God or People Judging the Teacher? Part 2 (TMF:2043)

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Peace to Live By: God or People Judging the Teacher? Part 2 (TMF:2043) - Daniel Litton
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       You see, one issue is that people may question the right of the person who has decided to preach, as if they are the ultimate decider and judge in such matters. God may gift a person to great preaching skill who has no higher education, anything above a four year college degree or even one who has no college degree at all. In American society, God calls women to preach (2). He gifts them with effectiveness and good ability to do so. In other parts of the world, where women preachers might not be acceptable, God perhaps will not call a woman. The point is that God is the ultimate decider in these matters. No human tradition, or even traditional interpretation of the Bible can prohibit the Spirit of God from doing what he wants and decides to do. A second issue is that none of us are perfect. It’s not that a preacher needs to maintain a certain level of perfection more than others as is commonly believed. That’s self-righteousness. Really, that’s not possible. All of us, no matter who we are, first have a sin nature.

(2) I would recommend the book ‘She Offered Them Christ: The Legacy of Women Preachers in Early Methodism’ by Paul W. Chilcote. This book provides a good summery of the becoming and therefore history of women preachers in England several hundred years ago.