PASTORS - WOMEN - DIVORCE

PASTORS - WOMEN - DIVORCE

 

"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach."  1 Tim. 3:2

There seems to be allowances made in the work designated as Pastor in the Bible so as to allow deviations from the past to allow either a woman or a divorced man to serve as the Pastor of a local body of believers.

 A true believer must make a call concerning whether he or she will allow such a one to exercise that work in their lives. A wrong choice could bring about death spiritually to the one having made that choice. So one would be wise to go to the only book of truth to make that call.
Many denominations have muddied the water by making separate works of the work of the bishop, overseer, pastor, shepherd. The bible teaches in Acts 20:17, 28 that they are the same person. Paul calls this one by all those names. Again one needs to be careful anymore where you attend church.
The television is also a poor place to get ones information concerning this subject for there is untold revelations of immoral people acting as a blameless qualifier of the office they are making their wealth from.
For those who want women to take the eldership, the qualifications are laid down in the above verse. One qualification which blocks their pathway is the husband of one wife. As in 1 Tim. 5:9, "wife of one man," implies a woman married but once; so "husband of one wife" here must mean the same. A woman cannot meet this requirement, neither a divorced man.
Both "wife of one man" and "husband of one wife" requires in this intimate relationship grace untold displayed as well as communion with the Teacher and Lord of John 13:13.
My seminary professor taught us that "snakes don't talk" according to the account in Genesis concerning the snake and Eve which Paul teaches Timothy as the reason why women cannot be a pastor in 1 Tim. 2:12-14. Adam having been given the task of naming animals before Eve was even in the picture realized after the task was finished that not one animal stopped and asked him how his day was going. He was well aware by that time that snakes don't talk. He did not share that with Eve and she was deceived utterly by the devil but Adam was not. He intentionally knew he was sinning. Again this was not a generational and political new awareness of mankind because the reason goes clear back to the beginning, at creation.
If the Lord and Teacher of John 13:13 can't qualify as well as disqualify one to care for His bride while they reside on earth the church has failed to teach the right doctrines to bring about blamelessness for His bride who entrusts to this work he left to men who qualify according to His words of instruction.