Headship

We serve Jesus (Mat 25:40)

• He tells us
• Who to serve
• When to serve them
• How to serve them
• Where to serve them
• He is King of all (Phil 2:9-11)
• Spiritually
• Administratively
• He is represented on earth by The Holy Spirit
• Our help in earth
• Teaches us
• Guides us
• Tells us the Will of Jesus for us
• He is the only one appointed to do this work
• We do not need anyone else to tell us the Will of God for us
• No one is over us but Jesus (Not even The Holy Spirit)
• We can be mentored by others spiritually but not ruled by them
• We represent The Kingdom
• Only seen if we show it
• Demonstrated by it showing God's type of Love
• Demonstrated by showing its authority over Satan and his works
• We are stewards and not owners of what God gives us to look after on His behalf
• All we have is to be used for the purposes of The King and His Kingdom
• Only faithful stewards get to heaven
• All He asks us to do is for our best so we use His possessions as He directs us too
• Stewardship, obedience and relationships are what we are judged on in heaven

The Body

• Christ the Head
• Head of The Body Eph 5:23
• Bishop (spiritual carer) of our soul 1 Pet 2:25
• Spiritual Body
• In Citizens of The Kingdom on earth and in heaven
• No administrative duties
• Nothing on earth to administrate

Does not need buildings or organisations to administer its assets

Early church never had dedicated buildings or organisations to do the work of The Kingdom

Stewardship is not for the purposes of The Body but for the purposes of Jesus which may include The Body

Denomination/Church

• Administrative Body
• + Set up for man's purposes
• If it has a  Spiritual purpose it replaces Jesus
• If it assumes control of any kind over people in The Body it divides The Body
• Satan promotes denominations and churches
• They divide The Body
• They hide The Kingdom of God
• The promote pride in their church and inhibit God's Love being shown
• Hinders God's work
• Denominations promote their own agenda
• Churches promote their own agenda

If The Body is important

• There will be unity amongst the churches
• The will share resources
• Giftings
• Finances
• Assets (they are stewards of these and not owners of them)
• They will not care where a new convert goes to worship
• They will demonstrate The Kingdom of God
• The character of The Kingdom (The Love of Jesus)
• They will demonstrate the authority of The kingdom over Satan and his works
• They will build The Kingdom and not a church or denomination

Acts 6 division of spiritual and administrative set up because Body and administrative side are different

• Pastors spiritual (The Body)
• Mature people
• Disciple them
• Guide them
• Teach them
• Deacons administrative (denomination/church legal requirements)

In Closing

Unless the churches unite and work as one body, The Body of Christ, and demonstrate the authority f The Kingdom of God over Satan and his world system.  The church will be ineffective in this modern world.

Can a woman lead?

Ministry to others that is spiritual is to The Body which Jesus is the head of.

Headship is only domestic.  Otherwise you would be replacing the position of Jesus in The Body and as He has not delegated authority over The Body to us.  Any one assuming it is displacing The Holy Spirit (the guide of The Body) and Jesus (its head).

For a man to lead in The Body, his family must be in order.  That would include the roles his wife has.  This means she too could lead.  This would allow the real intention of Jesus, husband and wife ministering as one, to be fully implemented.

In the spiritual, both are equal so can have equal roles.

For anyone to minister, they only need to be mature.  Which is why a Christian wife of a non-Christian husband is able to minister.  But she can never lead in that spiritually unequal marital state.

However!  When men have refused to lead God has chosen women:  Amy Semple Mcpherson, Maria Woodworth-etta,  Amy Charmichael, Kathryn Khulman etc.

These people did not lead churches but revival movements.  Where The Kingdom of God was displayed for all to see.

Men lead churches do not allow women to lead or minister.  But that is for the purposes of The Denomination and not for the purposes of Jesus.  He is the only leader in The Body and all who have a leadership role in it are really mentors of other son His behalf.  They are servants and not controllers.

Marriage

• Jesus head of husband and wife
• Spiritually all are equal
• Equal for the purposes of ministering to each other
• Elder (leader of the church) must be a male (Titus 1:6)
• Church is like  a family
• Father is ruler of The Family
• Ruler in the assembly must be a male (elder)
• Unless they can rule their family well they cannot rule a church
• How ever where all women are involved
• Not a family type situation
• A woman can lead
• Maybe best to have an elder of the church appointed to help with any problems though
• Elder does not have to be in the meeting with the women
• Bible does not say they have to be in the meeting only their qualifications to be an elder
• Ministry within the church is dependant on maturity so either sex can minister
• Husband cannot be spiritual head
• If he is the spiritual head he replaces Jesus and wife no longer serves The Body
• He has no delegation from Jesus to be her spiritual head
• Husband can only be administrative (domestic) head
• Eph 5 Christ the Head of the church
• 1 Pet 2:25 to 1 Pet  3:6
• Wife belongs to Kingdom of Jesus
• Husband to kingdom of Satan
• If husband spiritual head of wife
• She is ruled by Satan
• Jesus her freed her from that kingdom
• So she cannot go back under Satan
• Headship of husband can only be domestic and not spiritual

All ministry must be done in the type of Love Jesus has

• We are His representatives on earth
• We must show the character of God in all we do (His type of Love)
• We must do all for His Kingdom
• We must do all that is best for the person being ministered too
• Love is the basis of all service to God and others as it is the basis of all of God's service to us
• To others in The Body
• To those outside The Body
• To your spouse (each serve each other)
• Both have The Love of God in them
• They are both Christians led by The Holy Spirit
• Must express the fruit of The Spirit of which Love is the first one

The purpose of evangelism is to restore people to fellowship with God and The Body

1 John 1:3. And the thing which we have seen and heard we show also to you, that you will have communion with us, and our communion is with The Father and with his Son Yeshua The Messiah.

The restoration of fellowship with God is one of the major themes of The Bible.  Evangelism’s sole purpose is this.

Evangelism to build church numbers or to show how spiritual a church or person is misses the whole reason for it.  The church exists to bring people back to fellowship with God and The Body and to help them mature as a follower of Jesus.  Any other reason than these two purposes does not bring Glory to God but brings it to the church as the purposes are not God’s but man’s.

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