 00:52:17.630
ode, that is O -U -D -E, O -U -D -E, which frequently

00:52:17.630 --> 00:52:24.150
links two words together to express a complex.

00:52:28.070 --> 00:52:35.449
This word or ode is used to link two words or

00:52:35.449 --> 00:52:40.949
two expressions. And the idea by linking them

00:52:40.949 --> 00:52:46.829
is to express a single complex idea that you

00:52:46.829 --> 00:52:48.630
cannot use just one word. Do you understand what

00:52:48.630 --> 00:52:50.710
I'm trying to say? You want to explain something.

00:52:50.730 --> 00:52:53.389
You don't want to use one thing. It's the same

00:52:53.389 --> 00:52:58.550
idea, but you want to use multiple words or statement

00:52:58.550 --> 00:53:00.929
and connect them together. Did you understand

00:53:00.929 --> 00:53:02.949
what I'm trying to say? That is what it means.

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:08.079
So, for example, let me give you an example where

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:13.900
that word is. Matthew 7 verse 18. Please note

00:53:13.900 --> 00:53:23.599
this. Matthew 7 verse 18. Now look at it. A tree

00:53:23.599 --> 00:53:31.059
cannot bear, a good tree cannot bear bad fruits.

00:53:32.220 --> 00:53:34.900
Nor, you see that word, nor is the same word

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:40.840
or day. Or can a bad tree bear good fruit? Listen,

00:53:41.719 --> 00:53:46.260
the whole statement here is one idea. It's just

00:53:46.260 --> 00:53:49.860
trying to say it in another way to explain a

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:53.139
single complex idea, but using two statement

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:56.260
and connect them together. Are we together? Amen.

00:53:57.300 --> 00:54:00.909
Yes. Let me give you another one. Matthew 10,

00:54:00.929 --> 00:54:08.829
go to Matthew 10 verse 24. Matthew 10, 24. So

00:54:08.829 --> 00:54:11.090
I'm trying to let you know that the one idea

00:54:11.090 --> 00:54:13.730
there is trying to say that, you understand,

00:54:14.670 --> 00:54:18.070
you will know a tree from the fruit it produces.

00:54:18.170 --> 00:54:21.849
That's the idea. Are we together? That's the

00:54:21.849 --> 00:54:25.289
idea Jesus was trying to pass. One idea, but

00:54:25.289 --> 00:54:28.690
using two statement to explain the two ideas.

00:54:28.940 --> 00:54:33.480
and connect them with Odei. Yes. Are you there?

00:54:34.079 --> 00:54:41.380
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor, now

00:54:41.380 --> 00:54:44.559
look at it, that word nor is the same word Odei.

00:54:44.739 --> 00:54:48.019
You understand? Nor a servant above his master.

00:54:49.340 --> 00:54:54.000
Look at it. He said, disciple, teacher, servant,

00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:59.929
master. This is the same idea. Is trying to communicate

00:54:59.929 --> 00:55:02.190
what he's saying if you read the context just

00:55:02.190 --> 00:55:05.610
like I was saying He's a one complex idea. He

00:55:05.610 --> 00:55:09.210
was talking that Jesus was saying if I have been

00:55:09.210 --> 00:55:13.210
persecuted you as my Disciples you'll be persecuted.

00:55:13.550 --> 00:55:16.989
That's why he's saying a Teach a disciple is

00:55:16.989 --> 00:55:19.309
not above his teacher. No a servant above his

00:55:19.309 --> 00:55:22.269
master That means whatever that was done to me

00:55:22.269 --> 00:55:26.409
was will be done to you That is the idea he's

00:55:26.409 --> 00:55:29.550
trying to pass. And so he uses two statements,

00:55:29.769 --> 00:55:33.150
you understand, and then leading them by Odei,

00:55:33.329 --> 00:55:36.170
just to explain that complex idea. Are we together?

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Amen. So you can now see that the first statement

00:55:40.969 --> 00:55:43.170
is the same with the second statement, because

00:55:43.170 --> 00:55:46.010
they are explaining a complex idea. Are we together?

00:55:46.710 --> 00:55:50.429
Let's go back to that text in second tumultu.

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12. So when you see, he said, I do not permit

00:55:57.550 --> 00:56:03.250
a woman to teach. That means the teaching will

00:56:03.250 --> 00:56:06.230
not be referring just merely passing an information.

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It is related to the issue of domineering, the

00:56:13.130 --> 00:56:17.230
issue of absorbing authority. That's why he said,

00:56:17.610 --> 00:56:23.440
all have authority over the man. So what Paul

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:26.400
is saying is that, that teaching there is not

00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:30.239
just mere teaching. It's absorbing authority.

00:56:31.840 --> 00:56:36.659
Are we together? Are we together? So this, normally

00:56:36.659 --> 00:56:39.280
when you see these complex things are passed

00:56:39.280 --> 00:56:43.679
together, is always, is a figure of switch. When

00:56:43.679 --> 00:56:46.719
you have two different statement, trying to express

00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:50.269
a complex idea and then use that link. You understand?

00:56:50.309 --> 00:56:55.989
That conjunction of oddy, to express a complex

00:56:55.989 --> 00:57:01.590
idea, is a figure of speech we call hen -dear

00:57:01.590 --> 00:57:06.349
-dears. I know people don't want literature.

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Hallelujah. Let me spell it. We are adding, I

00:57:11.409 --> 00:57:13.469
mean, how many figure of speech are we learning

00:57:13.469 --> 00:57:16.130
in this torture? We are still learning more,

00:57:16.170 --> 00:57:18.699
you understand? Amen. And that's why we said

00:57:18.699 --> 00:57:22.119
that the Bible is a literary text. Are we together?

00:57:23.019 --> 00:57:35.460
H -E -N -D -I -A -D -Y -S. H -E -N -D -I -A -D

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-Y -S. H -E -N -D -I -A -D -Y -S. Is a figure

00:57:42.139 --> 00:57:45.940
of speech. where by you want to express a complex

00:57:45.940 --> 00:57:51.980
idea but you use a link you know son you link

00:57:51.980 --> 00:57:56.880
to statement in a way to all express that idea

00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:59.119
that's the figure of speech that's exactly what

00:57:59.119 --> 00:58:01.900
paul did there here and we saw in jesus used

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:09.460
it are we together amen yes so paul was not speaking

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:13.269
about two separate ideas he was not saying teach

00:58:13.269 --> 00:58:15.650
he was also a sub authority he's talking about

00:58:15.650 --> 00:58:18.050
the same thing he's talking about the supreme

00:58:18.050 --> 00:58:22.690
mercy the female spiritual supremacy that attitude

00:58:22.690 --> 00:58:28.269
of domineering that attitude of pride that was

00:58:28.269 --> 00:58:32.190
brought from the temple of artemis that was what

00:58:32.190 --> 00:58:37.550
paul was addressing and so in verse 12 he said

00:58:37.550 --> 00:58:42.130
i do not permit your husband i mean the woman

00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:45.780
to teach or to have authority over the man, but

00:58:45.780 --> 00:58:50.659
to be silent. Remember, we've already said that's

00:58:50.659 --> 00:58:54.019
silent. We said, but she should have a teachable

00:58:54.019 --> 00:58:59.960
disposition. That's what silent means. So to

00:58:59.960 --> 00:59:04.539
teach is not a separate idea with to have authority.

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No, over. Or to absorb authority. In the sun.

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Direct half is to absorb. You understand? Let

00:59:16.070 --> 00:59:20.289
me explain to you these words here. Because they

00:59:20.289 --> 00:59:22.969
are words that are careful. Paul chose those

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words. He didn't, he is careful to choose them.

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You know, sometimes there's a way Englishman

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water some water, you would think that is just,

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no, no. He carefully chose them. So by joining

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the word or, the second phrase to half, authority

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over. He tried to define the toxic nature of

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the first. Do you understand what I'm trying

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to say? By saying or absorb authority or have

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authority, he's trying to tell you the kind of

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the teaching Paul is talking about, that I do

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not permit a woman to do that. That this type

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of a teaching is not just merely to pass information.

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It's a domineering toxic, you understand? supremacy

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mentality that is brought from a foreign place

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and that does not glorify god it means teaching

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you understand that is bossy it's not just normal

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positive acts this is not a positive like like

01:00:30.949 --> 01:00:33.429
what many of us do in the class personal td personal

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course and the rest you know something it's not

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a positive teaching Listen, the teaching here

01:00:39.579 --> 01:00:43.300
is not a positive teaching wanting somebody to

01:00:43.300 --> 01:00:46.400
learn something. Like what we do in school, that

01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:48.539
you are proud that somebody learn after you and

01:00:48.539 --> 01:00:51.099
graduates. You understand? It's not positive,

01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:56.719
it's negative. It's not intended to pass on information.

01:00:57.280 --> 01:01:02.219
It's intended to dominate. It's intended to enslave.

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Did you understand what I'm saying? Have you

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seen those women before? That the man have no

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wealth in his house? Have you seen them? Oh,

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you have not seen them. May God never make you

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to see them. You know what I'm saying? She is

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the ultimate, the alpha and omega in the sun.

01:01:22.550 --> 01:01:26.949
Whatever she says stands. She has no world. That

01:01:26.949 --> 01:01:30.429
is this Artemis. She is from the daughters of

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Artemis. Are we together? So this teaching here

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is not positive. It's not helping someone to

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succeed. It is the teaching that dominates, that

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bullies. To have authority of sub -authority

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means to take or to keep power. Now listen, that

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word have is the word usurp, right? In some translation,

01:02:00.460 --> 01:02:04.119
use the word usurp, right? That is you. s -u

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-r -p -s it's not that you see we sang a song

01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:13.219
oh jesus i have authority this authority is given

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to us we didn't collect it by force is yes now

01:02:19.139 --> 01:02:23.679
the exactly sir the you sub -authority sir is

01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:27.780
the authority of kurita is the one that you collect

01:02:27.780 --> 01:02:31.139
by force it's not your place but you collect

01:02:31.139 --> 01:02:35.230
it there's something and you rule with iron fist

01:02:35.230 --> 01:02:37.590
because the reason is that you are also afraid

01:02:37.590 --> 01:02:40.449
because it's not your position. It's not that

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people voted you in power say we love you. We

01:02:43.369 --> 01:02:45.809
want you to rule us. No. It's like you collected

01:02:45.809 --> 01:02:49.789
by force. So you would necessarily have to rule

01:02:49.789 --> 01:02:55.110
with iron fist. That is a kind of authority here.

01:02:55.949 --> 01:03:00.440
So this authority is it means to have authority

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or to assume authority means to take power to

01:03:05.219 --> 01:03:11.860
take a position by a force you understand without

01:03:11.860 --> 01:03:15.360
legal right you don't have legal right in christ

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as i said the position of a man as the head of

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the home is an election of grace it's not because

01:03:21.300 --> 01:03:25.340
he's wiser it's not because it's not it's an

01:03:25.340 --> 01:03:29.369
election of grace you understand saying So the

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position he is carrying is not an usup authority.

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It is not an authority he hijacks. But for the

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woman to come and say, Paul said, I do not permit

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her. That means it's an illegal position. This

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is what Paul was addressing. And remember, this

01:03:49.590 --> 01:03:51.869
is an idea that he's addressing. They are coming

01:03:51.869 --> 01:03:59.869
from the temple of Artemis. So the position is

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important and I want you to note. So the wife

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shouldn't take the position of authority because

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it's divinely given to her husband. And so the

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word, importantly, the whole word means to dominate,

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to take power by force. to be autocratic, to

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have an absolute power, that's what it means,

01:04:31.579 --> 01:04:36.800
to be a bully, to practice self -assertive aggressive

01:04:36.800 --> 01:04:42.260
control, that's what that means. It's not just

01:04:42.260 --> 01:04:46.460
to teach that they want authority define the

01:04:46.460 --> 01:04:52.340
kind of teaching Paul was talking about. And

01:04:52.340 --> 01:04:55.420
this is not, let me explain. what Paul is not

01:04:55.420 --> 01:04:58.059
saying, and that's what the error of many of

01:04:58.059 --> 01:05:02.599
our churches. They think here that this teacher

01:05:02.599 --> 01:05:05.260
is talking about just merely teaching the Bible.

01:05:05.300 --> 01:05:09.780
This is a positive one. This teacher is a negative

01:05:09.780 --> 01:05:14.500
one. Are we together? And when you check in the

01:05:14.500 --> 01:05:18.880
church, let me give you some thought here. Now

01:05:18.880 --> 01:05:22.980
there are different words used. Oh, I have to

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give you this word, please. Have authority, because

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that word authority, we have to define it. The

01:05:27.500 --> 01:05:29.599
entire word, please follow me. The entire word

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to have authority there is autentio in Greek,

01:05:35.360 --> 01:05:38.800
autentio. To have authority is autentio in Greek,

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means A -U -T -H -E -N -T -U, and T -O, sorry.

01:05:46.679 --> 01:05:58.110
A -U -T -H -E -N -T -U. E -N -T -E -O. Please

01:05:58.110 --> 01:06:01.349
pay attention. Because authority is not authority

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everywhere. This one here, authority, this one,

01:06:10.429 --> 01:06:13.550
is used only once and in this place. It's not

01:06:13.550 --> 01:06:17.349
a mistake. Paul deliberately chose this word.

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This word here is only used, that's the only

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place used in the Bible. And as I said, this

01:06:26.929 --> 01:06:31.750
autentio means to have authority. It's a verb.

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It's actually, it's not a positive one. It is

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to dominate, as I said. It is to take power by

01:06:41.150 --> 01:06:50.170
force. It is to be autocratic, as I said. is

01:06:50.170 --> 01:07:00.809
to be a bully. To have an absolute power. That

01:07:00.809 --> 01:07:04.630
means to be an absolute master. You know absolute.

01:07:05.070 --> 01:07:10.449
Means the other person has no say. As I said

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also, it means to practice a self assertive.

01:07:14.789 --> 01:07:16.849
You know self assertive? Means you are the one

01:07:16.849 --> 01:07:22.050
who assert yourself. or a self -aggressive control.

01:07:22.750 --> 01:07:32.730
So it's meant to be a manipulative power. Now,

01:07:33.510 --> 01:07:37.010
this autentitude, as I said, is the only place

01:07:37.010 --> 01:07:41.730
it appears, this authority here. This is different

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from the church power. or the leadership of the

01:07:48.179 --> 01:07:51.199
church authority. This is different from the

01:07:51.199 --> 01:07:53.719
believer's authority. And it's also different

01:07:53.719 --> 01:07:55.719
from governmental authority. Remember in the

01:07:55.719 --> 01:07:58.940
Bible, God, you know, this is maybe to help to

01:07:58.940 --> 01:08:02.039
address some of these things also. God asks us

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to submit to the governmental authority. Is that

01:08:04.760 --> 01:08:07.639
correct? You know, some people are saying, what

01:08:07.639 --> 01:08:10.760
if they are tyrant? What the word the Bible use

01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:16.229
is not authentic. to refer to those authorities.

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Now, let me start with the church. What is the

01:08:20.970 --> 01:08:25.310
word used as church authority or church leadership

01:08:25.310 --> 01:08:35.529
authority? Paul used the word exusia. E -X -O

01:08:35.529 --> 01:08:49.409
-U -S -I -A. X -E -X -O -U -S -I -A. This is

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a healthy authority. It's not a tyrant authority.

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Let me give you some text. 1 Corinthians chapter

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9. 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 4 to 6. Do we

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have no right? Look at it. That word right is

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the word exusia. is an apostolic authority to

01:09:15.350 --> 01:09:21.970
eat and drink? Do we have no right to take along

01:09:21.970 --> 01:09:27.090
a believing wife as do also the other apostles,

01:09:27.909 --> 01:09:37.729
the brother of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it

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only Barnabas and I who have no right. That word

01:09:42.329 --> 01:09:46.829
right there is a word authority or exusia, to

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refrain from working. Are we together? What Paul

01:09:51.989 --> 01:09:56.250
is saying that we have the right to demand your

01:09:56.250 --> 01:10:04.550
material things because a laborer is worthy for

01:10:04.550 --> 01:10:08.010
his wages. You know what I'm saying? but they

01:10:08.010 --> 01:10:10.689
say we waive that authority. It's an apostolic

01:10:10.689 --> 01:10:16.489
authority. This is not manipulative. This is

01:10:16.489 --> 01:10:19.630
the right given to them by the Lord, that those

01:10:19.630 --> 01:10:22.090
that walk in the altar will eat from the altar.

01:10:22.210 --> 01:10:25.090
Did you understand something? It's not what you

01:10:25.090 --> 01:10:28.090
give to a pastor. You know, some of us have to

01:10:28.090 --> 01:10:30.890
understand. When you are giving and taking care

01:10:30.890 --> 01:10:34.890
of your pastor, it's not that he is the one who

01:10:34.890 --> 01:10:39.380
require it, it's a divine authority is a divine

01:10:39.380 --> 01:10:43.979
privilege. Did you get what I'm trying to say?

01:10:45.939 --> 01:10:48.199
1 Corinthians 9 verse 12. Let me give you another

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one. Look at verse 12, the same 1 Corinthians

01:10:54.000 --> 01:10:59.840
9. If others are partakers of this right over

01:10:59.840 --> 01:11:04.399
you, are we not even more? Nonetheless, we have

01:11:04.399 --> 01:11:08.300
not used this right But endure all things, lest

01:11:08.300 --> 01:11:11.140
we hinder the gospel of Jesus Christ. That means

01:11:11.140 --> 01:11:13.979
Paul is willing to waive even the right giving

01:11:13.979 --> 01:11:16.939
to him by God, so that he will not be a hindrance

01:11:16.939 --> 01:11:21.060
to the preaching of the gospel. That's why you

01:11:21.060 --> 01:11:25.539
always say, I have shown you an example by working

01:11:25.539 --> 01:11:28.579
that you support the weak. For the sake, that's

01:11:28.579 --> 01:11:30.279
leadership. When I'm talking about leadership

01:11:30.279 --> 01:11:34.279
in the home, that's exactly. You want to teach

01:11:34.279 --> 01:11:36.529
your wife something. You don't just say, hey,

01:11:36.609 --> 01:11:39.149
do, do, do, do always. It's that you demonstrate

01:11:39.149 --> 01:11:41.529
it. That's leadership. Paul wants to teach these

01:11:41.529 --> 01:11:44.630
people sacrifice and how to support the weak

01:11:44.630 --> 01:11:48.050
in the family and in the church. He said, OK,

01:11:48.550 --> 01:11:51.149
I waive my right for you to give to me. I will

01:11:51.149 --> 01:11:54.029
go and work with my hand and show you how you

01:11:54.029 --> 01:11:57.090
should do it. And then when he makes money, he

01:11:57.090 --> 01:11:59.590
supports the weak and said, this is how you should

01:11:59.590 --> 01:12:06.640
do it. That's a leader. Second Corinthians chapter

01:12:06.640 --> 01:12:12.699
10 verse 8. This right is called exucia. Second

01:12:12.699 --> 01:12:22.159
Corinthians 10 verse 8. He said, for even if

01:12:22.159 --> 01:12:27.899
I should boast somewhat more about our authority,

01:12:29.180 --> 01:12:33.039
which the Lord gave us, did you see that? He

01:12:33.039 --> 01:12:39.680
did not hijack it. It was given to them. For

01:12:39.680 --> 01:12:42.699
who? For edification, that's positive. This is

01:12:42.699 --> 01:12:45.479
the authority we are talking about. Exucia, not

01:12:45.479 --> 01:12:50.220
Othentio. Othentio is an aggressive, abusive

01:12:50.220 --> 01:12:54.840
power, authority. Exucia is one for edification.

01:12:56.680 --> 01:13:01.000
And not for your destruction. Exucia, sir, the

01:13:01.000 --> 01:13:04.539
church authority. Is not for destruction is for

01:13:04.539 --> 01:13:07.239
edification. This is why they are this is what

01:13:07.239 --> 01:13:11.079
they are hindering women to do That is not the

01:13:11.079 --> 01:13:16.340
same with a turn to The Bible never Said that

01:13:16.340 --> 01:13:19.239
the woman should not have exusia. You know something

01:13:19.239 --> 01:13:26.340
because is one given by God So we should not

01:13:26.340 --> 01:13:31.010
confuse the two And say that God banned women

01:13:31.010 --> 01:13:33.210
from leadership and authority in the church.

01:13:33.470 --> 01:13:38.510
No, they are not the same, sir. Let me give one

01:13:38.510 --> 01:13:45.729
more here. 2nd Thessalonians. I have to do this

01:13:45.729 --> 01:13:49.390
one. 2nd Thessalonians. Even if we will finish

01:13:49.390 --> 01:13:52.390
this one alone, it's okay. Did you want something?

01:13:54.550 --> 01:13:59.630
Are you 2nd Thessalonians? 3 verse 9. 2 Thessalonians

01:13:59.630 --> 01:14:05.930
3 verse 9. He said, none because we do not have

01:14:05.930 --> 01:14:13.770
authority, but to make our self worth an example

01:14:13.770 --> 01:14:18.590
of how you should follow us. That's just what

01:14:18.590 --> 01:14:22.029
I have said, is authority. It has been given

01:14:22.029 --> 01:14:25.770
to them. And it is for edification, not for destruction.

01:14:28.259 --> 01:14:33.840
is a power, is an authority for confusion. Now,

01:14:33.880 --> 01:14:36.899
the believer has also that. Let's look at the

01:14:36.899 --> 01:14:39.600
believer. This one is for the church authorities.

01:14:40.399 --> 01:14:42.119
What about the believer? The believer also has

01:14:42.119 --> 01:14:45.819
authority. And the authority is also a exusiasa.

01:14:45.920 --> 01:14:49.000
It's not autentio. It's not for destruction.

01:14:50.180 --> 01:14:53.840
1 Corinthians, chapter 7, verse 4. This one,

01:14:54.060 --> 01:15:00.439
in fact, he uses The what? Let me, let me read

01:15:00.439 --> 01:15:04.680
it here. The wife does not have authority. Now,

01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:08.560
this authority is not attentive. You know what

01:15:08.560 --> 01:15:11.399
I'm saying? Over her own body, but the husband.

01:15:11.840 --> 01:15:15.600
That means this authority is not an evil authority.

01:15:16.159 --> 01:15:18.359
It's not saying that the woman will be subjected

01:15:18.359 --> 01:15:22.680
by the man. No. You know what I'm saying? He

01:15:22.680 --> 01:15:25.500
said, and likewise, the husband does not have

01:15:25.500 --> 01:15:29.239
authority. over his own body but that means both

01:15:29.239 --> 01:15:32.579
of them have this authority over the other's

01:15:32.579 --> 01:15:36.180
body and this authority is not authentic it's

01:15:36.180 --> 01:15:39.659
not the one that mutilates that that tarnish

01:15:39.659 --> 01:15:46.180
it's not the one you understand it's not selfish

01:15:46.180 --> 01:15:49.800
you understand that you the husband you're only

01:15:49.800 --> 01:15:52.079
the one once you enjoy your wife and move you

01:15:52.079 --> 01:15:54.420
don't care that your wife enjoy it or not That

01:15:54.420 --> 01:15:58.840
is not the one. It's not a selfish power. It's

01:15:58.840 --> 01:16:01.720
not a selfish power. In fact, here he uses the

01:16:01.720 --> 01:16:05.579
verb of exusia. Exusia is a noun. He uses the

01:16:05.579 --> 01:16:11.220
verb of it, which is exusiazo. Are we together?

01:16:11.500 --> 01:16:21.180
You just add zo to it. Z -O, zo. Go to 37 for

01:16:21.180 --> 01:16:30.500
me. 37. Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast

01:16:30.500 --> 01:16:36.439
in his heart, having no necessity but has power

01:16:36.439 --> 01:16:41.000
over his own will and has so determined in his

01:16:41.000 --> 01:16:47.460
heart that he will keep his virgin thus well.

01:16:47.880 --> 01:16:50.619
You know, many people have mutilated, even Amplify

01:16:50.619 --> 01:16:54.020
have confused this text. They are thinking that

01:16:54.020 --> 01:16:57.270
he's talking about the father of the woman. But

01:16:57.270 --> 01:17:01.109
he's talking about the man himself. That is the

01:17:01.109 --> 01:17:04.670
young man has authority over if he thinks that

01:17:04.670 --> 01:17:07.590
he can be able to tame himself, to tame his loss,

01:17:07.949 --> 01:17:11.109
he does not need to marry. He can decide not

01:17:11.109 --> 01:17:15.550
to. That is within his control. Are we together?

01:17:16.210 --> 01:17:20.829
He said, if what? Having no necessity. He said,

01:17:20.909 --> 01:17:23.670
but has power over his will. Do you understand?

01:17:24.189 --> 01:17:27.449
He said, and has so determined. in his heart

01:17:27.449 --> 01:17:30.989
that he will keep his virgin. That is, he will

01:17:30.989 --> 01:17:33.890
keep himself because he is a virgin. Do you understand

01:17:33.890 --> 01:17:37.869
what I'm saying? He said he does well. He's trying

01:17:37.869 --> 01:17:41.069
to say that if you decide not to marry, you have

01:17:41.069 --> 01:17:43.010
done well. Do you understand what I'm trying

01:17:43.010 --> 01:17:48.170
to say? But it has a condition if you have exusia

01:17:48.170 --> 01:17:51.890
over your passions. Because those who does not

01:17:51.890 --> 01:17:54.210
have, He has already told them in verse one,

01:17:54.430 --> 01:17:56.149
instead of you to born with loss, what you should

01:17:56.149 --> 01:18:06.649
do? Go and marry. You are laughing. Paul is not

01:18:06.649 --> 01:18:10.590
just any how, he is addressing reality. Brother,

01:18:10.949 --> 01:18:12.869
if you cannot keep yourself, can you just go

01:18:12.869 --> 01:18:15.350
and marry so that they will be using that word

01:18:15.350 --> 01:18:18.949
for you, you are settled. You know when people

01:18:18.949 --> 01:18:21.539
marry, they say they are settling down. Maybe

01:18:21.539 --> 01:18:24.460
it's their passion that is settling down. Amen.

01:18:25.140 --> 01:18:28.239
Are we together? So that word here is power,

01:18:29.000 --> 01:18:35.460
authority. Amen. Hallelujah. To commit to a life

01:18:35.460 --> 01:18:39.399
of singleness and celibacy. 1 Corinthians chapter

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8 verse 9. 1 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9. This

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is talking about the believer's authority. You

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understand? the believer's authority, exusia,

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is not negative, is a one that is helpful. 8

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verse 9, but beware, lest someone, somehow this

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liberty, the word liberty there is a word authority,

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of yours become a stumbling block to those who

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are weak. Remember, we say exusia is not autenture.

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So it's not meant for destruction, it said be

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careful. that your exusia that is good is an

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authority of the believer that is good. Don't

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allow it to become a stumbling block to those

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who are weak. 1 Corinthians 11, 10. 1 Corinthians

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11, 10. He said for this reason, the woman ought

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to have a symbol of authority on her head because

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of the angels. You understand? We'll deal with

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this text separately. But the point I'm trying

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to say is the authority here. And the idea here

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is that the symbol of authority means that she

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is under authority. She said that is a symbol.

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It's an indication that she's under authority.

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Because remember, they have a culture at that

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time, just the same way we have today. You understand?

01:20:13.100 --> 01:20:15.420
I don't know today. How do you show that you

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are rebelling? What are the things that when

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you wear it signify that you're a rebellious

01:20:20.699 --> 01:20:26.939
person? I don't know anyway. But maybe for the

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men, when you see a man sagging, what is the

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indication? Because that sagging came from the

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prisons. It's a statement to the wardens. Do

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you want me to tell you? Because there is something

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that happened, they want to rebel. So they started

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sagging. Now, most of our boys, that's what they

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are doing. That's a symbol of rebellion to authorities.

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It's an indication. So the same way, at the context

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of that time, head time means something. When

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they see you tied, it shows something. It shows

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that you're under authority. And remember, this

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authority is exusia. It's not autentio. It's

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not a controlling, manipulative power. Are we

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together? Lastly, governmental leadership. I'm

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trying to let you know that what the word of

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God commands is not an uncontrolled, negative

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power. You know, some people accuse that the

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church is trying to manipulate you, that this

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thing is manipulating you. Some people are even

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saying that, no, we can't continue today or whatever.

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No, no, no, no, no. Remember, the Bible did not

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ask, say that when he was talking about authorities,

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Let's look at governmental authorities. Romans

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chapter 13 verse 1 to 3. He was not talking about

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a Tentil. He was not talking about a Dictators.

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Those who snatch power like North Korea. You

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understand? And ensure everybody does not move.

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You don't have a right. You understand? The government

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own you. Everything they say you must do it.

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That's not what we're talking about. Are we together?

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Amen. Sorry, I'm not a politician. And I'm not

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trying to undermine any government. I'm just

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trying to give an example. That's the reality.

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You understand what I'm saying? Amen. He said,

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let every soul be subject to the governmental

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authorities. That word, authorities, is the word

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exucia. He's not talking about autentio. You

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understand what I'm saying? He said, that's why

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you will see that. How he continue, you now understand

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that. He's talking about that. he said for there

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is no authority except from God you definitely

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you know that this authority is not talking about

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or Tentil are we together he said except from

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God and the authorities that exist are appointed

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by God God cannot appoint anything that is tyrant

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therefore so don't say when a people foolishly

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elected a foolish leader and you say that it

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is God that put him there and he's He's destroying

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people, doing a lot of this. Say it is we that

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put him there. You know what I'm saying? If it

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is a power that God is involved, you will see

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it is positive. He said, therefore, whoever resists

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authority resists the ordinances of God. You

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know what I'm saying? And those who resist will

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bring judgment on themselves. That's three. For

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rulers are not what? Oh, are you with me? Do

01:23:45.619 --> 01:23:49.659
you want to be unafraid of the authority? He

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said, do what is good, and you will have praise

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from the same. Are we together? Romans 9 verse

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21. Romans 9, 21. He said, does not the potter

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have the power over the clay from the same loom

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to make a vessel for honor and another for dishonor

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here again that's another thing many of us misquote

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this place in the sun listen power here is no

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negative the word power here is a positive power

01:24:29.170 --> 01:24:31.550
exusia what he's saying is that the lord has

01:24:31.550 --> 01:24:34.350
the rights in the context of this text he's not

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talking about producing a human being. He's not

01:24:39.729 --> 01:24:42.189
talking about creation. He's talking about the

01:24:42.189 --> 01:24:46.609
way of faith and the way of law. Are we together?

01:24:47.609 --> 01:24:50.789
And God has chosen that the way to come to him

01:24:50.789 --> 01:24:54.229
is through the way of faith. So you cannot come

01:24:54.229 --> 01:24:57.569
and wake up and say, no, me, I will not use faith.

01:24:58.310 --> 01:25:00.890
I will use law and you have to accept me. No,

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it doesn't work like that because you don't have

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the authority to do that. So it is in this context

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and Paul is giving this example. He said just

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the same way the potter, right? Have the right,

01:25:11.939 --> 01:25:14.680
you understand? Over the clay, you understand?

01:25:15.100 --> 01:25:17.439
To shape it the way he wants. He can break it

01:25:17.439 --> 01:25:19.899
and shape it. That's the same way the Lord has

01:25:19.899 --> 01:25:22.380
the right to choose which way people come to

01:25:22.380 --> 01:25:24.760
him. And he has chosen the way of faith. So you

01:25:24.760 --> 01:25:26.539
don't have that right to say, no, I will not

01:25:26.539 --> 01:25:27.979
follow the way of faith. I'll follow the way

01:25:27.979 --> 01:25:30.420
of the law. No, you won't get to him. You get

01:25:30.420 --> 01:25:36.020
to another place. Are we together? only to wake

01:25:36.020 --> 01:25:38.119
up probably and see that it's the wrong address.

01:25:40.319 --> 01:25:46.300
Lastly, Titus, let me give this one. Titus, Titus

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chapter three, verse one. Titus chapter three,

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verse one. He said, remind them to be subject

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to rulers and authorities. authorities we have

01:26:07.680 --> 01:26:09.680
shown you something here he's not saying rulers

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are different from authorities the word and there

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is chi in greek which means it's saying it's

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a in in in biblical studies not always you see

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that word and a conjunction is always a talking

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about two things like joining two things it may

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be a further explanation you understand as you

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normally see it in different place my Lord and

01:26:34.930 --> 01:26:37.270
my God. He's not saying my Lord is different

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and my God is different. You understand what

01:26:39.109 --> 01:26:41.210
I'm saying? He's saying that and he's saying

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my Lord which is my God. Are we together? That's

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exactly what he's saying. So here rulers means

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rulers which are authorities. So authorities

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here is exusia. He said to obey, to be ready

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for every good work. Are we together? Please

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brethren you can see that in all the texts we

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are the Bible the authority that God gives is

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not a negative authority so if Paul is saying

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I do not permit you should know that that authority

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that the woman is taking is an illegal authority

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the one that God gives both to the believer both

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to government you understand and to the church

01:27:27.060 --> 01:27:30.420
authority is a positive one for edification you

01:27:30.420 --> 01:27:33.739
understand not for destruction Are we together?

01:27:34.460 --> 01:27:40.760
It's Exucia. So while Exucia is legitimate, is

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given by God, or Tentil, is a highly negative,

01:27:50.000 --> 01:27:55.340
aggressive position, right authority, taken by

01:27:55.340 --> 01:27:59.500
force without legitimacy. This is a one that

01:27:59.500 --> 01:28:02.750
Paul says, I do not permit you to have it. because

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it's illegal. With this understanding, we can

01:28:07.750 --> 01:28:12.390
then read 12 clearly now. Are we together? Are

01:28:12.390 --> 01:28:14.710
you with me? Are you with me up to this moment?

01:28:15.369 --> 01:28:17.729
Now you can now read this verse with clarity

01:28:17.729 --> 01:28:25.850
and now understand why Paul said, I do not permit

01:28:25.850 --> 01:28:29.909
a woman. So let's read it this way. Because we

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said that word teach. is defined by the authority

01:28:33.380 --> 01:28:37.420
in the sun which is a figure of speech we have

01:28:37.420 --> 01:28:45.380
said and then that is right which we said we

01:28:45.380 --> 01:28:48.939
will read it this way i do not permit a woman

01:28:48.939 --> 01:28:56.420
to teach in such a way that you soup authority

01:28:56.420 --> 01:29:07.760
over a man but to be silent or but to have a

01:29:07.760 --> 01:29:14.539
teachable disposition. So he is not permitting

01:29:14.539 --> 01:29:19.859
a woman to exercise what is and not her rights.

01:29:21.380 --> 01:29:27.739
That authority is a snatched, is a hijacked authority.

01:29:28.579 --> 01:29:33.130
It's meant to bully. is coming from the temple

01:29:33.130 --> 01:29:37.210
of Artemis, not temple of God. That authority

01:29:37.210 --> 01:29:42.710
is not God -like, is not Christ -like, is demonic,

01:29:42.909 --> 01:29:48.149
is evil. That authority does not promote success,

01:29:48.569 --> 01:29:53.590
does not promote the harmonious living. That

01:29:53.590 --> 01:29:58.109
authority is domineering. That authority is abusive,

01:29:58.250 --> 01:30:06.579
is aggressive. is controlling. That is what Paul

01:30:06.579 --> 01:30:15.640
said, no. No. So Paul was not banning a healthy

01:30:15.640 --> 01:30:21.119
pastoral teaching. Don't use this text to condemn

01:30:21.119 --> 01:30:26.819
pastoral authority of a woman. She is in Christ.

01:30:27.619 --> 01:30:31.550
We have already said, We don't want the woman

01:30:31.550 --> 01:30:34.649
to assume pastoral authority by any other means

01:30:34.649 --> 01:30:37.569
than the means God have outlined in the church.

01:30:38.810 --> 01:30:41.250
A woman should not become a pastor because her

01:30:41.250 --> 01:30:44.210
husband is a pastor. That's an illegal way. That's

01:30:44.210 --> 01:30:48.850
also like atentio. It's an illegal means. Because

01:30:48.850 --> 01:30:53.189
the position of a pastor is a position of maturity.

01:30:54.529 --> 01:30:58.119
You don't call me through relationship. is not

01:30:58.119 --> 01:31:00.220
a marital religion that brought you to become

01:31:00.220 --> 01:31:04.000
a pastor no neither we will not allow any man

01:31:04.000 --> 01:31:06.039
to become a pastor because his wife is a pastor

01:31:06.039 --> 01:31:09.460
that's why we have to be careful you understand

01:31:09.460 --> 01:31:13.239
we really have to be careful else we will be

01:31:13.239 --> 01:31:17.640
practicing we'll be bringing you some some some

01:31:17.640 --> 01:31:21.479
thought of artemis you understand we will be

01:31:21.479 --> 01:31:24.720
circumventing where god man of god have they

01:31:24.720 --> 01:31:28.760
will show to us you understand How the leadership

01:31:28.760 --> 01:31:32.359
of the church of Ephesus came. Sometimes they

01:31:32.359 --> 01:31:36.279
go in Acts chapter 19. These people were not

01:31:36.279 --> 01:31:39.500
born again. You understand? In fact, what they

01:31:39.500 --> 01:31:41.539
say, we don't even know there's anything like

01:31:41.539 --> 01:31:43.180
a Holy Spirit. They say, with what baptism have

01:31:43.180 --> 01:31:44.420
you been baptized? They say with the baptism

01:31:44.420 --> 01:31:46.720
of John. They don't understand even with the

01:31:46.720 --> 01:31:50.359
baptism of John. Because Paul now said, listen,

01:31:50.640 --> 01:31:54.060
this is the baptism of John. When John was baptizing,

01:31:54.319 --> 01:31:57.529
he was baptizing unto repentance. And what he

01:31:57.529 --> 01:31:59.449
was doing is that he was pointing to a person.

01:31:59.569 --> 01:32:03.449
He said, eh? Oh, we didn't know. He said, no.

01:32:03.510 --> 01:32:05.489
That's what John was doing, because the baptism

01:32:05.489 --> 01:32:09.350
of John was pointing to someone who is going

01:32:09.350 --> 01:32:12.590
to come. When they heard it, they now understood,

01:32:13.170 --> 01:32:16.770
oh. The Bible now said they were baptized in

01:32:16.770 --> 01:32:19.289
the name. That's not water baptism. We've told

01:32:19.289 --> 01:32:25.220
you now, the name is not a tag. He's not to say

01:32:25.220 --> 01:32:29.720
the name, you understand? He's not attack, he's

01:32:29.720 --> 01:32:33.060
authority, you understand? To be baptized, we

01:32:33.060 --> 01:32:36.239
have shown it. Give me that text, one of God.

01:32:37.199 --> 01:32:41.539
1 Corinthians chapter seven, sorry, 12. He shows

01:32:41.539 --> 01:32:46.680
to us a word there. I think he's in verse 11,

01:32:47.239 --> 01:32:49.680
talks about those of us, we are baptized into

01:32:49.680 --> 01:32:52.300
Christ, we are baptized through the spirit. Show

01:32:52.300 --> 01:32:57.079
me that text, there's a verse there. I forgot

01:32:57.079 --> 01:33:02.420
that verse. Look at, show it for me. For by one

01:33:02.420 --> 01:33:06.319
spirit we are all, do what? Baptized into one

01:33:06.319 --> 01:33:10.600
body. That's not what our baptisms are. Meaning

01:33:10.600 --> 01:33:13.220
it is through the spirit that you came into Christ.

01:33:14.319 --> 01:33:17.340
Right? Whether you are Greek, so we are slaves

01:33:17.340 --> 01:33:22.199
or free, all have been made. to drink into one

01:33:22.199 --> 01:33:27.000
spirit so they were baptized in the name and

01:33:27.000 --> 01:33:30.319
then Paul wanted to make more converts they rejected

01:33:30.319 --> 01:33:33.039
him he said okay since you rejected he just carried

01:33:33.039 --> 01:33:35.760
the ones he has already they already received

01:33:35.760 --> 01:33:38.920
those who were disciples of John but didn't even

01:33:38.920 --> 01:33:42.140
know John's message listen people can be going

01:33:42.140 --> 01:33:43.960
to try they don't know what they are saying We

01:33:43.960 --> 01:33:45.659
had the Ethiopian, you know, he was coming to

01:33:45.659 --> 01:33:47.399
Jerusalem to serve. He didn't know the God. He

01:33:47.399 --> 01:33:49.539
was moving back. He was reading the book of Isaiah.

01:33:49.560 --> 01:33:51.520
He doesn't even know what he's saying. This is

01:33:51.520 --> 01:33:53.500
the man that has come to Jerusalem to worship.

01:33:54.739 --> 01:33:58.079
And now God has to intervene and say, well, please

01:33:58.079 --> 01:34:02.439
help this young, help this man in the sun. Are

01:34:02.439 --> 01:34:08.000
we together? And of course, he became born again

01:34:08.000 --> 01:34:10.720
and he moved back to Ethiopia. So what we are

01:34:10.720 --> 01:34:16.340
saying is that these type of teaching is not

01:34:16.340 --> 01:34:21.819
just any kind. So don't use autentio as exusia.

01:34:22.880 --> 01:34:30.199
Don't use that. Do not use that. So Paul was

01:34:30.199 --> 01:34:33.880
not banning healthy pastoral teaching. He was

01:34:33.880 --> 01:34:38.220
banning that abusive, aggressive, spiritual takeover,

01:34:38.380 --> 01:34:41.739
because it's a spiritual takeover. You are coming

01:34:41.739 --> 01:34:45.180
from the temple of Artemis and now coming to

01:34:45.180 --> 01:34:48.199
temple of God to to take over to you know son

01:34:48.199 --> 01:34:50.819
to continue leading because you are used to that

01:34:50.819 --> 01:34:53.539
that high you are a high priestess there you

01:34:53.539 --> 01:34:55.020
think and that's the same thing church are doing

01:34:55.020 --> 01:34:58.359
we are still practicing Artemis today have you

01:34:58.359 --> 01:35:01.100
not seen the man has been singing in the world

01:35:01.100 --> 01:35:04.079
you know son he's a celebrity suddenly he came

01:35:04.079 --> 01:35:06.319
into the church he was born again glory to God

01:35:06.319 --> 01:35:09.359
okay brother sit down and learn suddenly now

01:35:09.359 --> 01:35:12.220
they met him the head of the choir now he is

01:35:12.220 --> 01:35:15.260
busy now singing that is artemis you are coming

01:35:15.260 --> 01:35:17.880
from somewhere you are high ranking there suddenly

01:35:17.880 --> 01:35:19.659
you enter the church you want to maintain that

01:35:19.659 --> 01:35:23.659
position that is artemis and the church have

01:35:23.659 --> 01:35:25.760
to be careful and this is where we are going

01:35:25.760 --> 01:35:29.239
and so when things happen then you start to watch

01:35:29.239 --> 01:35:33.359
no brother sit down and learn this is not time

01:35:33.359 --> 01:35:37.039
to start singing you understand i am trusting

01:35:37.039 --> 01:35:39.729
the lord to help us you understand The first

01:35:39.729 --> 01:35:41.390
thing is not to start serving here and there.

01:35:41.390 --> 01:35:43.270
That's why I'm careful always with some of us

01:35:43.270 --> 01:35:45.649
that are serving. I'm much concerned because

01:35:45.649 --> 01:35:48.630
I don't want you to be here for donkey years.

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You are busy holding camera, you are busy playing

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this and playing that and you learn nothing and

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it doesn't bother you. And then we think the

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brother has grown and then we begin to see some

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things and then we are surprised. What happened?

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That's what happened. He's already overtaken.

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We don't want you to do that in the sun. Service

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is a product of maturity. You know something?

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That's why I read Ephesians chapter 4, sir. That

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word, sir, when you read from 13, 14, 15, 16,

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where the body, every part of the body begins

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to contribute to the child. That is when maturity

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has come. But the first instance, those who are

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to serve are those who are mature. they are to

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teach they are to ensure that those people are

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matured the time they will be contributing is

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when you lead by the time you read 16 verse 16

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of chapter 4 then you said that every part will

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now contribute its own part but how comes you

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start contributing without knowing anything so

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and that is how leadership came from from the

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apple dwell with them for two years teaching

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them In the sun. In all together, by the time

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you come to Acts chapter 20, in the sun, it was

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already that he has spent three years with them.

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And at that moment, they are mature. They are

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the one they become elders now. So how come you

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just enter the church and you are given the leadership

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position? What did you know? So Paul's instruction.

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was not to ban any woman. So Paul's solution

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wasn't to mute the woman, but to mandate that

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they humbly learn sound doctrine, sound theology,

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which is not the one they have been receiving,

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which is corrupted, not to be influenced by the

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Ephesus powerful Artemis culture, which uses

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a corrupted, Genesis narrative. Eve first, because

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the goddess believed she is the first. Because

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she was born first and came to help her mother

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to deliver her twin brother. Can I imagine this

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kind of mythology? Or myths? Yes, the mother

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gave birth to her. Then after she came out, Then

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she now returned to help the mother to give birth

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to Apollo, which are twin brother. So she's first

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over men. Or if wiser, what Eve did is wiser

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than is a wisdom that she demonstrated. And Paul

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said, no, it was not wisdom. She was deceived.

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Paul was not comparing her with the man. He was

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saying against the attitude. and the culture

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of Ephesus and say, no, what if demonstrated

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was not wisdom, sir? What she demonstrated there,

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eh? She was tripped. She was deceived. Are we

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together? Hallelujah. I believe you have gotten

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something. Can you just appreciate God? I say,

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thank you, Lord. For all we have seen so brother

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as you are growing you are growing ministry.

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Don't block any sister Don't block your wife

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You know son and say the layer said you are not

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permitted that means you are joining the devil

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You know son to hinder his will His will is not

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gender -based. Sorry, sir. It's not gender -based

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Exucia is the authority given to the believer

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Giving to the church and a woman can grow to

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become a pastor She can be a leader She have

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the authority Can you just pray for that? We

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appreciate you being here today. We hope you

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