// WOMEN LEADERS & PROPHETESS\\
Exodus 15:20 Then [[ Miriam the prophetess,]] the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (NKJ)
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Judges 4:4 Now [[ Deborah, a prophetess,]]] the wife of Lapidoth, [[ was judging ]] Israel at that time. (NKJ)
5 And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. (NKJ)
Judges 4:9 So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. " Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. (NKJ)
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him. (NKJ)
(NOTE] NOT ONLY WAS SHE A PROPHETESS BUT ALSO JUDGING THE WHOLE NATION. AND TALK ABOUT BOLD SHE MARCHED WITH THE ARMY.
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ANOTHER LADY USED BY GOD
II Kings 22:12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, (NKJ)
13 "Go, inquire of the LORD for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us." (NKJ)
14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to [[ Huldah the prophetess,]] the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter. And they spoke with her. (NKJ)
HOW ABOUT THIS THE KING, THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE, THE SERVANT. THEY HAVE TO GO TO HULDA THE PROPHETESS FOR A WORD FROM GOD.
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ISAIAH'S WIFE WAS A PROPHETESS
Isaiah 8:3a Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. (NKJ)
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Luke 2:36 Now there was one, [[ Anna, a prophetess,]] the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; (NKJ)
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Acts 2:17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. (NKJ)
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. (NKJ)
I BELIEVE IN THESE END TIMES WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE LAND COVERED WITH PROPHETESS.
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Acts 21:8 On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. (NKJ)
9 Now this man had [[ four virgin daughters who prophesied. ]] {NKJ}
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Romans 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, (NKJ)
FREDA LINDSAY B.A., D.D.,D.H.L. NOTES PAUL CALLS HER A HELPER. NOT ONLY A SERVANT BUT A HELPER. OTHER VERSIONS TRANSLATED MINISTER IN AS MUCH IN OTHER SCRIPTURES WHERE THE GREEK WORD DIAKONEO IS USED IT IS TRANSLATED MINISTER.
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A WOMEN TEACHER IN THE CHURCH.
Acts 18:26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and [[Priscilla]] heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (NKJ)
Also in Acts 21:8-9
8 On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
9 Now this man had four virgin
daughters who prophesied.
(NKJ)
Jack Hayford comments: Women and New Testament Ministry (Philip's Daughters). WOMEN.
21:9
This reference to Philip's
daughters' EACH exercising the gifts of prophecy
make clear that women did
bring God's word by the power of the Holy Spirit
and that such ministry was fully accepted in the early church. This is reinforced
by Paul in 1 Cor. 11:5, where he directs 1) that a woman may
"prophesy," but 2)
that she must be properly
"covered," that
is, rightly related to her husband or other spiritual authority, a
regulation incumbent upon all spiritual leaders-male or female
(see 1Tim. 3:1-13). It is puzzling why the place of women in ministry is
contested by some in the church. Women
had an equal place in the Upper Room, awaiting the Holy Spirit's coming
and the birth of the church (Acts 1:14). Then Peter's
prophetic sermon at Pentecost affirmed
the OT promise was now to be realized: "your
daughters" and maidservants" would now share fully and equally with
men in realizing the anointing, fullness, and ministry of the Holy Spirit,
making them effective in witness and service for the spread of the
gospel. Though the place of men
seems more pronounced in the
number who filled leadership
offices, there does not
appear to be any direct restriction of privilege.
Note 1) the direct mention of Phoebe
as a deacon
("servant," Greek, diakonia, Romans 16:1); 2) John's letter to an
"elect concerning whom she allows to minister in church fellowships,
2 John); and 3) 1 Cor. 1:11 and Phil. 4:2, where Chloe and Euodia seem to be
women in whose homes believers gather. The method of designation suggests
they were the appointed leaders in their respective fellowships. The acceptance
of women in a public place of ministry
in the church is not a concession to the spirit of the feminist movement.
But the refusal of such a
place might be a concession to an order of male chauvinism,
unwarranted by and unsupported in the Scriptures. Clearly women
did spead-preach and prophesy-in the early church
(see 1 Tim. 2:8, 15). J.W.H.
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Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (NKJ)
29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (NKJ)
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ONE SUBJECT ALWAYS COMES UP IN REFERENCE TO
WOMEN IN MINISTRY
1 Corinthians 14:34 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. (NKJ)
35 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. (NKJ)
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Other scriptures concerning ladies.
Prov 11:16 A gracious woman retains honor, but ruthless men retain riches. (NKJ)
Prov 11:22 As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion. (NKJ)
Prov 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
(NKJ)
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KENNETH HAGIN TEACHING ON THE WOMAN QUESTION POINTS OUT ABOUT THESE VERSES
AT THAT TIME WOMEN WERE TALKING OUT LOUD IN CHURCH ASKING HUSBANDS, WHAT DID HE SAY? OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ALSO TAKE NOTE HE WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT WIVES. WHAT ABOUT SINGLE WOMEN ?
KENNETH HAGIN MAKES ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT. GOD HAS WOMEN PROPHETESS. HE CERTAINLY DOES NOT WANT THEM TO KEEP SILENT IN CHURCH.
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