Lydia

“So according to your train of thought, Christ did not ‘take’ authority. Does he therefore also NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY? “

His authority does not map to humans. That is one of the most frightful and insidious ideas that comps have. It scares me for them.

The reason: “Christ IN YOU” would bear the fruit of humility, love, patience, kindness, never lording it over, etc. Christ IN YOU would never bear fruit of “I am the authority” or “you are to submit to me”.

Do not confuse authority with boldness or courage which is manifest by the Holy Spirit and women can have, too. There are women in China right now who are in jail because of thier boldness and courage to share the Gospel.

While we sit here and talk of ridiculous roles and who has authority, the Holy Spirit is leading people (including many women) to proclaim (preach) the Gospel to any and all who will listen. They risk their lives for Christ. But many in the West want to tell them they are in sin for teaching men.