Cheryl Schatz

Mark, continuing on:

2. Cheryl, i don’t see prophesying in Cor as the same as teaching. If that is what your bible exposition looks like in your church i would be very intrigued to visit one day. There are many different types of ‘prophecy’ outlined in scripture. We ought not bulk them together under the banner of ‘teaching’ or preaching. If you think we should, please show how scripture does this? Also i have repreated said that 1 Tim was written to Timothy not a church. If you can outline from 1 Timothy how is role is not a ‘pastor’ from what Paul is instructs him to do please also show?

Prophesying has to have some element of teaching in it because Paul says that when everyone does this, then everyone learns

1 Cor 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted;

If people are learning, then they are being taught. I don’t think we should have to back away from that.

Paul instructs Timothy as his son in the faith as one who ministers to Paul and goes out to serve the assemblies as Paul sends him for one reason or another. That is an apostolic representative as he represents Paul to the congregations and reports on the congregation’s well-being back to Paul. Timothy is never called a pastor.