I've thought about the issue a great deal, and I've come to the conclusion that when you discuss why women shouldn't be allowed to lead worship, you shouldn't start with 1 Timothy 2 or 1 Corinthians 14, but with Romans 4 and Genesis 22. People don't obey 1 Timothy 2 or 1 Corinthians 14 because it doesn't make sense to them. Women can be smart and articulate, why shouldn't they be allowed to lead worship in some capacity? But, in Genesis 22 Abraham obeys God by being willing to sacrifice Isaac, even though it contradicted everything God had told him beforehand. "God said, 'No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.'" (Genesis 17:19) "He said, 'Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.'" (Genesis 22:2) So we, as Abrahams seed (Galatians 3:29), need to obey God, not because it makes sense to us, but because God commands it. "Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him as righteousness." (Romans 4:3) And, that faith was justified by his obedience. (James 2:21-24, Hebrews 11:17-19) We have to ask our brothers and sisters in Christ: If you truly have faith in God, why aren't you willing to obey Him?
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I've thought about the issue a great deal, and I've come to the conclusion that when you discuss why women shouldn't be allowed to lead worship, you shouldn't start with 1 Timothy 2 or 1 Corinthians 14, but with Romans 4 and Genesis 22. People don't obey 1 Timothy 2 or 1 Corinthians 14 because it doesn't make sense to them. Women can be smart and articulate, why shouldn't they be allowed to lead worship in some capacity? But, in Genesis 22 Abraham obeys God by being willing to sacrifice Isaac, even though it contradicted everything God had told him beforehand. "God said, 'No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.'" (Genesis 17:19) "He said, 'Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.'" (Genesis 22:2) So we, as Abrahams seed (Galatians 3:29), need to obey God, not because it makes sense to us, but because God commands it. "Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him as righteousness." (Romans 4:3) And, that faith was justified by his obedience. (James 2:21-24, Hebrews 11:17-19) We have to ask our brothers and sisters in Christ: If you truly have faith in God, why aren't you willing to obey Him?