What were church meetings like in the NT era? (Part 2 of 2)

What were church meetings like in the NT era? (Part 2 of 2)

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[SaudaraLink]

Thanks for the video.

The one passage that preachers use to tell people to 'go to church', I Corinthians 10:24-25 indicates that when we have church we are to 'exhort one another.' The command there is 'exhort' not 'be exhorted.

[JaguerRhye]

Anna was in the temple. This is significant because Paul makes reference to the law in 1 Cor 14:34 in regard to women not speaking and being under obedience. Certainly, whatever the law said about women speaking in public, it would apply to them speaking in the temple which was the most sacred of public lic places. In other words, if the law taught that women must never speak publically to men in a spiritual setting, then would that not imply what Anna did in the temple was wrong?

[PCRadioRecordercom]

It is only saying that the daughters shall prophesy. It is not saying they shall prophesy during church meetings. COnsider that 2 verses later in Acts 2:19 it says "And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: " It is clear they are not talking about any of this (either verse 17 or 19) in the context of church meetings. The signs will happen outside of church gatherings in the heavens above.

[PCRadioRecordercom]

was Anna in Church? what verse says she was in church?

[JaguerRhye]

That is not what 1 Cor 11 says. Its referring to her prophesying during the church meeting.

[JaguerRhye]

Consider Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." This was spoken in the context of a public gathering. Peter is making it clear that women prophesied.

Any thoughts?

[PCRadioRecordercom]

So if a married woman has a gift of prophesy, she can tell it to her husband and he then will discuss at the church meeting. The woman is to remain silent in church as per verse 1 cor 14: 34

[JaguerRhye]

Also, see Luke 2:38 which is the account of Anna addressing men in public: "And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem."

Are you going to say she did something shameful when she did this?

[JaguerRhye]

In 1 Cor 11:16 Paul makes it clear he is referring to the context of the church gathering: "But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God."

Note that prophesy is a gift that is for the building up of the church. I don't see where prophesy was ever meant to be used in private.

[PCRadioRecordercom]

Be clear, we are only talking about women talking in church. You stated above that I am "insisting that women not speak at all". We are only talkiong about the rules in church. 1 Cor 11 mentions nothing about restrictions of women in church. Irrelevant verse. Woman can pray or prophesy outside a church or in a church as long as they are silent in a church.