Women In The Church

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Thank you Lord! We thank you Jesus! We bless your holy Name! Thank you Lord, we bless your holy Name! Lord, we commit this program to you. I ask you to help people

to clearly understand your Word; to understand what you are saying in this program, and to consider it with an honest heart, in Jesus name, Amen.

Today’s program is called, Women In The Church. Let’s turn to 1 Tim 2:1, Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Notice: God desires all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 

And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. Chapter 3, verse 1, This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. Notice: a man. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife… 

Let’s turn to 1 Cor 14:26, How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. Verse 34, Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church. Or did the Word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached? If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Pet 3:1, Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the Word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror. Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 

These are the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning women in His Church, of which He is the Head, which He loves; which He gave Himself for upon the Cross, that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish. Men who rebel against the commandments of the Lord Jesus to allow women to speak in the Church; to be pastors and teach and usurp authority over men, do not love the Lord Jesus, nor do they love those women, nor the people they are speaking to. It is rebellion against the Lord. The prophet Samuel said to King Saul, when he disobeyed the commandment of the Lord, For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. Let’s turn there, 1 Sam 15:22, So Samuel said: Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. 

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king. When we reject the Word of the Lord; the commandments of our Lord, we enter into rebellion and the sin of witchcraft. Witchcraft seeks to get things done by domination, intimidation or manipulation, things that the person wants, not what the will of  God is. It is never love. Love is always seeking to obey God and keep His Words.  

Wherever you have women in authority in the Church, speaking and teaching, it is not God’s authority; it is rebellion and witchcraft is in operation. 1 Cor 11:1, Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Do you see that? That is God’s order. Jesus is completely subject to His Father; God is His head, and the man is to be completely subject to Christ, and the woman to the man.

That’s how God’s authority is set up. Men who allow their wives to rule over them are in rebellion, and they don’t love their wives or their family. If you are such a man, fall on your face and cry out to God in repentance, and ask Him to deliver you and change you and make you a man, and help you to truly love your wife. Repent of your rebellion. There is no way that your authority as a husband and a father will work properly if you are in rebellion yourself. Everything is out of order. God will help you when you truly surrender to Him to do His will and to keep His Words. 

Women rule because the men reject God’s Words. Isa 3:8, For Jerusalem stumbled, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory. The look on their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves. Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.  

Let’s turn to Rev 2:18, And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 

I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. Verse 20, …you suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Verse 23, I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 

The Lord knows your works, the good and the evil. If you will not repent, man or woman, of your rebellion and witchcraft, the Lord Jesus will judge you; He will give unto every one of us according to our works. Notice: Jesus was speaking to the leaders of the Church at Thyatira; He had something against them, because they allowed that woman to teach and to seduce His servants. The Lord has something against you: all you men, to whom He has entrusted the leadership of His Church, who are allowing women to teach and to usurp authority over men and to seduce His servants. You who are rejecting His commandments, given by His Apostles, to let this go on in the Church, He has something against you, and unless you repent of your rebellion and set things in proper order, He will deal with you according to your works. If we would judge ourselves we should not be judged. 

The Lord Jesus is going to have a spotless Bride; a glorious Church, without spot or wrinkle, through the washing of the water by His Word. Those whom He loves He rebukes and chastens. Be zealous therefore and repent! Do you love Jesus? Will you obey His Words? He said, He who keeps My commandments, he it is who loves Me. He who keeps My commandments shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. True liberty; true freedom for men and women is in loving God and keeping; doing His Words; His commandments. The end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned. The love and faith in a place of rebellion is feigned; it is not genuine. The Apostle Peter said, Purify your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit.  

Women, remember the words of the mother of your Lord, when the angel Gabriel came to her and told her she was going to be the mother of the Son of God. Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord! Be it unto me according to your Word. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.