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1. I pray God will transform many lives because of God's truth's spoken by Ravi. God Bless you!
   
   True Women
   posted by Nadia Marler
   on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:46 pm
2. Of course it does. . . look at Matthew 1 and read the genealogy of Jesus Christ. . . you will find women, normal, sinful, women in the line, the line of Christ, our Messiah, the son of Abraham, and the son of David! That in itself is unusual for the culture of that time. Reading the gospels, seeing how Jesus interacted with women is seeing God in relationship to people, much less women. Its a great encouragement to see God in flesh. Our heavenly Father is the greatest!
   
   posted by Denise Rounds
   on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 1:31 pm
3. Does the Bible believe in Women?
   
   Numbers 27:1 - 11 tell the story of the five daughters of Zelophehad. The Children of Israel were about to enter the Promised Land. The census of the new generation had just been taken. Their father had died in the dessert, fulfilling God's judgement on his generation for their lack of faith at their first visit to the borders of Judea. Because he had no sons, only these five daughters, his name was removed from the inheritance allotments.
   
   These daughters appealed to Moses for their father's name to be added to the inheritance allocations and for them to receive his inheritance. Moses sought God on the subject and God agreed with them. Women were given the right to full inheritance under the law in the absence of a brother, even before another male family member.
   
   In God's eyes, women were of equal value in line of inheritance. And praise the Lord, we are of equal value in relation to our eternal inheritance in Christ.
   
   posted by Sharon
   on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 2:41 pm
4. I have so much I could say about God believing in women that I don't know where to start.
   
   My first thought is that child-bearing is a GIFT given only to women. There may be pain involved, but the gift far outweighs the pain. A women brought our Savior into the world--a highly favored women of the Lord! (Luke 1:28)
   
   The church of Philippi was started with Paul talking to a group of women (Acts 16:11-15).
   
   Queen Esther preserved the Jewish people by God's grace.
   
   But my favorite is a Scripture that I was studying last fall--John 4:1-42--the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus took the time to explain to her what kind of worship is acceptable to His Father. Worship is a big deal! And He explained it to a woman! Also, in vs. 26 Jesus declares Himself as the Messiah for the very first time in Scripture, and it's to a woman! He saves "many" in Samaria by His Word and HER testimony.
   
   God created women with a purpose. God believes in women. God uses women to display His glory and advance His kingdom.
   
   posted by Tracy
   on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 2:49 pm
5. Thank you, THANK you for posting this video. I needed to hear that. Perhaps not so much for myself (I don't feel "sold under value", PTL), but to help me in discussions. So beautiful, such precious reasoning from Scripture!
   
   Thank you again! :-)
   
   posted by Ilka
   on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 3:48 pm
6. I am a little late in responding, yet I also am thankful for your posting the video. We will use it in our monthly brunch/Truewoman '08 conferences we are having at our church in order to equip the women with an understanding of God's high view of womanhood.
   
   To the Praise of the Glory of His Grace.
   
   Jill
   
   posted by Jill Craig
   on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:18 am
7. Thank you to each and every woman who has committed to the "grass roots" movement of raising up a counter-cultural generation of women and generations to come. May we hear God's voice clearly giving His direction to us as we seek to glorify Him. Nancy, from the bottom of my heart, I thank God for you every time I remember you.
   We are going to be presenting the DVDs of the conference speakers one a month to introduce the women in our church to the call of biblical womanhood. May His name be praised!
   
   posted by anne stoltenberg
   on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:38 am
8. I think Ephesians chapter 5 verses 25-33 shows how Christ wants a married woman "loved" and "cherished" by the instructions he gives to her husband. This to me is only one beautiful example of Christ love for us and how we should love back so others can see a glimpse of him.
   
   posted by tamara
   on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 2:17 pm
9. Paul said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female...." I Sam.16:7 says that man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. Women have never been held in lower esteem by God, but certainly they have by men. B/c God is looking at our hearts, & women have had to live more humble lives historically than men, that has been to our advantage spiritually speaking, I think. We have been more receptive & submissive to God as a whole b/c of our station in life over the centuries.
   
   posted by LeeAnn Cheeley
   on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:14 pm
10. I have been processing what God does call us as women to be....and as I tried to process what different dotrines say, I had to get on my knees and ask God, "Lord, what is your call for me as your woman?" After years of doing what I thought I was supposed to do, I am learning I am to know Him, and what He is calling me to, each day. The best way to know his plan for me, is to know Him, and rely on his Holy Spirit....what does it mean for me to be your woman, in this situation, this moment?
    
    www.pinkandfortysomething.wordpress.com
    posted by Brenda L. Yoder
    on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 9:15 pm
11. Of course the bible speaks of the great value of women. God chose a woman, Mary, to give birth to his son Jesus, to be the mother of Jesus. Women are the mothers of mankind. All through out the bible, stories are told about women like Sarah, Ruth, Eve. We were given the great privileged to give life, to nourish and to care and love. That to me is true value, I was chosen by God then by Jesus (he made himself known to the women first after his resurrection) to give life and to be loved. There is no greater value then this.
    
    True blessings come from our Father, Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit
    
    posted by Sandra
    on Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:41 am
12. I was unable to watch the video. It did not come up at all. Can you tell me how I can download the video and watch it?
    
    posted by Debbie
    on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 6:34 am
13. I see how much Jesus values women and sometimes Paul appears to as well, especially when he says, "There is no male nor female, Greek nor Jew....in Christ."
    
    But then other times I don't, like when Paul says it's a shame for a woman to speak in church and that should she have questions involving a teaching given, she must hold her tongue until she can ask her husband "at home." And in Timothy, women are forbidden from teaching men at all.
    
    How can I feel valued when the sound of my voice in a church setting is a shame? How can I feel valued when, even if I had the gift of teaching, I could only apply it in a limited context? Why doesn't the freedom and equality in Paul's other writings make their way into the discussion of a woman's place in church?
    
    posted by Grace
    on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 11:21 pm
14. Dear Grace,
    
    Those are good questions and I assure you, Jesus and Paul do highly value women. The value of women is not determined by their function but by their creation. We are created in God's image and are allowed access to the same relationship with Christ and indwelling power of the Holy Spirit as men.
    
    There are an abundance of ways women can effectively serve in the church. I've written a few blog articles on this topic and hope you'll check those out here:
    
    http://www.truewoman.com/?id=721
    
    http://www.truewoman.com/?id=722
    
    http://www.truewoman.com/?id=723
    
    At first glance, Paul's statement in 1Timothy 2:12 may sound like women aren’t allowed to speak in church at all:
    
    “But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.”
    
    But if we dig a little deeper into the Greek language, we’ll find the word translated "quiet" can mean "silence" or "quietness" in the sense of peaceableness or calm. We can safely assume the second meaning, because in 1 Corinthians 11:5 women are allowed to speak publicly in prayer and prophecy (truth-telling).
    
    Paul's reasons for the 1 Timothy 2:12 restrictions were NOT:
    
    Cultural—there's no mention of this. Christianity's reputation was one of valuing the feminine gender).
    Biblical illiteracy—education was offered to men and women alike in the New Testament church (Acts 18:26–27; Rom. 16:1–2).
    
    What was Paul's reason for this prohibition?
    
    He points us back to the created order. God's order of male leadership—given before the fall of man! "For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve" (1 Tim. 2:13).
    
    You see, the authority structure God implemented at creation, which placed man in the leadership role as husband and father—reflecting Christ's role of headship over the church (Ephesians 5:22–33)—would be negated by placing women in spiritual authority OVER men in the church.
    
    Scriptural examples for women functioning under male leadership in the church:
    • Women are allowed to speak, to pray, and to give prophesy (1 Cor. 11:5) but are restricted from public speaking that would serve in a ruling or governing function over men within the local church (1 Tim. 2:12–13).
    
    • The passages listing the qualifications for elders (bishops, pastors) assume this office is reserved for the male gender (1 Tim. 3:1–7; Titus 1:5–9).
    
    • Male leadership is the pattern seen in Scripture:
    Home structure (husband and father).
    The 12 apostles were all male (Matt. 19:28; Rev. 21:14).
    
    • The Head of the eternal church is male—Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22, 4:15, 5:23; Col. 1:18).
    
    • No female pastors, elders, or leaders functioning in an "elder-type" role are listed in the New Testament.
    
    I encourage you to look at the many ways God wants to use you specifically as a woman to glorify Him. Please read through the blog articles and Scriptures contained in them and then prayerfully consider what you've read.
    
    Blessings, Friend!
    
    posted by Kimberly Wagner
    on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm