Reveal the Glory
July 14, 2019
Battle of Character – Valour Bone
August 4, 2019
This Service is called a Woman of Valor Conference yet it is for all of us, irrespective of whether you are a woman or a man. August is women’s month but as a man I also partake because I submit to Christ, He is my Master and my Husband, He has authority over me.
[1 Timothy 2:11], “Let the woman learn in quietness and in entire submissiveness…I allow no woman to teach or have authority over man” A woman needs to submit to her man as his man submits to Christ. She does not have authority over herself; God has placed a man as authority over her. It is not that she does not have authority however she must not teach her man. [1 Corinthians 14:34], “Women should keep quite in the Church for they are not authorized to speak…” Silence or quietness is a position that women need to operate in.
[Isaiah 53:7], says “He was quite like a sheep even though he was going to be slaughtered…” The first Adam failed and the second Adam (Jesus Christ) came and showed us how it should be done. In Him there was perfection, He perfected what the first Adam failed to do. Christ becoming Jesus showed us what Adam should have done in the Garden. Quietness was not the original form of God, He only took the form of a sheep to save us. God could not bear our sins without a body thus it was necessary that He comes as Jesus on earth so that He could die for us. As a result, the Church is not the wife of Jesus but that of Christ.
Jesus teaches us how to be quiet and not teach. When scriptures are read carnally, the reader will not understand what is being said therefore scriptures should be read with the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Women were not allowed to teach, yet Paul allowed Priscilla to teach Apollos. Everything Jesus did was to show us how we must behave. The church needs to be in the position of silence. Woman be quite, do not have authority over man.
When man speaks out of His mind, it is not Christ speaking. The only person allowed to quote the verse which says “when I stand and speak it is no longer I but Christ” is the one who is quite. Quietness is a position of readiness to be used by the Lord. Meaning that the woman (not gender) should be in the position of silence in order to be used by the Lord. “If there is anything they want to learn, let them ask the husband at home” (see 1 Corinthians 14:53). This is not a matter of gender or being married because if it were, then this part of the Bible would only be applicable to man, this is a spiritual matter. God speaks to us in the secret place so that we may deliver His message to the public. Therefore, woman be quite, let Christ be the one who speaks. The verse is speaking all about the woman having authority over Christ. It is a disgrace for a woman to have authority over Christ.
[1 Corinthians 14:36], “Did the word of God originate with you Corinthians or has it reached only you?” There is a prophet who prophesies from the gift of prophecy (the Spirit of a prophet is subjected to him) and there is a prophet who speaks from God, he keeps quiet and allows God to speak through him. Such a prophet speaks what God has revealed and showed him. A teaching must not come out of the woman (the one not authorized to speak) but from the man (Christ), a woman must only speak what she has been taught by her husband man.
[1 Timothy 2:12], “I allow no woman to teach and have authority over man…” Adam was the first to be formed then Eve, so where must the teaching come from? Adam learns from Christ and Eve learns from Adam. Though this is the order that God put in place, that is not how the events unfolded in the Garden; Eve took the fruit and gave Adam to eat, meaning she taught Adam (See Genesis 3).
The moment Eve was deceived, she exercised authority over her head (Adam). After this error, God put corrective measures in place and declared that “the woman will be saved through child bearing” (see 1 Timothy 2:15). The woman will be saved by her seed from her silence, she will not permanently be silent but only until Christ is fully formed in her. The term ‘saved’ indicates to us that she will not be in a state of silence forever. Jesus was silent as He was taken to be crucified but after resurrection He spoke because Christ is leading.
The woman is referred to as the ‘helper’ in [Genesis 2:18], and again in [John 14:26] as God likens her to the Holy Spirit. The helper will teach you all things and remind you. Therefore, work of the Holy Spirit is to teach and remind. You do not need anyone to teach you but the anointing that you have received will teach you all things. It is an error for a woman to teach her man rather than to remind him what he has taught her. A woman is assigned the position to remind her husband. She is not authorized to teach but to remind. The duty of Eve was to remind Adam of the commands of God, not to teach.
Submission is taken from the word ‘learn’, when you are student you are to learn and you are not above your teacher. Women are commanded to submit and men are commanded to love. Submission is learning through action; so when the woman is charged to ‘submit’ she learns what it means to love by observing the husband and he must teach you how to love.
Woman can have the authority that their husband has as he teaches them. The woman must remind the husband what he has taught her, she woman must not come with anything that she is not taught by the husband however in the case of Eve’s, she came with something that she was not taught by the husband, she gave Adam what he never gave her.
God asked Adam who told him he was naked, this is equivalent to God saying ‘Adam who taught you?’ If a student can be equal to a teacher then it means that a student can teach. But there is where the student is not yet equal to the teacher, when this is the case the student must not teach.
The woman should not teach because she is not yet in the form of her husband. Jesus said “I am no speaking on my own authority” (see John 12:49). He had reached a standard where when you see Him, you see the Father. Jesus came not with His own authority but the authority given from the Father. The Church must not operate with the authority that is not yet released upon it, it must exercise the authority dispensed by Christ. As a woman never go in your own name because you have a head. Thus wherever the church goes, it must be known by the name of the Husband, the woman must be silent and not come with her own glory – Let there be quietness.
The problem is that many women are still trying to speak. When God brings a solution He touches the woman because she has a womb. The child she brings has authority over her. Mary was saved by the child she gave birth to, ‘Yes’, her womb was used to transport the Savior of the world, thus Jesus is not the son of Mary’s however, Jesus is her master. Mary was saved by his silence.
Be silent until Christ is fully formed in you. Do not reason like a baby, tossed and turned by every wind of doctrine. The devil did not come to Eve like a Father but he came like a mentor. Being careless about the Garden, he encouraged Eve to take the image of God (not that of the husband) despite the cost. The Father teaches you to feed the sheep. Never move or speak without God.
[Ephesians 4:30], “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God…” He is very sensitive, He has the character of a woman. You can blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and He does not forgive you. The bible says ‘Woman cover your husband…’ (see 1 Corinthians 11:6) The advocate covers the weaknesses of the accused. Woman, when God looks at you He sees the Holy Spirit, He expects you to teach your children and to remind your husband. A woman has a teachable Spirit. As you submit you will learn how to be patient, you will learn not to keep a record of wrongs together with other attributes mentioned as fruits of the Holy Spirit. Husbands: If you cannot teach it, do not expect it! You need to show her and she needs to learn in silence. If she speaks aloud, be low. If she cannot cook, do not complain, do it until she learns how to cook, teach her how to behave through your actions.
You cannot be a teacher without patience, I mean a teacher teaches you the whole year only to test you once at the end of the year. The responsibility of a woman is to be quite and learn, the problem is that when the man is teaching, the woman is making noise and as a result she cannot hear when she is being taught. Learn in quietness, be quite and let the husband teach you. The only way you can be saved is to be quiet. Remember, silence does not make you a fool but it means you are taking notes (learning). Reach a standard where you can remind and teach.
YESHUA; A CITY ON A HILL, THE LIGHT THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN!
