tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324418.post48391775897673642..comments2023-10-31T08:51:24.642-07:00Comments on EndrTimes: 40 years of women's priestly ministry in the USArsenio A. Lembert Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15187175364549955205noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324418.post-23480837839514669392014-07-29T11:16:04.988-07:002014-07-29T11:16:04.988-07:001 This is a true saying, if a man desire the offic...1 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.<br /><br />2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;<br /><br />3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;<br /><br />4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;<br /><br />5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)<br /><br />6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.<br /><br />7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.<br /><br />I Timothy 3:1-7<br /><br />The passage mentions:<br /> 'a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work'; the husband of one wife; his children; if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?; he fall into the condemnation of the devil; Finally, 'he must have a good report'.<br />So, where do they get authority to appoint women to be ministers of the faith?Arsenio A. Lembert Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15187175364549955205noreply@blogger.com