Are you of the opinion that women shouldn't minister? If you are, then you should be very familiar with this scripture: "Let your women KEEP SILENCE in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law." (1Co 14:34).
Should women minister in the Church?
When the scriptures is taken out of its context, what you have is death and not life, and this clearly demonstrate it. When we read the above scripture alone and out of its context, what we have is simply and clearly this: "women should shut their mouths because they are not permitted to speak according to Gen 3:16." Hmm, this is not at all true, because in Gen 3:16,"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." The woman was cursed for her disobedience to God.
The unbelieving and unlearned women have a lot in common, they desire their husbands and families above God(i.e., Everyone else). Unless they are spiritually sound, they SHOULD NOT minister. If they do, disorderliness, rifts, and disobedience will run rampant within the church/the Body of Christ. A born again woman, should have the understanding that she now have a new (spiritual) husband Christ, which she should so much desire above her earthly husband. This her love for God brings blessings upon her husband.
Edifying the Whole Body.
When the church is come together to worship God, there shouldn't be any preference. You can't value your husband above everyone else because of your desire for him (Gen 3:16). Also your children, dresses, makeups, brazilian hair styles, etc; are but a few to mention here. All these divide the attention of a woman, and this is wrong and not right. The whole body is Christ's, and there isn't any member of His body that is least, dislikeable, or unwanted.
The woman married to Christ, is married to everything that is Christ's, even the Church. She is spiritually become one with every member of the Body of Christ (i.e., Communion). She also as a member can minister to the needs of the other members. The body is deprived if she is not allowed to minister her part. The Church will continue to suffer if she is not allowed to minister to her (the Church) needs. The unmarried women are well known to be very strong in the LORD until distracted by going into earthly marriage unprepared.
Disorderliness.
If what anyone is about to say when in church is not going to edify the whole body, KEEP SILENCE. This is to both men and women, but especially women that are because of this causing disorderliness within the church. Desire for only your husband should be at home because the Church is a spiritual Being bigger than any one man or husband. To lack this spiritual understanding is to be a tool in the hands of the devil.
Now, if disorderliness through selfish desires can be controlled, ANYONE called of God can minister in the church of Christ. DO NOT take 1Cor 14:34 out of context. Women that are called SHOULD minister if we all fully understand this.
Worship & Fear God.
Man loves power more than God who owns all the power.
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." (Rev 4:11)
The 24 Elders are worshipping the LORD, our God, by falling down on their faces and casting down their crowns (authourity,glory,etc) before the feet of Him Who sits on the throne, saying:
He is worthy to RECEIVE glory, honour, and power!!! Why are they saying for Him to receive these from them?! Because He has earned it all on the cross!!!!!!!! The LAMB that was slain is the same with Him, in Him, and by Him that sits on the throne.
Worship God always with this understanding, for the most highest place is right at His feet. Nothing is greater than to worship at His feet.
Man loves power more than God who owns all the power.
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." (Rev 4:11)
The 24 Elders are worshipping the LORD, our God, by falling down on their faces and casting down their crowns (authourity,glory,etc) before the feet of Him Who sits on the throne, saying:
He is worthy to RECEIVE glory, honour, and power!!! Why are they saying for Him to receive these from them?! Because He has earned it all on the cross!!!!!!!! The LAMB that was slain is the same with Him, in Him, and by Him that sits on the throne.
Worship God always with this understanding, for the most highest place is right at His feet. Nothing is greater than to worship at His feet.
At His Feet!
Worship means to BOW DOWN, casting down our glory, honour, and power before Him at His feet.... and Luke 7:37-38 describes worship in full detail:
"And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a SINNER, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster BOX OF OINTMENT, And STOOD AT HIS FEET behind him WEEPING, and began to WASH HIS FEET WITH TEARS, and did WIPE them with the HAIRS OF HER HEAD, and KISSED HIS FEET, and ANOINTED them with the ointment." ( Also read Mark 5:22, 7:25; Luke 8:35,41;10:39;17:16)
Whao!!!! This is worship in great detail. THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE AT HIS FEET! God is moved and will move as we worship Him inspite of oppositions. This is the reason I love going for corporate worship in my church. Go to church, and worship Him in your spirit with this truth.
VERY IMPORTANT::
EVERY ONE THAT PULLED OUT OR RECEIVED MIRACLE FROM JESUS, SOUGHT IT AT HIS FEET. If you are a worshipper of Christ, you are a great one in Christ. Greatness comes through the worship of our LORD GOD!!!!!