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Originally Posted by Evangelical
It was said by some that on this forum, the Bible is the authority. Presumably this is because it is God's Word. Now, because you disagree with God's Word, you try to make the case that it was merely Paul's opinion.
Where Paul gives his personal opinion, he does so:
1 Cor 7:12 "To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):..."
Where he doesn't, we should assume it is God's Word.
Even if it is Paul's opinion, it is still God's Word since he was inspired by God to write his opinion.
And you people claim to use the bible as your authority? That's funny. You try your best to explain away what is clearly written when it suits you.
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You are the one who is ignoring God's word. You have not explained how your interpretation does not contradict Paul's word that in the church "there is no male or female", nor have you explained the distinction between "charging the women to teach". He didn't say "they can't teach men, but it would be OK if they teach women". He charged them to teach. Even if they don't want to, they must. You ignore his word that in the meeting when women pray or prophesy they need to have their head covered. Prayer and prophesy can have much more authority than teaching. You haven't explained how Paul could have leading coworkers be women in a culture where that does not happen. You claim that this verse refers to women teaching men in a church meeting, yet the chapter has nothing to do with church meetings, but rather dealing with Kings and Queens that we may live in peace. You didn't explain why "all who are in Asia forsook Paul".
You are the one who ignores the Bible. Instead you support your interpretation about women teachers with Matthew Pool. He is not the Bible.
You support Witness Lee's teaching on deification with Athanasius, he is not the Bible.
In one place Christian tradition is a solid support for a practice that would otherwise be pagan. You have no Bible support, rather the Bible condemns this repeatedly from every single angle, doesn't matter to you, "stone me" was your response.
There is no Bible support for a loyalty pledge. Doesn't matter to you, instead you ask "is it sin"?
The only Bible support for MOTA are OT types of Jesus Christ. Applying them to Watchman Nee is the same as preaching "another Jesus". Doesn't matter to you. Simple matter of ignoring the Bible.