The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum 1 Timothy 2 issue

I'm not sure that the practice of "extending grace" where it violates, contradicts or diminishes a biblical precept, teaching, or law is a legitimate one. Actually, I know it is not something the Bible teaches us to do. We are to "extend grace" as you put it to those brothers/sisters who are "weak" in certain areas of Adiaphora; things indifferent, e.g., in matters of food, drink, observing of days and such matters. Matters which are good, in and of themselves, are just that . . . "good" and are thus free to be used with thanksgiving, if used rightly. However, as to matters which deal with the polity of the Church and the teaching of God's truth, this is not included in matters of "indifference". To do one thing is right and pleasing to God. To do otherwise is wrong and not pleasing to God. This topic is one of these "right or wrong" issues.

Secondly, no one here has even hinted that, "a woman has nothing to offer her husband or a man in general in the area of our faith." The truth is, those of us who hold to the "traditional" interpretation of the Scriptures in this matter, based on sound biblical exegesis and interpretation, apart from cultural mores, also hold strongly to a doctrine which sees woman as most valuable and who have many opportunities to minister in the Church, home and society at large. Your statement is fallacious and does not represent what we believe at all. The issue is, Are women permitted to teach and/or have authority over men within the Church and home? Is it clearly NOT, Can women teach a man anything. But rather, Are women allowed to be "teachers" of men. These are two decidedly different things of which it is important to distinguish.

In His Grace,