THE ADVENT TRUTH The debate over Junia has become one of the most common arguments used to justify women serving as pastors. But before anyone builds an entire doctrine on Romans 16:7, we should slow down and ask: What does the text actually say? First, we don’t even know with absolute certainty that Junia was female. The earliest Greek manuscripts were written in all capital letters without accent marks. Those manuscripts do not distinguish between the feminine Junia and the masculine Junias. The accents that identify the name as feminine were added centuries later. Many scholars believe the name is feminine, while others argue it could be masculine. The point is simple: the evidence isn’t so clear that this verse should overturn the broader testimony of Scripture. Second, even if Junia was a woman, Romans 16:7 still does not prove she held the office of pastor or elder. The Greek phrase can legitimately be translated either as “well known to the apostles” or “outstanding among the apostles.” Both renderings have scholarly support. Third, the word apostolos simply means “one who is sent.” In the New Testament it is used in more than one way. Jesus is called an Apostle (Hebrews 3:1). The Twelve were apostles. Paul was an apostle. Barnabas is called an apostle (Acts 14:14), and Epaphroditus is literally called “your apostle” in Philippians 2:25 (though many English versions translate it “messenger”). The word does not always refer to the governing office established by Christ. Finally, Romans 16 never calls her an elder, overseer, bishop, or pastor. When Scripture specifically gives the qualifications for those offices in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, it lays out a consistent pattern. A single debated name, a debated translation, and a debated use of the word “apostle” are not enough to overturn the clear pattern of Scripture. Sound doctrine is built by harmonizing all the evidence—not by allowing one difficult verse to reinterpret the rest of the Bible.

THE ROCK AND THE ROLE INTRODUCTION THE last 8 years have been incredibly difficult for me and my family including major health issues that disabled me leaving me incapable of doing very basic things. So I was going through a trial unlike any I had before. Some of those things I can't even speak on because they are too personal and too heartbreaking. So when 5 years ago I caught some scenes from the show, The Chosen, I was so deeply moved by seeing the interactions between Jesus and the people, the apostles I was and continue to be in tears at these beautifully crafted scenes. I love this show for that and highly recommend the show on the basis of that alone. It was responsible for stirring a desire within me to return to God. But a reoccurring theme in the show reflects a rather dangerous misunderstanding based more on the Catholic teachings of the cast than on actual Scripture. It's a teaching we touched on in one of our monthly exclusive videos that are not promoted as the regular Monday and Friday videos are, but are available on my Rumble channel. This teaching comes from Matthew 16:18 18] And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. It is the account of when Jesus asked his disciples who they believed Him to be and some said one thing others said something else, but Peter stood up and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” And that is what prompts Jesus’ response in verse 18. Why is the catholic understanding of this verse dangerous? Because they are taught that Jesus made Peter the rock and that Jesus was building his church on the foundation of Peter. This necessitated another false doctrine known as Apostolic Succession. In this teaching the church is founded upon Peter who was granted the authority to change doctrines within the church and pass that authority down to the next “rock” and so on and so on. This false doctrine led to yet another false doctrine that claimed that as the foundation of the church was the newly founded role of the Papacy and as such any pronouncement made by that human foundation of the church would of course have to be infallible. These teachings spiraled out of control as new Popes added the doctrines of purgatory, praying to the saints, the perpetual virginity of Mary necessitating the removal of the scene from the Chosen where in Scripture, Mary and her other children sought Jesus out to speak with Him in order to confront Him on His preaching and he rebuked them. All of this came from a profoundly mistaken interpretation of verse 18. It is grammatically impossible for this verse to be claiming that Peter was ‘the rock’. One feature of Koine Greek that isn't found in English is the use of different spellings of articles, “the, this, that” based on the gender of the word it is referring to. In Greek, a word can be masculine, feminine or neuter. However, the masculine article is never used to reference a feminine or neuter noun. And vice versa. Literally from the Greek, verse 18 says this, ‘And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;’ Jesus calls Peter, “a piece of a rock.” Or, a broken off piece. When Jesus says, “upon this rock” the article cannot refer to Peter as being the rock as it is in the neuter or indefinite gender. If Peter had been the rock, the article would have to be masculine. So using the rules of Koine Greek we track backwards through the verse in Greek to the previous neuter or indefinite subject to see what Jesus is actually saying. And when we do we, see he is referring not to Peter, but to Peter's confession. “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” So the church is built on the fact that Jesus is who He said He was. The church is built on the identity of Christ as we explored in our video on Rumble entitled, “De-Jesus-ing Jesus”. This one blatantly false misinterpreted passage has led to millions being deceived into embracing the doctrines of demons as the Apostle Paul would later say in 1 Timothy 4. I would never demand the someone else watch or not watch a show based on this but I do advise caution. Take the good of what you see and do not confuse Catholic doctrines with biblical doctrines, for they are definitely not the same.

Of Baalim and Ashtaroth—those male, These feminine. For Spirits, when they please, Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but, in what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their aery purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil. - JOHN MILTON (Paradise Lost)

Women of God Sarah- Women of God In Genesis 17, the Lord promised again to make Abraham the father of many nations and to bless him with descendants. He made a covenant with Abraham including Sarah in the terms of the covenant. He commanded Abraham to call her by a new name. Sarai was now to be called Sarah. While possible meanings of Sarai שָׂרָי are “my princess” or “my lady”, Sarah שָׂרָה almost certainly means “princess”, the feminine of Sar שַׂר or “prince, ruler, cheiftan, military leader”. In a messianic foreshadowing, Sarah and Abraham would become the parents of nations to whom kings of nations would come to. And why will these kings come? To worship the Lord our God (Psalms 2:10-12, 72:10-11, 102:15, 138:4-5, Isaiah 47:7, 60:3,6&11, Daniel 7:14). The Lord’s promise and covenant was for both Abraham and Sarah. God was about to start his plan of reconciliation for the world through both Abraham and Sarah. Heavenly Father, I praise you that you blessed both Abraham and Sarah in your ministry of reconciliation. Sarah was not an insignificant side character. None of us are! You have a plan for each and everyone to come into your grace and worship. And you have a plan for all of us to be a part of your ministry of reconciliation. Give us more and more faith in you! Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you….” God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬-‭6‬, ‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The Great Whore of Babylon’s Name-Change Game: How the Papacy Baptized The Pagan Gods The greatest sleight of hand in religious history did not occur in a smoky room or an occult cavern; it happened in broad daylight, under the vaulted ceilings of imperial Rome. It is a historical reality that when the Roman Empire transitioned into institutional Catholicism during the fourth century, the ancient Babylonian mystery religion did not die. It was simply repackaged. The ancient visual styles, the regional emblems, and the localized offices of pagan deities were not eradicated; they were baptized. The Church merely played a strategic name-change game—taking the exact same false gods that traveled from Babylon to Egypt, and from Greece to Rome, and dressing them in the robes of Catholic saints. To look upon the system of Roman Catholic hagiography—the veneration and petitioning of specialized patron saints—is to look upon the old pantheons of antiquity under a thin veneer of Christian terminology. The scripts are identical, the jurisdictions are unchanged, and the emblems are intact. The names were altered to appease a shifting political landscape, but the underlying spiritual system remained entirely pagan. The most glaring manifestation of this unbroken pipeline is found in the creation of the Catholic “Queen of Heaven.” Centuries before the earthly birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus, the prophet Jeremiah fiercely rebuked the backsliding house of Israel for participating in an ancient idolatrous cult, warning that “The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger” (Jeremiah 7:18). This celestial monarch was Semiramis of Babylon, who was later worshipped as Isis in Egypt, Aphrodite in Greece, and Venus or Diana in Rome. In Egyptian iconography, Isis was routinely depicted wearing a crown of stars, standing upon a crescent moon, holding her infant son Horus, and bearing the explicit title Stella Maris—the “Star of the Sea.” When the Roman Church sought to assimilate the pagan masses, they did not teach them to abandon the worship of this feminine deity. Instead, they transferred the titles, the posture, and the celestial emblems of Isis directly onto Mary. Suddenly, the biblical mother of Christ was officially designated by Rome as the “Queen of Heaven” and the “Star of the Sea,” portrayed in identical statuary standing upon the crescent moon. The pagan populace did not have to abandon their ancient mother-goddess; they just changed the label on the altar. This systematic substitution ran through every department of human life. The ancient pagans did not believe a single deity governed everything; they divided spiritual authority into localized, specialized “offices.” Rome took these identical offices, looked at the calendar of the saints, and executed a flawless corporate rebrand. In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of gates, doors, and transitions. He held the celestial keys to the heavens and guarded the entryways. The Roman Church simply applied the visual attribute of the keys and the role of heavenly gatekeeper onto Saint Peter, twisting scripture to accommodate a pre-existing Roman visual expectation. Likewise, the Egyptians relied on the jackal-headed god Anubis to weigh the hearts of the dead on a scale during judgment. The Greeks called this role the Psychopomp—the conductor of souls—and assigned it to Hermes. The Catholic Church transferred this exact, non-biblical function to Michael the Archangel, who is universally depicted in traditional cathedral art holding the scales of judgment, weighing the souls of the dead. Even the dangerous maritime trades were subjected to this relabeling. Ancient Mediterranean mariners kept shrines to Poseidon or Castor and Pollux at harbor gates, praying to these deities to calm raging storms. As temples were rededicated, these coastal altars were renamed in honor of Saint Nicholas or Saint Elmo. The electrical weather phenomena on ship masts, historically called “Castor and Pollux” by Roman legions, was seamlessly renamed “Saint Elmo’s Fire.” The sailors kept their maritime protector; the Church kept the sailors. This was not a secret conspiracy; it was an open, written strategy of cultural compromise. In the year 601 AD, Pope Gregory the Great wrote a famous instruction to Abbot Mellitus, who was tasked with converting the Anglo-Saxons. Gregory explicitly ordered that pagan temples should not be demolished. Instead, he commanded that they be purified with holy water, that Christian altars be built, and that the relics of saints be deposited within them, stating “that the nation, seeing that their temples are not destroyed, may remove error from their hearts, and knowing and adoring the true God, may the more familiarly resort to the places to which they have been accustomed.” The most explicit monument to this compromise stands in the heart of Rome: the Pantheon. Originally built as a temple dedicated to all the classical gods—where citizens petitioned Mars for war, Venus for love, and Ceres for crops—it was handed over to Pope Boniface IV in 609 AD. The building was not torn down as an abomination. It was “cleansed” and renamed “Saint Mary and All Martyrs.” The exact same building where Romans once knelt before a multitude of false gods became the very structure where medieval Catholics knelt to petition a multitude of saints for the exact same earthly favors. The system of patron saints is nothing less than the old polytheism of Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, smuggled through the back door of Christendom. It is the same game, played with the same false gods, utilizing the same demonic hierarchy, hidden behind a stolen vocabulary. See The Interactive Idolatry Audit: Tracking the Office, the Emblems, and the Names: https://thelordsreturn.com/the-idolatry-audit-tracking-the-office-the-emblems-and-the-names/ #catholic #catholicchurch #CatholicPrayer #TheLordsReturn #idolatry

❤️Women in the Ministry? What does the Bible Say? Part 1 of 2. By Dr. Russell K. Tardo. A Modern Phenomenon. In the past century America has witnessed the emergence of women to various positions of prominence and authority. It is no longer unusual to find women serving in the fire department, carrying a gun as a police officer, or sitting behind a desk as a judge in a courtroom. Women serve in every branch of the military and even in local and national political office. This emergence of women to various positions of authority has not been confined to the secular realm, but has penetrated into the religious world as well. Many churches now have women serving in a broad diversity of ministry offices, from deacon to pastor, and several denominations commonly ordain women as pastors, priests, or ministers. Even those churches which function with the traditional male pastor, now frequently designate their wives as “co-pastor.” Additionally, some women have become traveling evangelists, dragging their husbands and children along with them as they hold conferences and seminars, teach from behind church pulpits, and over their own regular radio and television programs. While these practices are now commonplace and widely accepted in our society, the big question is, are they scriptural? Is It Scriptural for Women to Serve in Ministry Offices? Our answer must come from the Holy Scriptures. The Christian holds the Bible to be the authoritative Word of God, so our beliefs and practices must not contradict its clear instruction. The Word of God alone must be the basis for our faith and practice. For us to answer this question by mere logic, humanistic reasoning, philosophy or popular opinion would be to depart from the Christian standard. What Does the Bible Say? After careful study and sincere examination of the scriptures dealing with this subject we make the following observations and come to this conclusion. 1. WOMEN DO NOT SCRIPTURALLY QUALIFY FOR MINISTRY OFFICES. The Scriptures reveal that five ministry gifts and offices were given by Christ to the church. “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers” (Eph. 4:11). These offices are often referred to as the “five-fold ministry” since they are five in number. They are the ministry offices of the Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. They were given by Christ to the church… “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12). Though a woman might attend Bible school or seminary, earn a degree and be licensed, appointed, certified or ordained to the ministry, still she does not qualify for these ministry offices scripturally. The Original Language Speaks More Clearly Absolutely fundamental to Koine Greek (the original language of the New Testament) is its system of agreement between nouns and their modifiers. Nouns in Greek can only be masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the articles which precede and modify them must agree in gender. In fact, at times the article will actually help determine the gender of the noun it modifies. It is, therefore, very significant that in each of the five-fold ministry offices listed in Ephesians 4:11, the Greek nouns and the articles that modify them are all in the masculine gender. This fact alone furnishes us with enough authority to state unequivocally, that these offices were intended by God to be occupied by men only. Scriptural Qualifications In 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Paul sets forth the qualifications God gave for the ministry office of a bishop or pastor (certainly these qualifications would apply to every five-fold ministry office). Notice the words in all capital letters in this passage emphasizing who God qualifies for ministry office. “This is a true saying, if a MAN desire the office of a bishop, HE desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the HUSBAND of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well HIS own house, having HIS children in subjection with all gravity; For if a MAN know not how to rule HIS own house, how shall HE take care of the church of God? Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride HE fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover HE must have a good report of them which are without; lest HE fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” In no uncertain terms, God declares in the Bible that ministry office can be held only by a man! Also, note the masculine pronouns used over and over…”HE” and “HIS.” Honesty demands that we not inject “or she/her” into the sacred text. Women simply do not qualify. Furthermore, HE must be THE HUSBAND of one wife. (The Bible does not imply or inject, “or the wife of one husband.”) Obviously, only a man can be a husband, and what should thus be equally obvious is that only a man can meet God’s qualifications for ministry offices. God Does Not Discriminate God does not, here or elsewhere, treat women unfairly, or as though they were not equals to men. Men are not superior to women; women are not inferior to men. But while God does not discriminate against women, He did make them different, plainly revealing that He intended them to function in different roles and with different responsibilities. God created two separate and distinct sexes (equal, but separate and distinct). “Male and female created He them” (Gen. 1:27). Obviously, He intended that they function in two separate and distinct roles. More Scriptural Qualifications Titus 1:5-9 also sets forth God’s qualifications for ministry office: “For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any be blameless, the HUSBAND of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Holding fast the faithful word as HE hath been taught, that HE may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.” Again, we note the emphasis on the MASCULINE. Just as in 1 Timothy, the one holding ministry office is to be a man, “the husband of one wife” (not the wife of one husband). This is not to suggest that a minister has to be married, but rather the emphasis is on the fact that he was married only once (i.e., not one who has been divorced). Also, we see the same usage of the masculine pronouns. These Scriptures can only bring us to one conclusion: women simply do not qualify to hold a five-fold ministry office. Honest hermeneutics will allow no other interpretation! 2. WOMEN IN FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY IS A MODERN PHENOMENON, WITHOUT BIBLICAL PRECEDENT OR HISTORIC WARRANT. No New Testament Basis a. There are no examples of women serving in five-fold ministry offices in the entire New Testament. Multitudes of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers are mentioned and named in the New Testament. None were women. b. Jesus ordained twelve apostles to function in ministry. None were women! Certainly if Jesus intended for us to ordain women to ministry offices He would have set the example by ordaining at least one woman apostle! In fact, the Bible mentions more than twelve apostles! God also ordained as apostles James (the Lord’s brother) (Gal. 1:19), Paul (Rom. 1:1), probably Barnabas (1 Cor. 9:1-6; Gal. 2:9; cf. Acts 14:4,14), and several others (Rom. 16:7). None were women. Furthermore, there is no evidence that women were among the 70 that Jesus sent out in ministry (Lu. 10:1,17). Thus in the entire New Testament there is not one single example of a woman serving in five-fold ministry! If we sincerely were to follow the example of Christ, the pattern and practices of the early church, and the instructions of the New Testament, we would not ordain women into ministry office! No Examples in Church History Early church history lends no support to the modern views of qualifying women for ministry office. Actually, in the almost 2,000 year history of the church women never served in ministry office until the last century. Again, we must conclude that ordaining women to five-fold ministry offices is a recent phenomenon, (actually arising only in this century out of Feminism), and is without scriptural precedent or historic basis. 3. WOMEN SERVING IN ANY FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY OFFICE IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN IN 1 TIMOTHY 2:11-12: “Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” Here women are instructed to learn quietly in submission, and they are not permitted to teach men or to exercise authority over them. Other Bible translations make the sense of this prohibition even clearer: “Let a woman quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.” (N.A.S.V.) The Amplified version reads: “Let a woman learn in quietness and entire submissiveness. I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence (in religious assemblies).” And the Living Bible says: “Women should listen and learn quietly and humbly. I never let women teach men or lord it over them. Let them be silent in your church meetings.” Since any exercise of a five-fold ministry office is an exercise of spiritual authority (I Tim. 3:5; Heb. 13:7, 17), women simply are not permitted to exercise this authority over men. God designed in the order of His universe that woman was to be “an help meet” for the man, not an authoritative figure over the man (Gen. 2:18,20), and she is not the head of the man but he is to be her head (Eph. 5:22-24; I Cor. 11:3, 8-9). Violating these clear injunctions from Scripture invariably leads to spiritual deterioration, chaos, and confusion within the church (or the home). Nothing functions properly when it is out of Biblical order. Godly Women in the New Testament There are many examples in the New Testament of godly women who evangelized unbelievers and encouraged believers, including men. Priscilla and her husband, Aquila, even explained proper doctrine to the preacher, Apollos (Acts 18:26), and the woman at the well in Samaria was largely responsible for the evangelization of her community due to her own personal testimony of Christ (John4:28-29, 39). However, these women did not function in any authoritative five-fold ministry office in the church, for such would have contradicted the scriptural principles of proper role relationships, and violated God’s prohibitions. Amazingly, in spite the clarity of Paul’s instructions, some have argued that these verses do not constitute a prohibition of women ministries, but instead are a “cultural limitation”. They contend that this prohibition applied only to the unlearned women in a particular city and time, who were unqualified to teach due to their lack of education and the prevalent cultural sense of propriety that existed at that time. However, the context of the verses clearly reveals that such was not the case. Paul’s prohibition is linked not to custom or culture, but to the very order of creation! Continuing from Paul’s prohibition in 1 Timothy 2:11-12, verse 13 explains why the woman is forbidden to teach or hold an authoritative position over men: “For (because) Adam was first formed, then Eve.” The prohibition is because God did not design for woman to be the head over man, but vice versa! God, in His divine scheme, never intended for women to function in roles He delegated to men. Though created equal, each sex was to function in the role God intended. It violated divine order for the women to usurp male authority in churches or homes. Is God unfair to women? Does this prohibition declare male superiority? Absolutely not! No one sex is more important than the other. IS A KNIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A FORK? No! Both are equally necessary, and we would be foolish to argue over which was more important or superior. Both are important and were fashioned to perform equally essential functions! However, neither can do as good a job as the other was made to perform. Did you ever try to eat spaghetti with a knife–or cut steak with a fork? They don’t function well in those capacities because that is not the purpose for which they were designed! But when functioning in the roles for which they were intended both perform excellently! The Same is True with Male and Female Roles As it is with the order of man’s creation (knives and forks), so it is with God’s (men and women). Though this may not be a perfect analogy, yet it helps to make the point. The Bible declares that women simply were not “formed” for the role of church leadership; they are, after all, the “weaker vessel” (I Peter 3:7). God created the male and female equal but different. Each was to function in the role and capacity for which God intended! For the woman to hold authority over the man, or for the man to submit to the woman, is to depart from divine order. Paul’s Prohibition in I Timothy 2 Linked to the Fall As we continue in the context, Paul links the prohibition (I Timothy 2:11-12) not to “culture” but to the nature of the fall! “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” (I Tim. 2:14). Paul is not trying to lay the blame for the fall all on Eve (In fact, in Romans 5:12-ff he attributes the entrance of sin into the world directly to Adam and doesn’t even mention Eve.) But Paul could be suggesting here that woman, being the weaker vessel and more emotional, was more susceptible to deception than was the man. Paul states plainly that Adam wasn’t deceived in the garden. He knew what he was doing! He sinned with his eyes open! He was persuaded by the woman, but not deceived by her or the serpent (cf. Gen. 3:17). Thus, to discard the Bible’s prohibition of women serving in five-fold ministry on the basis of “ancient culture” is to clearly disregard the entire meaning and context of the verse. This prohibition is valid in any age and in any culture! No other meaning could possibly be intended. Yet Another Prohibition! “In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” (Matt.18:16). God repeats Himself in order to get the point across! “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience (literally, to take a submissive, subordinate place) as also saith the law. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church” (I Cor. 14:34-35). One may argue the point from logic, reason, philosophy or popular opinion, but the Bible is clear! Women are out of place in any ministry position that gives them authority over men. No woman can scripturally serve in a ministry that puts them behind a pulpit preaching to or teaching men. Any church that allows a woman pastor, co-pastor, associate pastor, evangelist, preacher, or teacher of men, clearly violates these biblical injunctions, and does so to their own peril. It is no light thing to so wantonly disregard God’s own clear commands. ANSWERING THE OBJECTIONS. There are several passages of Scripture that objectors use in an attempt to justify their views allowing the ordination of women. We will mention the major objections here and refute them scripturally. QUESTION 1: WHAT ABOUT GALATIANS 3:28? “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” Doesn’t this passage declare the equality of women, and therefore justify their ordination into the ministry (as well as man’s)? ANSWER: Many people do quote this verse in an attempt to justify women serving in five-fold ministry offices. In an effort to justify their unscriptural practices and beliefs, they resort to lifting this verse entirely out of its context, twisting its intended meaning to fit their own purposes, and actually using it to contradict everything God says in the New Testament on the subject. Take It in Its Context The context declares the intended meaning of the verse which is justification by faith in Christ, irrespective of social status, sex, or nationality. Male and female, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile, all have equal access to God and are heirs together of God’s gift of grace (cf. Eph. 3:6). This verse teaches that all are equal in the sight of God. No one race, social status, or sex is superior. Gentiles are not inferior to Jews; the poor are not inferior to the rich, and; women are not inferior to men. Every believer has access by faith into the very same presence of God through the blood of Christ (Heb. 10:19), and all believers can equally receive the promise of the Holy Spirit and manifest spiritual gifts (Acts 1:13-14 with 2:1-4, 17; 1 Cor. 12:7; 14:26,31; cf. 1 Cor. 11:5). So all believers are equally children of God regardless of sex, race, or social status. To be Continued. ❤️ Lord willing, more will be posted soon. All glory to Jesus alone.

The Sovereign Constant: Why Papal Supremacy Collapses Under the Scriptural Audit The Roman Catholic system demands absolute submission to a centralized, human hierarchy, staking its entire claim to authority on a single, monumental assumption: that Jesus Christ established the apostle Peter as the supreme, infallible earthly head of the Church, and that this supreme office has been passed down to a continuous line of Roman popes. This doctrine of Papal Supremacy is the absolute pillar upon which Rome stands or falls. If Peter was never a pope, and if the New Testament acknowledges no such office, then the entire structure of Roman dogma is unmasked as an arrogant usurpation of the authority that belongs solely to Jesus Christ. To confront this delusion, one must bypass centuries of human tradition and subject Rome’s claims to the uncompromised, forensic scrutiny of the Holy Scriptures. When we examine the inspired record, we do not find a centralized hierarchy operating out of a Roman palace; we find a brotherhood of apostles operating under the sole headship of a risen King. Rome’s primary defense relies on a deliberate distortion of Christ’s words in the Gospel of Matthew, where He declares, “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). In their blind commitment to papal tradition, they ignore the profound grammatical distinction in the text, twisting the declaration to mean that the church is built upon the fragile, shifting sand of a fallible man. But the scriptures refuse to be twisted. When we examine the original Greek text, the linguistic sleight of hand utilized by Roman Catholic dogma is instantly exposed. The critical failure of the papal argument lies in two distinct words used for “Peter” and “rock” which the Holy Spirit deliberately chose to ensure no human being could be mistaken for the foundation of the Church. Christ first addresses the apostle as (Petros), a masculine noun that strictly means a fragment of rock, a stone, or a small pebble that can be easily thrown or moved. He then immediately shifts to the word (petra), a feminine noun that means a massive, immovable bedrock, a monolithic cliff, or a great ledge of stone. Christ does not say, “Thou art Petros, and upon this Petros I will build my church.” That would be a grammatical and logical contradiction. Instead, the Lord sets up a direct contrast: “Thou art Petros (a movable stone), and upon this petra (this massive, immovable bedrock of truth that I am the Christ, the Son of the living God) I will build my church.” The “rock” upon which the Church is immovably established is not the person of Peter, but the foundational truth that Peter had just confessed with absolute conviction: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” The New Testament leaves no room for ambiguity regarding the identity of the true Foundation. As the apostle Paul explicitly declares, “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” Peter himself confirms this exact definition in his own epistle when he refers to believers as small, “lively stones” built up into a spiritual house, while reserving the title of the massive, chief cornerstone entirely for Jesus Christ. To place a mortal man, clothed in scarlet and fine linen, at the absolute center of the Church’s foundation is nothing short of theological treason against the Son of God. When we audit the actual ministry of Peter as recorded in the New Testament, the myth of his supreme, universal jurisdiction vanishes entirely. If Peter were the reigning supreme head of the early Church, we would expect to see the other apostles and elders yielding to his absolute, unilateral decrees. Instead, we see the exact opposite. At the crucial Council of Jerusalem recorded in Acts 15, it is James, not Peter, who delivers the final, definitive judgment on the matter at hand. More devastating still to the papal narrative is Paul’s bold account in his epistle to the Galatians, where he records a direct, public confrontation with Peter: “But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.” If Peter were the infallible, supreme vicar of Christ on earth, Paul’s public rebuke of him would have been an act of lawless rebellion against divine authority. But Paul knew no such office existed. He recognized Peter as an equal pillar, a fellow apostle, and a fallible brother who was capable of compromising the truth of the gospel through hypocrisy. The silence of scripture regarding any papal office is absolute and damning. Peter writes two inspired epistles to the early Church, yet in neither letter does he claim the title of Pope, Sovereign Pontiff, or Universal Bishop. He does not demand submission to his specific see, nor does he mention any successors who would inherit an infallible chair. Instead, he introduces himself with striking humility: “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,” and addresses the leadership of the churches not as their ruler, but as a peer: “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder.” He explicitly warns church leaders against “being lords over God’s heritage,” a direct condemnation of the very imperial hierarchy that Rome would later construct in his name. Rome has built an entire empire upon a phantom chair, substituting the visual splendor of the Vatican for the spiritual reality of the body of Christ, and forcing millions to look to a human mediator rather than the living Savior. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” The true Church requires no earthly vicar, no supreme pontiff, and no Roman throne, for it is perfectly governed, protected, and sustained by the one eternal King who is at the door.

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