Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days

In understanding passages on authority we must know what Divine Institution is in view. We apply this to 1Timothy 2:8-15 which forbids a wife from usurping authority over her husband, but not from having positions of authority in the Church or Society. This is confirmed by examples of women leaders.

In understanding passages on authority we must know what Divine Institution is in view. We apply this to 1Timothy 2:8-15 which forbids a wife from usurping authority over her husband, but not from having positions of authority in the Church or Society. This is confirmed by examples of women leaders.

We begin this study on the role of women in Church in Genesis, with the 6 Divine Institutions of Delegated Authority: 1. Free-Will, 2. Marriage, 3. Family, 4. Government, 5. Work-Place, 6. Church. God designed Marriage to have a loving male-headship, but this was corrupted through the Fall.

We begin this study on the role of women in Church in Genesis, with the 6 Divine Institutions of Delegated Authority: 1. Free-Will, 2. Marriage, 3. Family, 4. Government, 5. Work-Place, 6. Church. God designed Marriage to have a loving male-headship, but this was corrupted through the Fall.

The exclusion of women from ministry and leadership is a manifestation of the Fall (Genesis 3:16). We see how the New Testament restores the honour of women, and ask whether Paul was silencing women in church in 1Corinthians 14:34-35, or whether he was silencing the women-silencers!

The exclusion of women from ministry and leadership is a manifestation of the Fall (Genesis 3:16). We see how the New Testament restores the honour of women, and ask whether Paul was silencing women in church in 1Corinthians 14:34-35, or whether he was silencing the women-silencers!

After the Prayer of Faith, when we come to God believing we receive the promise, we must maintain an active faith that God's Power is working to bring His Word to pass in the 'pregnancy' time between receiving the promise (conception = the seed sown) and the manifestation (birth = the harvest reaped).

After the Prayer of Faith, when we come to God believing we receive the promise, we must maintain an active faith that God's Power is working to bring His Word to pass in the 'pregnancy' time between receiving the promise (conception = the seed sown) and the manifestation (birth = the harvest reaped).

AFTER the Prayer of Faith, we must RELEASE our faith by THANKSGIVING. There are 2 kinds of Thanksgiving: (1) based on the manifestation and (2) based on the promise, before you see anything. We show from Bible examples how this keeps God's Power active in bringing the promise to pass.

AFTER the Prayer of Faith, we must RELEASE our faith by THANKSGIVING. There are 2 kinds of Thanksgiving: (1) based on the manifestation and (2) based on the promise, before you see anything. We show from Bible examples how this keeps God's Power active in bringing the promise to pass.