BEWARE OF THE FALSE SAVIORS AND FALSE APOSTLES OF WOMEN

THEIR ULTIMATE AND UNDECLARED AIM IN ATTACKING PAUL IS TO CREATE DISORDER IN THE CHURCH AND DESTROY IT. THEIR DECLARED PSEUDO AIM IS UPLIFTING WOMEN. IN FACT THEY ARE NO FRIEND OF WOMEN. WOMEN IN THE CHURCHES WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR REDMPTIVE EFFORTS.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND RIDICULOUS THAT MANY IN THE CHURCHES FALL, IN THE ISSUES RELATED WOMEN.

Most often such people are motivated by self-inflated desire to be a lover, liberator of women, and social reformers. Hence, they project apostle Paul as anti-women, and themselves as the savior of women. What a joke, what an abomination! But the women will be much better off and safer spiritually without him.

ATTEMPT TO INVALIDATE THE BIBLE WITH NON-BIBLICAL SOURCES - FEMINIST VIEW

“A female’s head-covering was a social practice imposed on women by husbands who wanted to enjoy the beauty of the female body by themselves but no other men. The men wanted to keep them under subjection and crush their individuality. It is high time that women free themselves by refusing to hide their head with a veil. They have no rotten pimples or stinking sores on their heads to hide. In some areas in North India, married women are supposed to cover their head in the presence of other people. But this restriction does not apply to married men. Men can look around, ogle and stare at people, but women are prohibited from all this”.

“In the worship places of Sikh religion, men are also required to cover their head with a turban or a piece of cloth tied around their head. But in Christianity men have no such requirement. Every kind of discipline, fair or unfair is strictly imposed on innocent females”.

“No Christian lady in America wears veils, scarfs, or any kind of head covering. I remember Prime Minister Indira Gandhi occasionally used to cover her head with the edge of her sari to attract votes from Hindu conservatives. Long time ago, most ladies in India used head-coverings. No more. They have thrown away the last symbol of male oppression”.

“IN ANCIENT TIMES, LEPERS WERE FORCED TO WALK OUTSIDE WITH A BELL ATTACHED TO A ROD OR CANE ANNOUNCING TO EVERYBODY: "I AM A LEPER....UNCLEAN.... UNCLEAN....MOVE AWAY FROM ME....STAY AWAY FROM ME....I AM UNCLEAN." 
 

“IN THE SAME WAY, CHAUVINISTS AND MISOGYNISTS HAVE IMPOSED VEILS, SCARFS, HATS, AND OTHER FORMS OF HEADCOVERINGS ON FEMALES: "I AM A FEMELE.... A SLAVE UNDER HUSBANDS AND ALL MALES....I WILL HUMBLY KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT IN CHURCH.... I WILL FOREVER ACCEPT A SUBSERVIENT ROLE IN CHURCH.... NEVER LEADING, BUT ALWAYS SERVING....HELLOW, LOOK AT MY SCARF...I AM A SLAVE...AT YOUR SERVICE....I AM A FEMALE....I AM THE WEAKER VESSEL....I AM POOR AND LOWLY....I CAUSED ADAM TO SIN....I AM BAD....BAD INDEED....A SLAVE INDEED...."

“In ancient civilizations, husbands who married several women wanted to keep each wife as his own possessions/ property/object of sexual gratification. Many men had up to ten wives. Normal men can have sex only once per night or two or three times a week. So they can only sleep with two or three women per week. So many wives had to wait days and weeks to get a loving touch from the husband. These wives were sexually frustrated and naturally would want to sleep with other men just for the comfort of it. But the man with ten wives wanted to keep all ten as his own possession. So, the husband made them wear head coverings inside and outside the house, so no men in the neighborhood would see their physical beauty and get attracted to them and lure away these sexually dissatisfied and frustrated wives”. 

MY RESPONSE

IN ALL THESE STATEMENTS ATTEMPT IS MADE TO EXPLAIN AWAY GODS WORD WITH THE HELP OF MERE SOCIAL ISSUES OR OTHER NO SCRIPTURAL REASONS. GOD’S WORD IS DEMOTED AND NON-BIBLICAL SOURCES LIKE OTHER RELGIOUS CUSTOMS ARE PROMOTED.

HEAD COVERING IS A THEOLOGICAL ISSUE, AND DOES NOT HAVE SOCIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL DERIVATIONS.

SOCIAL CHANGE OR BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN ADVANCED SOCIETIES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS THE CRITERIA OR NORM FOR CHURCH DOCTRINES.

IT IS WRONG TO USE FALSE ANALOGIES TO MOCKINGLY ADDRESS THE CASES OF WOMEN’S SUBMISSION IN OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD. SUCH MISUSE OF ANALOGIES, HISTORY AND CUSTOMS IS A SYSTEMATIC MISREPRESENTATION DECEPTION AND LIE. IT IS MAKING A MOCKERY OF THOSE WOMEN WHO OBEY THE WORD OF GOD. THIS IS SINFUL.

MOREOVER PRESENTING THE HUSBANDS OF THE HEAD COVERING OBEDIENT WOMEN AS SEX PERVERTS, IS HIGHLY SINFUL.

OLD TESTAMENT EVENTS ARE NOT THE NORMATIVE CRITERIA FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

RADICAL FEMINISTS ARGUE THAT

“There is no distinction between male and female in Christ. Even though there were thousands of men, it was Moses’ sister Miriam who lead the music at the banks of the red sea during the most victorious moments in Jewish history”. 

“What is wrong with a lady using the drum? You know it was Miriam who took the timbrel and led the music when the victory was won by Moses at the Red Sea (Bible, Exodus 15: 20). The Bible says Miriam was a prophetess which means that she declared the oracles of God to people---not just to the females---but to the 600,000 people. The Bible speaks several times that Miriam, Aaron's sister, played many kinds of a leadership role in the Jewish congregation.(Exodus 15:21; Numbers 12:1; Numbers 12:4; Numbers 12:5; Numbers 26:59; Deuteronomy 24:9; I Chronicles 6:3). Micah 6:4 says that Miriam was sent before (in front of) 600,000 people) which means she had a leadership role to walk in front. She was consulted for her opinion like male prophets were approached for advice and counsel”. 

“Jesus never told women to keep their mouth shut. St. Peter in the Book of Acts or other Apostles in the New Testament never asked ladies to keep their mouth shut in churches. In thirty-nine books of the Old Testament, there was no command for ladies to keep silent in a spiritual or a secular gathering. There were indeed lady-rulers in the Old Testament who reigned on the throne speaking and commanding”. 

MY RESPONSE

THERE IS SERIOUS METHODOLOGICAL ERROR IN ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE OLD TESTAMENT EVENTS AS NORMATIVE CRITERIA FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH.

WOMEN COVERING HEAD AND NOT SPEAKING IN THE CHURCH ARE MATTERS OF THE NT CHURCH ORDER. THESE HIGHER STANDARDS SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL REASONS ARE BEYOND HUMAN RATIONALIZATION AND ARE NOT SUBJECT HUMAN ACADEMIC LEGISLATION.

NO ONE SHOULD TRY TO IMPOSE OT NORMS AND PRACTICES AND MUCH LESS OT EVENTS AS RULES FOR THE NT CHURCH, WIHTOUT DISCRETION. SHOWING SPIRITUAL DISCRETION IN THIS MATTER IS NOT SHOWING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN. ARGUING IN THIS DIRECTION IS NOTHING BUT BRUTE IMPRUDENCE.

COMMITTING THE FALLACY OF USING THE OLD TESTAMENT EVENTS TO DEFINE THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH ROLES OF WOMEN, IS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE GOD GIVEN NEW TESTAMENT ODRDINANCES.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MIRIAM OR OTHER PROMINENT OT WOMEN ARE NOT THE CRITERIA FOR RUNNING THE AFFAIRS NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, WHICH IS ESTABLISHED ON THE NEW COVENANT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THE NT CHURCH HAS ITS OWN DOCTRINES WHEREBY WOMEN OUGHT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM MINISTERING IN ANY POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CHURCH. 1 Corinthians 14: 34-35 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

CHURCH IS NOT THE PLACE FOR ANYBODY’S DISPLAY OF TALENTS

FEMINIST VIEW

“BRETHREN HUSBANDS WANT TO USE THEIR WIVES FOR COOKING, CLEANING, AND SEX. BUT TOTALLY DENY THEM THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO WORSHIP GOD USING THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS”. 

“Help them use their talents instead of forcing them to bury their talents. If God gave them talents, it is to be used for the benefit of the church”. 

“What are females? Helpmates or Helping Slaves or Sex Objects? Why can't they use the same hands to hold the stick and beat the drum to boost up our songs? Why can't they use their fingers to play the guitar on Sundays? Shame on all thankless men and Brethren slave masters”. 

“Brethren Husbands, if your wives are good enough for sex, they are good enough to play the drum to glorify God”. 

“Let them beat the drum and chase away the devil out of your churches”.

MY RESPONSE

THIS IS AN UNJUST CRITICISM FOR THE BRETHREN COMMUNITY. Because there are so many women of the same condition even in the Pentecostal churches who do the same thing to their men. But blame is put on the Pentecostal or other churches. Moreover why stop with the drum ministry? Why not argue for all other areas of pastoral ministries? What hinders?

WHETHER OF MEN OR WOMEN, CHURCH IS NOT THE PLACE TO DISPLAY ALL THEIR TALENTS BEAUTY.IT SEEMS SOME ARE IN A HURRY TO SEE WOMEN IN THE CHURCH STAGES WITHOUT HEAD COVERING, SPEAKING DANCING ETC. ANY USE OR DISPLAY OF TALENTS VIOLATING THE BIBLICAL RESTRICTIONS WILL ONLY HARM THE CHURCH. MOREOVER TALENTS CAN BE USED EVEN OUTSIDE CHURCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHURCH. Church Leaders are not the best talented people. The qualification for the church leadership and ministry are given in the NT in quite unambiguous terms.

HOW SEX IS INVARIABLY INTERRELATED AND CONNECTED WITH DRUM. THE FEMINIST WRITER MUST EXPLAIN? IS THERE ANY BIBLICAL CASE OF USING DRUM TO CAST OUT DEMONS OR INSTRUCTION TO THAT?

WOMEN WITH GIFTS SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH, SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS BY THE SAME GOD WHO ALSO GAVE THE GIFTS

Women can teach young boys and women in the church. And this is no inferior ministry. A woman with a gift of faith must be allowed to offer a prayer of faith. A woman with a word of wisdom must be allowed to publicly share her wisdom with the congregation. A woman with a musical gift must be allowed to lead joyful songs of praise. A woman with a gift of teaching must be allowed to teach truth. God sees women as equal to serve Him with whatever gifts He has given them to use for the common good. BUT IT NEED NOT BE AND SHOULD NOT BE IN THE CHURCH.

GOD GIVES SPIRITUAL GIFTS WITHOUT MALE –FEMALE DISTINCTION. BUT THE USE OF GIFTS IN THE CHURCH OUGHT OT BE SUBJECT TO THE RESPECTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE WORD OF GOD, NOT ACCORDING TO THE PETTY RATIONALIZATIONS OF THE PUNY ACADEMICIANS.

WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE AUTHORITY OR EXERCISE SUPERIORITY OVER MEN, IN THE CHURCH, EVEN IN THE GUISE OF EXERCISING SPIRITUAL GIFTS. Because, the true gifts of God will be operated only according to the stipulations of the Word of God, both of which are authored by the same Holy Spirit of God.

ALL RECEIVE SPIRITUAL GIFTS BUT ORDER AND ROLES ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CHURCH AS IS PRACTICED EVEN OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. In 1Cor. 12:4-11 Here Paul teaches that both men and women are given manifestation of the Holy Spirit-- spiritual gifts-- for the benefit of the entire church, not just for their own benefit. BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT GIFTS CAN BE USED BY WOMEN VIOLATING GENERAL RULES OF THE CHURCH. BUT THERE COULD BE EXCEPTIONS, AS PERHAPS IN THE CASE OF TONGUES.

WOMEN’S HEAD COVERING AND NOT SPEAKING THE CHURCH - MALE DOMINATION AND FEMALE SLAVERY?

FEMINIST VIEW

“The demand for head-covering is a permanent symbol of male domination. Even though a man is subjected to God, he doesn’t wear any head-covering. But a female has to sing, pray, and testify indirectly announcing every second that she is under the authority of men. What would you think if the Government of India requires every citizen to wear a turban to show that you are under the Constitution of India? That is nothing but oppression and bondage”.

“A man can pray, prophesy, and preach with no head covering, even though he is subjected to God. The same right must be given to females.
A female’s head-covering is a permanent symbol indicating that she is the property of a man. A man walks with his head high showing his beautiful face, head, and hair to everybody in the world. But a female has to keep her beautiful face under a piece of cloth all her life”.

“I am sorry to say that Mr. Varghese Thomas is a 21st century embodiment of a masochistic figure who enjoys controlling, dictating, and ruling over females in churches.I hope females would resist his outdated philosophy nonviolently and free themselves from all symbols of oppression including the highly inconvenient and worship-hindering head-covering. An Ox drawing a bullock-cart is controlled by a nose ring made of rope to make it go straight without drawing the cart left and right in a zig-zag direction. People like Mr. Varghese Thomas have the same dominating mentality”.

“God has established a chain of command system in our society to make society function smoothly under the headship of a husband or father. The system of submission is productive. But that does not mean that a female has to declare her submission to man all twenty-four hours of the day. In Old Testament times, the lepers used to walk on the streets with a stick attached with a bell which symbolically announced that “A Leper is approaching you, please don’t get infected by coming near me… move away…. move away…” It seems that Mr. Varghese Thomas sir wants every female walking outside, travelling in buses, and worshipping in churches to yell out: “Hello citizens, I am a female. I am in subjection to man. I am under man…. under man…. I admit men are superior…. superior…. superior…. superior…. I humbly admit this, all fellow citizens.”

“They will not accept the lies of dominating chauvinistic misogynistic men that females can speak only in a meeting with females”. 

“MOTHER-HATERS, WIFE-HATERS, SISTER-HATERS, & DAUGHTER-HATERS”. (GENDER SCRIMINATORS) 

“The Women's Organization can take you to Federal Court for your belittling comment. Will you eat the food cooked by ladies for your monthly Brethren fellowship meetings?  Will you worship in a church building cleaned by ladies? Will you drink milk coming out of a female animal---a cow? Will you live in England headed by a queen? Were you in India when Madam Gandhi was leading our nation?
Would you have prevented Queen Esther from mediating for the Jewish people in front of the King? Would you have forced a man to do the mediatory work? Would you allow wives to guide a family and maintain the account books if the husband is working abroad? Can ladies clap their hands as the congregation worship God? Any person who promotes discriminatory statements against the female gender is an abomination”.

MY RESPONSE

Exclusion is not always because of hatred. Excluding the unbaptized from the lord supper is not because of hatred. Secular abilities and talents do not qualify men or women to minister in the church. They falsely assume that the exclusion is because of hatred suppression discrimination etc. There are dangerous areas in secular life where women and children are excluded. The exclusion is not because of hatred. Defining eligibility criteria for a job and thereby excluding many, is not because of hatred.

There is a total failure in their analysis because of the neglect god’s rule. The god given order of female submission is misinterpreted as male domination. God fearing men are labelled as dominating, chauvinistic, misogynistic, women haters, gender discriminators etc. In fact all such derogatory statements are first of all an attack against the word of god. Hence the feminist position is an abomination before god.

Hence calling for the liberation from this imagined male domination is in fact and effect, a call for the destruction of the word of god, and the god given order in the NT church. Thus the feminist interpretation is purely materialist, demonic and misleading.

It should also be noted that Isaiah 3:12 does not affirm woman leadership as a positive thing. Rather it is understood as a symptom of a degenerated state of affairs.

HEAD COVERING IS FOR FREEDOM AND DIGNITY, NOT FOR SLAVERY AND SHAME

FEMINIST VIEW

“In other countries, dignified ladies have discarded these old oppressive customs and have freed themselves. Nobody can keep their mouth shut now”.

 “Head-Covering is a symbol of slavery. Do not brand yourself as a slave. You are a child of God. God has made us a royal people crowned with dignity, even placed us above the angels of heaven”. 

“A veil prevents a woman from worshipping God freely. Her hands need to be occupied always to put the saree edge back to her head as a veil all through a Sunday service. This is nothing but bondage placed on the "weaker vessels."

“Head-covering of a female is nothing but eternal bondage”.
 

“JEHOVAH IS NEAR TO US. No Head Covering Required. No Veils. No scarfs. No Turbans. No Hats. No Separating Walls. JESUS wants to give you a direct touch with no dividing objects in between. SEE HIM WITHOUT THE VEIL (HAT) OF SEPARATION. DO NOT COVER YOURSELF WITH A VEIL. HAT, OR SCARF.NO NEED TO HIDE UNDER CLOTHS OR HATS OR SCARFS. DIRECT ACCESS PERMITTED. DISCARD ALL SYMBOLS OF OPPRESSION OR DOMINATION. DO NOT CARRY PERMANENT MARKS IN YOUR BODY THROUGH WHICH YOU ADMIT 24 HOURS A DAY THAT YOU ARE UNDER A MAN OR A SYSTEM”. 
 

“Varghese Thomas’ instruction that females should cover their head is a way to continue the oppression of females. If they have to cover their head with a veil to symbolize their subjection to men, then children have to cover their head to symbolize their subjection to their parents. Every man must cover his head to show his subjection to angels as-well-as to overseers and presidents of various churches. Male and female students must cover their heads to show their subjection to their teachers. Thus, covering of the head with a scarf will become a vicious never ending circle”.

MY RESPONSE

SUCH STATEMENTS ARE HIGHLY MISLEADING. TO SAY THAT ALL DIGNIFIED LADIES GAVE UP HEAD COVERINGS, ALSO MEANS THAT THOSE WHO COVER THEIR HEAD ARE NOT DIGNIFIED ONES. AND THAT ANY FRAUD LADY IF SHE COVERS HEAD CAN BE CONSIDERED AS DIGNIFIED. SUCH VIEWS WILL ONLY HELP PROMOTING FALSE VIEWS ABOUT THE DIGINITY OF WOMEN AND WILL LEAD TO THE DESTABILIZATION OF THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

THE VIEW THAT HEAD COVERING IS SYMBOL OF SLAVERY, AND HINDERS FREEDOM OF WORSHIP IS THE WORTHLESS RADICAL FEMINIST VIEW, AND IS NOT BIBLICAL.

THUS IN THE FEMINIST VIEW, HEAD COVERING OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH IS CONSIDERED AS INCONVENIENCE AND BONDAGE. HERE WHAT IS GIVEN BY GOD AS A SPIRITUAL PROTECTION FOR THE ENTIRE BODY OF BELIEVERS, IS VIEWED AND MISREPRESENTED AS A TOKEN OF ETERNAL BONDAGE.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT MAKING THE WORD OF GOD OF NONE EFFECT AND OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD AND HIS WORD.

OBEDIENCE TO GOD BRINGS FREEDOM AND DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS BONDAGE. BUT THE DEMON INSPIRED PEOPLE THINK EXACTLY OPPOSITE. NONE OF THE NORMS AND COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IS INTENDED TO BECOME BONDAGE FOR MANKIND. SUCH IS THE DEMON INSPIRED FEELING OF MAN. THIS IS THE SAME DECEPTION THAT HAPPENED TO EVEN IN THE GARDEN ASSISTED BY DEVIL.

HENCE HEAD COVERING IS NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS AN ISSUE HINDERING FREEDOM. IT WILL NOT SUBSTRACT THE FREEDOM OF THE BELIEVERS, BUT ONLY RATHER ENHANCE IT.

COVERING IS NOT HINDRANCE FOR WORSHIP FROM GOD’S VIEW. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RIGHT VIEW OF WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. WORSHIP IS NOT JUST JUMPING AND DANCING. SUCH MINDED PEOPLE MIGHT OPT FOR SWIM SUITS IN THE CHURCH GRADUALLY, FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE AND FREEDOM OF WORSHIP. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT WORSHIP. IT IS FAR AWAY FROM TRUTH, DEGENERATED AND BACKSLIDDEN, LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH.

THE IDEA OF FREEDOM NEEDS TO BE DEFINED FROM THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. IN GALATIANS CHAPTER FIVE VERSE ONE WEE SEE, THAT WE ARE CALLED TO FREEDOM AND SHOULD REMAIN IN IT.  FOR FREEDOM DID CHRIST SET US FREE: STAND FAST THEREFORE, AND BE NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN IN A YOKE OF BONDAGE.

WE ACCOMPLISH THIS FREEDOM IN CHRIST BY OBEYING GOD’S COMMANDMENTS AND THE ORDER ESTABLISHED BY GOD. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THE MISGUIDED PSEUDO PENTECOSTALS MOTIVATED BY THE DEVIL INSPIRED RADICAL FEMINISM, FALSELY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL GET FREEDOM IF THEY COME OUT OF THE PROTECTIVE CIRCLES OF GOD’S COMMANDMENTS. THUS THEY END UP IN BONDAGE. THINKING TO BE WISE THEY BECAME FOOLS, AS THE WORD OF GOD RIGHTLY STATED.

WOMEN COVER THEIR HEAD, AS A MINISTRY, ON BEHALF OF MEN TOO. IT IS A COLLECTIVE ENTERPRISE FOR THE FREEDOM AND PROTECTION OF THE CHURCH. UNDOING IT WILL CAUSE BONDAGE FOR CHURCH.

THE VEIL OF THE WOMAN IS A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT ACCESS TO GOD IS NOW ESTABLISED BY CHRIST, AND THAT THE GLORY OF GOD CAN NOW BE REVEALED IN THE MIDST OF THE BELIEVERS, IF THE GLORY OF MAN CAN BE COVERED. HENCE THE VEIL OF WOMEN IS FOR THE COVERING OF THE GLORY OF MAN AND THEREBY REVEALING THE GLORY OF GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THE WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY.

IN THE CHURCH WORSHIP, WE ARE CALLED TO DISPLAY ONLY THE GLORY OF CHRIST, NOT THE GLORY AND TALENTS OF MAN AND WOMEN. MAN IS THE GLORY OF CHRIST. WOMAN IS THE GLORY OF MAN. WHEN WOMAN COVERS HER HEAD, SHE IS COVERING THE GLORY OF MAN. THUS WHEN WOMAN IS COVERING HER HEAD IN THE CHURCH SHE IS DOING A GREAT MINISTRY, ON BEHALF OF ALL MEN ALSO, OF COVERING THE GLORY OF MAN, AND THEREBY PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE REVELATION OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THE BELIEVERS. WHEN THE CHURCH WORSHIPS, ONLY THE GLORY OF CHRIST MUST BE ALLOWED AND REVEALED.

BIBLE SAYS WOMEN SHALL BE SAVED BY CHILDBEARING. BUT THE FEMINISTS, EPECIALLY OF THE WEST, FEEL CHILD BEARING HINDERES THEIR FREEDOM. THUS THE POPULATION OF THE WEST IS DIMINISHING, AND IT WILL GRADUALLY LEAD TO THE EXTICTION O FTHE WESTERN CIVILIZATION. THIS IS HOW THE DEMONIC FEMINISM IS DESTROYING CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES. YOU CANNOT SAY BEARING CHILD REDUCES FREEDOM OF WOMEN. BECAUSE, THEREBY YOU ARE HUNTING THE RATIONALE OF YOUR OWN EXISTENCE. WHEN WOMEN DENY BEARING CHILDREN SOCIETY IS GONE. THUS, RESISTING GOD’S ORDER AND LAW IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE, NOT LIBERATIVE. DON’T SPOIL ONESELF BY TRYING TO BE SMART.

THE IDEA THAT IF WOMEN STOP COVEREING HEAD, STOP BEARING CHILDREN ETC THEY WILL BE LIBERATED IS A TYPICAL ULTRA FEMINIST VIEW, WHICH IS A MYTH, AND IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE. OBEYING THE WORLD BRINGS BONDAGE. BUT OBEYING GOD ALWAYS BRINGS FREEDOM.

BY COVERING HEAD WOMEN DECLARE SUBMISSION TO THE AUTHORITIES OF GOD AND HUSBAND. IT IS A MESSAGE TO GOD, PEOPLE OF GOD, AND ALSO A STRONG UNCOMPROMISING STAND AGAINST DEVIL AND DEMONS.

BIBLE REVEALS THAT THE WOMEN SHOULD COVER HEAD BECAUSE OF THE ANGELS. IT IS THE GOD GIVEN ORDER. ANGELS WATCH OVER THE CHURCH. AND THE CHURCH GETS THE PROTECTION WHEN IT IS UNDER TOTAL OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD. BECAUSE THERE IS THE DANGER FROM THE FALLEN ANGELS OF DEMONS AS WAS IN GEN 3 AND 6. IT IS THE SAME DEMONS WHICH CREATE THE PRESENT CONFUSION BY TRYING TO UNDO THE CLEAR AND SURE WORD OF GOD, GIVEN TO THE CHURCH THROUGH APOSTLE PAUL.

THUS, HEAD COVERING IS THE CLEAR SIGN SUBMISSION TO THE WORD OF GOD, PREPARATION FOR TRUE WORSHIP, APPROVAL FROM GOD AND PROTECTION FROM ANGELS.

COVERING IS NOT SHAME, RATHER OT COVERING IS SHAME.HENCE HEAD COVERING IS A SIGN OF DIGNITY. CONVENIENCE IS NOT THE BASIS AND CRITERION OF TRUTH.

WHEN WOMAN COVERS HER HEAD, SHE COVERS THE GLORY OF MAN, AND RELEASES PATH FOR MANIFESTATION OF THE GLORY OF GOD. AND IT IS THE DEVIL WHO WANTS TO STOP MANIFESTING THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE CHURCH, BY CREATING DISORDER AND MOTIVATING DISOBEDIENCE.

CONFUSING THE TWO VEILS - THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE AND THE VEIL OF THE WOMEN

FEMINIST VIEW

“Because of Jesus and the cross, both men and women now have free access to the Holy of Holies. The veil was torn from top to bottom”. 

“Jesus never mentioned the veil in thirty-three-and-a-half years of his life on earth. That means head covering was not considered an important issue by Jesus”.

“When a man stands up to preach, he does not have to separate himself from God with a veil (a fence). But a female has a fence or a wall between God and herself. When Jesus died on the cross, all such divisions and walls have crumbled down and we have an open door to stand before God with no separating Veil”.

“When Jesus Christ Died on the Cross, all Veils and Walls That Separated Man from God Were Torn from Top to Bottom. We Can Now Stand Face to Face with God with No Walls or Dividing Curtains Between. However, Humanity Continued to Make Veils, Hats, Scarfs and Curtains Between Man and God. Even Male Leaders Continued to Wear Head Coverings to Give Humanity the Wrong Impression That We Have No Direct Access to God and There Need to Be a Dividing Wall/Hat/Scarf Between Man and God, Between Females and Males”. 

“Such Separations Are Man-Made, But Not Prescribed by God. Let Us Break Down All Walls of Separations and Slavery. God Is Very Near to Us Accessible to Both Males and Females at All times”. 

MY RESPONSE

THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE VEIL OF WOMEN. THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT MAN’S ACCESS TO GOD IS NOT YET ESTABLISHED. THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS A SYMBOLIC WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, FINALLY REMOVED IN JESUS. HENCE NOW ALL BELIEVERS HAVE DIRRECT ACCESS TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

BUT THE VEIL OF THE WOMAN IS A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT THE OT VEIL HAS GONE, AND THAT THE ACCESS TO GOD IS NOW ESTABLISED BY CHRIST, AND THAT THE GLORY OF GOD CAN NOW BE REVEALED IN THE MIDST OF THE BELIEVERS, IF THE GLORY OF MAN CAN BE COVERED. HENCE THE VEIL OF WOMEN IS FOR THE COVERING OF THE GLORY OF MAN AND THEREBY REVEALING THE GLORY OF GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THE WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY.

FALLACY OF CONSIDERING CONVENIENCE, FEELING NO GUILT, FEELING HAPPY ETC., AS THE CRITERIA OF TRUTH AND BASIS OF DOCTRINAL DECISION

FEMINIST VIEW

“Covering of the head hinders a female from worshipping God freely and conveniently. Watch the ladies during our church services, especially during revival meetings. The ladies have to struggle hard to keep the covering in place on their heads. The scarves and saree-pieces keep slipping down from their head repeatedly. Anyone can notice a lady’s hand going up and down, again up and down in her effort to keep the tip of their sarees on top of their oily and silky hair. Many times, their hands are not free to clap and glorify God. I believe that head-covering inhibits dynamic worship”.

“The minds of ladies have to be ever alert to make sure that the head-covering that slips away is put back in place. This takes the focus out of worship. Men can fully focus on God while women’s focus will be split between the veil and God”.

“A female wearing a veil cannot offer her body, soul, and spirit together in free worship. If she shakes or moves her neck and upper body under the power of the holy spirit, the veil is going to drop down. So, if she wears the veil, she could offer her body to the holy spirit only in a limited way”.

“I want every man to practice worshipping God for an hour with a veil on their head and see how head-covering would inhibit free worship”.

“I got married in Kerala on July 13, 1978. My wife joined me in America on April 20, 1979. My wife always covered her head in church in Kerala. But once she arrived in America, she covered her head during Sunday worship in the first few months. She was the only one in our church who covered her head”.

“Eventually she began to realize the inconvenience of covering the head with the saree or with a scarf. Every now and then during Sunday worship, her hands were occupied to place the saree properly on top of her head. This was preventing her from participating in hand-clapping. It also prevented her occasionally from keeping her hands raised in worship”.

“After a few months, she said goodbye to an age-old bondage called “the head covering” prescribed by Saint Paul. My wife never felt any guilt for discarding the head covering”.

“In fact, she is happy that she has the mobility and freedom to worship God without worrying about keeping the saree-edge on her head without slipping”.

MY RESPONSE

ADVOCATING THE FALSE LOGIC OF CONVENIENCE, NO GUILT, FEELING HAPPY ETC AS BASIS OF DOCTRINAL DECISION IS HIGHLY DEPLORABLE. SUCH PEOPLE MIGHT SOON JUSTIFY DIVORCE, POLYGAMY, SINGLE MOTHERHOOD, HOMOSEXUALITY, LESBIANISM, ADULTERY, KILLING, STEALING ETC ALSO BASED ON THE SAME LOGIC. HENCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR CONSIDERED OPINIONS ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL.

IN THE ABOVE STATEMENTS OF THE FEMINISTS, WE SEE THAT WORSHIP IS FALSELY EQUATED WITH PHYSICAL MOBILITY, CONVENIENCE FACTOR ETC. OMNICIENT GOD AND GODF-EARING BELIEVERS UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH THAT HEAD COVERING IS NOT A MAJOR INHIBITION TO TRUE WORSHIP. RATHER IT IS A FRUITFUL AND ESSENTIAL DECORUM IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.  ON OTHER HAND WHAT REALLY INHIBITS TRUE WORSHIP IS SINS LIKE SUCH ARROGANCE AND REBELLION AGSINT GOD. TRUE WORSHIP IS IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. IT IS NOT JUST NOT PHYSICAL.

MOREOVER, CONVENIENCE OR IN CONVENIENCE IS NOT THE CRITERION OF TRUTH.

SATISFACTION IS NOT THE CRITERION OF TRUE WORSHIP. EVEN PAGANS ARE SATISFIED IN THEIR WORSHIP. GOD’S STANDARDS, RULES AND NORMS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR PHYSICAL SATISFACTION. WAS IT CONVENIENT FOR THE SON OF GOD TO DIE ON THE CROSS?

FEELING NO GUILT IS NOT THE CRITERON OF TRUTH. FEELING HAPPY IS NOT THE CRITERION OF TRUTH. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY TO COMMIT ANY ATROCITIES AGAINST FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND GOD, AND STILL FEEL HAPPY AND HAVE NO SENSE OF GUILT WHATSOEVER.

FINALLY THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR WIFE AND CONVENIENCES SHE EXPERIENCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE IN CONTRAVENTION AGAINST THE BIBLICAL NORMS, SHOULD NOT BE ADVOCATED AS THE NORM FOR NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH DOCTRINES

WRONG VIEW OF HEAVEN – NO MEN-WOMEN DIFFERENCE IN HEAVEN

FEMINIST VIEW

 “I am sure God would not demand ladies to cover their head in heaven. I believe that millions of redeemed ladies will worship around the throne of God with no head covering”.

MY RESPONSE

SUCH CONCLUSIONS ARE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UNWILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER THE AMBLE AMOUNT OF DATA IN GOD’S WORD. AN EXHILARATION BASED IN IGNORANCE. IN THIS CHAPTER I SHALL GIVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FOR A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION.

WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT SEXUALITY IN HEAVEN

“There were seven brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no children; and the second married the widow and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise; none of the seven left children. Last of all, the woman herself died. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had married her.” (Mark 12:20-22). “For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.” (Mk 12:25).

THE KEY TEXT IS IN MK 12:25, MT 22:30 AND LK 20:36, THAT ‘THEY WILL BE LIKE THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN’.

“LIKE ANGELS IN HEAVEN” MIGHT MEAN LIKE MALES BECAUSE THERE IS NO FEMALE ANGEL

Angels in the Bible consistently appear to be male, not sexless or female. And in Genesis 6, this is particularly clear. In resurrection people shall be "like the angels." The fact that there is no marriage does not necessarily mean there is no gender.

Every reference to angels in Scripture is in the masculine gender. The Greek word for “angel” in the New Testament, angelos, is in the masculine form. Angels are never referred to in any gender other than masculine. In the many appearances of angels in the Bible, never is an angel referred to as “she” or “it.” Furthermore, when angels appeared, they were always dressed as human males (Gen 18:2, 16; Eze 9:2). No angel ever appears in Scripture dressed as a female.

The only named angels in the Bible—Michael, Gabriel, Lucifer—had male names and all are referred to in the masculine. “Michael and his angels” (Rev 12:7). “Mary was greatly troubled at his [Gabriel’s] words” (Lk 1:29). “Oh, Lucifer, son of the morning” (Isa 14:12). Other references to angels are always in the masculine gender. In Judges 6:21 the angel holds a staff in “his” hand. Zechariah asks an angel a question and reports that “he” answered (Zech 1:19).  The angels in Revelation are all spoken of as “he” and their possessions as “his” (Rev 10:1, 5; 14:19; 16:2; 4, 17; 20:1).

THERE ARE NO FEMALE ANGELS. ANGELS ARE AGELESS SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT DO NOT NEED TO REPRODUCE TO SURVIVE, UNLIKE MORTALS. But the sinful, fallen angels were aroused by mortal females as evidence by the Nephilim. See Gen 6:1-4‘When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God [angels] saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, ‘My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred and twenty years.’ 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterwards—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them’.

FEMALE CONCEPT FOR ETERNITY IS ONLY ABOUT CHURCH IN THE CORPORATE SENSE

IN SCRIPTURE GOD IS ALWAYS DESCRIBED IN THE MALE ROLE WITH HIS PEOPLE CORPORATELY DESCRIBED AS FEMALE. THUS GOD IS PRESENTED AS HUSBAND AND ISRAEL AS WIFE, JESUS AS BRIDEGROOM AND CHURCH AS THE BRIDE (Ephesians 5:25-32).

NO REFERENCES IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THE FEMALE SAINTS IN HEAVEN AS THERE ARE ABOUT MALES

In LK 16:19-21, Abraham and Lazarus were both recognized and identified as men. When Moses and Elijah spoke with Jesus at the Transfiguration, they were clearly identified as men both in description and in the use of male pronouns. MT 17:1-13. The same is true when Jesus spoke of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in refuting the Sadducees in MT 22:29-32. BUT JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE DO ERR, NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, NOR THE POWER OF GOD. FOR IN THE RESURRECTION, THEY NEITHER MARRY, NOR ARE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE, BUT ARE AS ANGELS IN HEAVEN. BUT AS TOUCHING THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, HAVE YE NOT READ THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN UNTO YOU BY GOD, SAYING, I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB? GOD IS NOT [THE GOD] OF THE DEAD, BUT OF THE LIVING.

NATURE OF OUR RESURRECTION BODY

Jesus takes his bodily wounds into the resurrection life. "After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then He *said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing," (Jn 20:26-27). Luke 24 tells us that he ate fish, and John 21 that he cooked some for others. 

"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body," (1Cor 15:42-44). So, our resurrected bodies will be like that of Jesus.

THE FEMINIST CALL TO REBELLION AND DISORDER IN THE CHURCHES

FEMINIST VIEW

“Ladies, God has given you the ability to speak. Your tongue is given to you to sing, to pray, to worship, and to share the Word of God --- publicly in church or during house-to-house visitation. Do not keep your mouth shut. Do not lock up your mouth and tie up your tongue to please masochistic men who would prefer to crush your individuality forever. Resist oppression. Resist people who want to keep you in bondage by not letting you open up your mouth and speak up the oracles of God. The Bible talks about female Prophets who spoke out the oracles of God. So, do not silent. Stand up in the congregation of the saints of God and let the message of God flow through you. Speak out the oracles of God boldly with grace and humility”.

“Dear Friends, if a head covering is affecting your mobility and freedom of worship, please challenge”

MY RESPONSE

CALLING UPON THE BELIEVERS TO CHALLENGE AND THUS REBEL AGAINST THE GOD-GIVEN ORDER AND AUTHORITIES IN THE CHURCH IS HIGHLY OBJECTIONABLE.

THIS IS INTENDED TO CREATE DISORDER IN THE CHURCHES. SUCH DEMONIC CALLS OFTEN SEEM TO BE GOOD TO EVE. THAT WAS THE FIRST DECEPTION FROM DEVIL. THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL PROMPTED EVE, WHY CONSULT ADAM, WHY OBEY GOD, TAKE ACTION, BE FREE, EAT THE FRUIT, BE FREE, ENJOY ETC.

THESE ARE NOT FRIENDS OF WOMEN, BUT ENEMIES OF WOMEN AND MANKIND. AND FOES OF GOD, IN THE GUISE OF THE FRIENDS OF WOMEN.

HYPOCRATIC SHOW OF SOCIAL CONCERN

FEMINIST VIEW

“I feel that every female in India needs to march to your house and your local church to protest your statement. If I lived in Kerala, I would have arranged the largest female-liberation protest rally in the world to surround your house and local worship hall nonviolently. I would have contacted the head of the “Vanitha Liberation Organization” in Kerala to lead the march in front. I would have sent your non-sense statement to the head of the Vanitha Commission”. 

“Bro Varghese statement demands him to have a protest march of the females in India to his house”.

 “Those who do not permit women for ministering in church are belittling them which is a serious crime which to be interrogated in a court of law”.

MY RESPONSE

MORE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE OBVIOUS ELSEWHERE. IF ANY ONE IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS, IT SHOULD BE EXAMINED AS TO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE, WHEN MANY MORE NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE SUFFERING FROM THE EVILS OF POLYGAMY DIVORCE RAPING AND EVEN MURDER FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS, IN SOME OTHER RELIGIONS? THEY ARE ALSO WOMEN! BUT WHAT IS DONE?

THOSE WHO BELITTLE OR MALIGN THE CHURCHES BY FLOATING THE WOMEN’S ISSUES AND PRETENDING TO BE THE SAVIOR OF WOMEN WILL BE INTERROGATED IN THE HEAVENLY COURT.

WHAT THESE ACTIVISTS DID FOR THE LEGITIMATE CHIRSTIAN RIGHTS WHEN THE AMERICAN LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT GRADUALLY DENIED CHRISTIANS BASIC RELIGIOUS RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS AND ALLOWED THE SAME FOR THE OTHER RELIGIONS? THE AMERICAN STATE IS SEPARATING ITSELF FROM THE CHURCH IN THE NAME OF SECULARISM, BUT HYPOCRATICALLY AND DEMONICALLY CLUBBING ITSELF WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS? WHAT WAS DONE AGAINST THESE DEVASTATING PSEUDO SECULAR TRENDS?

WHAT THESE ACTIVISTS DO FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE KIDS AND WOMEN RAPED KILLED, DIVORCED ETC FOR RELIGIOS REASONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AROUND THE WORLD?

THOSE WHO FEEL THEMSELVES SMART ENOUGH FOR FILING COURT CASES, SHOULD DO IT SO URGENTLY AGAINST THOSE WHO CONTINUOUSLY AND PUBLICLY PREACH AND TEACH THAT JESUS IS NOT GOD, JESUS DID NOT DIE ON THE CROSS, JESUS DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD, ETC. WHICH ARE ALL AGAINST THE HISTORICALY ESTABLISHED AND ARCHAELOGICALLY PROVEN CHRISTIAN FAITH.

UNJUSTIFIED ATTACKS ON THE BRETHREN CHURCHES ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE PENTECOSTAL BELIEVERS

THE FEMINIST VIEWS

 “LADIES, REJECT BRETHREN ELDERS WHO REFUSE YOU EQUAL RIGHTS TO SPEAK, TO TEACH, TO SING IN THE CONGREGATION. THEY HAVE BEEN LOCKING DOWN YOUR MOUTH WITH STEEL DEADLOCKS. THEY EXPECT YOU TO LISTEN TO THEM 52 SUNDAYS AN YEAR WITH NO RIGHT FOR YOU TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF GOD IN THE CONGREGATION”. 
“ANY ELEPHANT CAN BE TRAINED TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY ACCEPT BONDAGE WITH A FENCE MADE OF PALM LEAVES OR MIDRIBS OF COCONUT LEAF-BLADES. IT WILL NOT CROSS THE FENCE EVEN THOUGH IT CAN KICK IT OPEN EASILY. 
IN THE SAME WAY, BRETHREN CHURCH ELDERS HAVE KEPT WOMAN SUBDUED MAKING THEM BURY THEIR TALENTS AND DIVINE GIFTS”.

“Brethren elders in Kerala still want to preserve these old vestiges of female-oppression in their churches. They are still covering and hiding their daughters and wives under pieces of clothes and scarfs----- like lepers who were asked to hide in ancient times”. 

“Brethren Church congregations do not permit ladies to preach during Sunday worship. Do not permit ladies to sing a solo. Do not permit ladies to suggest the title of a song to sing. Do not permit little girls or older ladies to stand up and sing a group song. Only some Brethren congregations allow ladies to pray during Sunday worship”. 

“The elders do not allow ladies to play drum or tambourine. 
I humbly suggest that a lawsuit must be filed in Kerala High court by a non-Brethren female to stop such oppressive and suppressive treatment of women in the Brethren Church organization”. 

“I am humbly requesting every Pentecostal, Brethren, Catholic, Mar Thoma, Orthodox, CSI, and other church members to let a lady in the local church play the drum during the last Sunday of April”. 

“Brethren ladies, each of you please buy a new drum, take it to the Brethren Assembly Hall next Sunday and beat the devil out of your elders who suppress your talents. You do this protest, not in anger, but in prayer for the thousands of Brethren elders in the world who are engaged in suppressing the female gender in the name of God. God is not with them in this enslaving business”.

“Please humble down, admit your false teachings, and invite a godly Brethren lady to teach and preach and sing during next Sunday morning service in your church”. 
“The young generation is not going to stay in a church that stops ladies from sharing the word of God”.

MY RESPONSE

FALSE UNLOVING ATTACK ON BRETHREN CHURCHES – MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ALSO FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS ONLY.

IT SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY NOTED THAT, THE PENTACOSTAL BELIEVERS BY AND LARGE, DO NOT APPROVE THE VIRULENT SELECTIVE ATTACK OF SOME PSEUDO PENTACOSTALS ON THE BRETHREN CHURCHES. THEOLOGICAL OR DOCTRINAL DISCUSSIONS IN A LOVING ACADEMIC MOOD IS ACCEPTABLE. BUT THE KIND OF ATTACK POSED BY SOME ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND IS HEREWITH CONDEMNED WITH DUE RESPECT.

THOUGH I AM PENTACOTAL BELIEVER, I FEEL VERY BAD FOR THE RECENT MERCILESS ATTACKS ON THE BRETHREN CHURCHES. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WHICH CAN BE DECENTLY DISCUSSED, THE CURRENT ATMOSPHERE OF MUDSLINGING METHOD, AS IS OBVIOS IN MANY FACEBOOK POSTS ETC, ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND UNJUSTIFIABLE.

IT IS EASY TO ACT LIKE THE MERCILESS SERVANT OF THE PARABLE OF JESUS, WHO ENJOYEDE TORTURING THE WEAKER HAPLESS SERVANT. DON’T TRY TO THREATEN AND INTIMIDATE THOSE WHO WILL NOT RETALIATE FOR SURE. THAT IS NOT COURAGE.

IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER SUCH OPEN ATTACKS ON THE BRETHREN CHURCHES IS CAN BE JUSTIFIED SCRIPTURALLY, ETHICALLY AND SOCIALLY. BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE NUMBER OF PENTECOSTAL WOMEN IN THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES NOT BEING ALLOWED TO TEACH AND PREACH. EVEN IN THE CASES OF ETHICAL FAILURES OF THE OF THE MINISTERS, THE NUMBER OF FAULTS WILL BE MORE IN THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES. HENCE IT WILL BE BETTER TO TAKE URGENT STEPS TO RECTIFY OUR OWN PENTECOSTAL FAILURES. LET US MAKE OUR HOUSE IN ORDER FIRST.

SOME PENTECOSTAL LEADERS ATTACK THE BRETHREN COMMUNITY WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING POPULAR, OR MOBILIZING SUPPORT FROM AMONG THE PENTECOSTALS. THAT IS A FOLLY. THAT TIME HAS GONE. RATHER THE PENTECOSTALS ARE LOOKING FOR A REAL SPIRITUAL REVIVAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PURIFICATION.

BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY SOME FRIVOLOUS PENTACOSTALS HAVE THE TENDENCY TO FEEL THRILLED IN ATTACKING THE BRETHREN COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE BLAMED AS HAVING NO SPIRIT, WHEREBY CLAIMING AND EXPECTING THAT, BY THE VERY FACT OF MAKING SUCH ALLEGATIONS, THE SPEAKERS THEMSELVES ARE FULL OF SPIRIT. THIS NEED NOT BE ALWAYS RIGHT, AND CAN OFTEN INVITE THE WRATH OF GOD.

ALLEGATIONS AND COUNTER ALLEGATIONS BETWEEN PENTECOSTAL AND BRETHREN BELIEVERS, AS IS ABUNDANT IN THE INTERNET, THOUGH THEY MUTUALLY ALLOW AND TOLERATE IT, DO MUTUAL SPIRITUAL HARM.

WHEN I SAY, SELECTIVE ATTACK ON BRETHREN, I MEAN THAT, IT IS NOT ONLY BRETHREN WOMEN WHO COVER HEAD, NOT PREACH IN CHURCHES. VAST MAJORITY OF PENTECOSTAL AND OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS DO SO REGARDING THE WOMEN FOR THE SAME REASONS. THEN WHY SINGLE OUT BRETHREN WOMEN.

RECENTLY I CAME TO KNOW THAT A GOLD WEARING BELIEVER WENT TO A NON-GOLD WEARING PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS DENIED THE LORD SUPPER, WHEREBY HE APPROACHED THE COURT, WHICH IN DUE COURSE OF TIME, JUDICIOUSLY ADVISED HIM TO GO TO A CHURCH WHERE HE COULD HAPPILY GET THE LORDS SUPPER EVEN WHILE WEARING GOLD ORNAMENTS.  THIS IS AN INDEX FOR MANY. GO TO A PLACE OR CHURCH WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY WOMEN PREACHING TEACHING DRUMMING ETC. OR MAKE YOUR OWN CHURCHES, WHERE ALL THE BEST THINGS ARE PRACTICED, AND LET THE WHOLE WORLD FLOW INTO YOUR CHURCH. IF POSSIBLE LET THAT HAPPEN. THAT WILL BE A BRIGHT IDEA. A FEW YEARS BACK A SUPER LIBERAL THEOLOGY TEACHER COMPLAINED THAT MANY BIBLE COLLEGES ARE NOT ALLOWING HIM TO TEACH WHAT HE WANTS. I ASKED HIM TO START YOUR OWN BIBLE COLLEGE AND TEACH WHATEVER YOU WANT. AND HE WAS HAPPY, WITH NO MORE COMPLAINTS.

WHY BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH THE ISSUE OF BRETHREN LADIES PREACHINGS IN THE BRETHREN CHURCHES.  LET EACH CHURCH DECIDE WHICH PERSON AND PERSONS SHALL MINISTER AND PREACH IN THE CHURCH SERVICES. MINISTRY IN CHURCH IS TO BE BASED ON THE BIBLICAL QUALIFICATIONS. ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO CAN TEACH AND PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO THE EFFECT OF EDIFYING THE CONGREGATION OF BELIEVERS SHOULD BE ALLLOWED TO MINISTER IN ANY CHURCH.

PROMOTING THE IDEA THAT ANY GODLY WOMAN SHOULD BE MINISTERING IN THE CHURCHES IS NOT AT ALL A BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN VIEW. AT LEAST THERE IS NO BIBLICAL INEVITABILITY OF WOMEN TEACHING PREACHING AND SINGING IN THE CHURCH.

THE IDEA THAT THE YOUNG GENERATION IS NOT GOING STAY IN A CHURCH THAT STOPS LADIES FROM SHARING THE WORD OF GOD, - SEEMS TO BE AN EXTREMELY MISLEADING AND PERVERTED VIEW. THERE IS NO LOGIC IN IT. IT IS AN UNDER ESTIMATION OR DEGENERATED VIEW OF THE YOUNG GENERATION. THERE IS NO LOGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN WOMEN PREACHING AND YOUTH STAYING IN CHURCH, UNLESS CHURCH IS VISUALIZED AS A SUB-CHRISTIAN CLUB.

THE EXISTENCE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS WITHIN THE SOVEREIGN PLAN OF GOD. HENCE THE EXISTENCE OF A HEALTHY BRETHREN CHURCH CAN BE SEEN AS GOOD FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A STRONG HEALTHY PENTACOSTAL CHURCH MOVEMENT. WITHOUT THE BRETHREN RESISTANCE AND CRITICISM, THE FALSE PROPHETS WHO INFILTRATE INTO THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES WOULD HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED THE ENTIRE PENTACOSTAL MOVEMENT. BECUSSE THE PENTACOSTAL BELIEVERS THEMSELVES ARE AFRAID TO CRITICISE THEIR OWN LEADERS. HENCE THAT ROLE IS FULFILLED BY THE BRETHREN CHURCHES. THAT IS ALSO A MINISTRY OF REPROVAL. 

I THINK THE BRETHREN STAND ON THE 66 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, BEING HELD IN HIGH HONOR IS REALLY TO BE APPRECIATED.BUT THEIR INTERPRETATION OF SOME PASSAGES REGARDING HOLY SPIRIT MINISTRY AND GIFTS, APOSTASY ETC CAN BE SUBJECTED TO MORE SCRUTINY AND BE MADE MORE IMPROVED AND CONFORMED TO THE WORD OF GOD, BY TAKING THE PLAIN MEANING OF THE PASSAGES, RAHTER THAN IMPOSSING PREDISPOSED THEORIES ON THE BIBLE PASSAGES, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.