1 Timothy 2:11–15 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Wed PM March 4, 2015

“Women in the Church” (1 Timothy 2:11–15)

^{Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/March 4, 2015}

1 Timothy 2:8–15 (NIV)

⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. ⁹ I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, ¹⁰ but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹ A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. ¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. ¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. ¹⁵ But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. 

 

if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15, NIV)

 

Main Idea: God has designed and ordered his church to be led by male elders and teachers.

 

Christian women demonstrate their godliness by learning in the church with a quiet and submissive spirit (11).

Christian women remain true to their God-given femininity by submitting to male leadership in the church (12–14).

Christian women demonstrate their sanctification when they embrace their God-ordained feminine roles (15).