Psalmist

Light, I’m glad that made sense to you. It just gets clearer and clearer, the more I read patriarchalists’ objections to mutual submission and fully shared ministry in the church. It’s ALL about worldly power to them! Some think, and perhaps a few pretend, that their system is godly, but it’s the antithesis of what we find consistently throughout the Scriptures.

How can anyone who would keep women powerless and subordinate to men, claim to be following the Christ “who emptied himself, taking the form of a slave…”?

When will they understand that if they’re full of worldly power, there is no room for the Holy Spirit to give them true godly power? We all must choose between God’s way and the ways of this world. It’s no surprise to me that some of the most highly patriarchal churches are also some of the coldest, dead churches you could ever find. God has been crowded out and the idol of male-only “authority” threatens to take over. It’s an intoxicating thing, to have all that kind of power over other people. No one’s telling pastors of those churches how spiritually bankrupt they are…or at least, no one they’ll listen to. God has a great deal to say about in in Scripture, but without the Holy Spirit being permitted to teach them, they may never learn it until eternity.