KR Wordgazer

Frank said:

“KR Wordgazer, not everyone who “is big on the absolute sovereignty of God” believes God never will directly reveal himself to a woman, nor ever gift or call her to be minister and teacher of his Word.”

No, of course not, and I never meant that. What I did mean was that anyone who believes God will never directly reveal Himself to a woman, or ever gift or call her to be a minister, and ALSO is big on the absolute sovereignty of God, can claim that God “cannot” reveal Himself to a woman– only that He “will not.”

This says nothing whatsoever about those who believe God is absolutely sovereign and also believe God DOES reveal Himself to women and call them to ministry. Hope that clarifies.

With regards to this:

“His Holy Spirit cannot operate through women in the same way that He operates through men. He cannot gift women equally nor can He give an understanding of God’s Word to a woman without going through a man first. In the complementarian understanding, God has great limitations on what He can and cannot do through women.”

The problem is that the people who say this are also very big on the absolute sovereignty of God. Therefore, the only logical conclusion is not that God “cannot” use women, gift women, or even speak to women, but that God “will not.” He refuses to. Thus not only do their assertions that men and women have equal value before God fall completely to pieces, but we are left with an idea of the nature of God that is monstrous.

It’s no wonder many non-Christians will have nothing to do with such a god. They, as humans, can be more just towards women without even trying, than the hierarchalists can even conceive of their version of God being.