Mara

Heidi,
The wolves have already come in.
They have stolen callings, killed dreams, and destroyed true understanding of God’s Word. The wolves have already made portions of scripture null and void by taking verses out of context and spinning them into something they were never intended to be and calling it sound doctrine and biblical manhood and womanhood.
The traditions of men have cemented women into a lesser place of freedom and called it gospel, making a woman’s very salvation dependant on whether or not she properly submits to a man (not to God, but to a man who is just as sinful in nature as she is herself).
It is no gospel. It has no power to save but is driving away the very ones God wants to reach, heal, and deliver.
The true Gospel is not dependent on anything relating to gender. Gender is not a primary issue. It may very well not be an issue at all. But the wolves make it primary and use it to hurt and control already wounded women who need to know God’s love, healing, forgiveness and, yes, freedom. Not rebellion… freedom. It is ours in Christ. Not to sin against another, but to be free to love and serve one another and to serve God in whatever capacity God calls us. This is true submission.

You said:
“All this debate comes down to one thing, either Jesus Christ is the Lord of our life, or we are. If we are not surrendered to His word and His will, we can always find a loophole to justify our rebellion.”

And I agree. Women have been rebelling against the call of God on their lives for hundreds of years because they prefer to serve men rather than God and avoid the persecution that comes with making the choice to serve God rather than men.
When God comes and asks these women why they have buried their talents, what are they going to say?
What judgement will be on them?
And what worse judgement will be on the teachers who taught women to bury their talents and said that God would be pleased with them if they buried what He gave them?