Lin

Everyone is pointing out the real problem we see in the interpretations put forth by the masculinists: Authority.

I can model the love of Christ, His truth, etc and not be in authority over my peers. I am one of the sheep.

What could be done with someone exercising ‘authority’ in the church? We get a glimpse of it with John writing about Diotrephes.

I also take a hint from the passages on dealing with church discipline in 1 Corin 5 and Matt 18 (and others) when the ‘Body’ is told to deal with these situations as a whole. The instructions were not given to elders to carry out. (Although some who are teaching church discipline are ADDING to Matt 18 a step that is not in the Word. I heard this taught by someone very wellknown and I was aghast that this man would ADD to scripture what was not there)

It is one reason we see these groups use Hebrews 13:17 so much. A badly translated passage that they think supports their being in ‘authority’ over others in the Body.

But the body only has servants