"Thinking Outside The Box"


Dr H..

Dr H..

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This is a spin off from the Juanita Bynum topic. I thought it would be better to start this topic, because of J4J comment ?Thinking Outside The Box? Do we have the right to ?Think Outside The Box? as it relates to the Gospel of Christ. We are not talking about Sports Center, Monday Night Football or ESPN. We are talking about your soul being in an Eternal Heaven or Eternal Hell. In the bible there are customs [traditions] and there is doctrine. Do we have the right to ?Think Outside The Box? as it relates to Bible Doctrine?

I can agree with ?Thinking Outside The Box? as it relates to the customs and traditions of the Jews. However, as it relates to Doctrine, you cannot abandon the Doctrine of the Bible. Contained within the Book we call the Bible, is the Doctrine of The Godhead; Mankind; Church; Sin; Salvation; Satan; Angles Bible and Prophecy.

Either you believe that the Holy Spirit gave the Ole Testament as he moved upon men (2 Peter 1:21) and the New Testament was given by the inspiration of God (Hebrews 1: 1; 2 Peter 3:2) or not. There is no gray area, it?s either you trust God or you do not.

ALL Scripture is God breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work (2 Tim. 3.16-17).


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J4J

I don't think he was wrong. I think he is a smart man. There is chauvinism in the body. We just don't accept it because we afraid of thinking outside the box. We've been taught for so long the WRONG thing that we don't see the correct thing if it danced in our faces. Serious. We are stuck!

Dr. H..

J4J

Contrary to what we [mankind] may think ?outside of the box or not or chauvinism or not? We [mankind] did not design the scheme of redemption nor did we [mankind] write the Gospel nor did we create the Heavens, Earth or mankind. Regardless of our opinions it really does not mean anything to God. Not to argue, but thinking ?outside box? is the reason the world is in its present condition. Lets call it what it is ?thinking outside the box? is thinking outside of God?s word, therefore individuals are telling God, God regardless of what you say ?I know what?s best for me and my house. We are going to worship the way our hearts desire? Thinking ?outside of the box? tells the world the is nothing wrong with homosexuality, abortions, adultery, fornication, spousal abuse, that the world is right and God is wrong. Thinking ?outside the box? tells a child to disrespect their parents, a father that?s it?s ok to abandon his family, that it?s ok to gamble away your salary thus allowing your family to do without, it tells the world that it?s ok to worship Satan; trees; the wind. That?s it?s ok to commit suicide, that?s it?s ok to murder someone because of the color of their skin. Thinking ?outside the box? tells the world that ?Christians? are no different than they are.

Because he is a ?smart man? that means absolutely nothing, not one jilt, not one iota to God as it relates to obeying the Gospel. PhD?s, MDV?s, BS, MS, high IQ?s and such like do not register with God. If people were intelligent as they proclaim, then why is the bible the most difficult book for them to understand. God?s is looking for us to be faithful and obedient to the word / gospel of Christ. He maybe smart and I am sure he is, but God know more and is much wiser, therefore God know what?s best for mankind / his creation.

Consider what God told Isaiah 55:8,9

?For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.?

Are you saying that, those that believe in following God?s pattern are wrong because they are not ?thinking outside the box?

Are you saying because the Preacher? say it?s ok and things need to change. That?s it ok to overlook the word of God.

Acts 5:29

?Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.?

Sometimes we fall into Satan?s spiritual trap "Worshiping and obeying the creation and not the Creator"
 



"Thinking Outside The Box"

Is no more than Abandoning or Compromising the Gospel. Have we abandoned the cross of Christ and headed for the "New" Gospel for greener pastures. The problem is that "New Gospel" some preaching has led individuals to a cesspool of disbelief.

Jeremiah 5:30-31

An appalling and horrible thing
Has happened in the land:

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!


What is the biggest problem in the church today?

1. A lack of discernment among church leaders [Pastors and Elders]

2 Acceptance of doctorinal error and immorality in the Body of Christ

3. The Church has become to worldly, irrelevantand ignorant of bibical truth.

4. The word is not being used to correct, reprove for training our children as well as adults.

5. The Gospel of Christ is not being preached to bring people to Christ. It's being preached to line the pockets of "Preachers" and prosperity and feel good preaching.


Where are the Preachers that God ordained to preach the truth, without compromising the integerity of the word.
 
Dr H.. said:
"Thinking Outside The Box"

Is no more than Abandoning or Compromising the Gospel. Have we abandoned the cross of Christ and headed for the "New" Gospel for greener pastures. The problem is that "New Gospel" some preaching has led individuals to a cesspool of disbelief.

Jeremiah 5:30-31

An appalling and horrible thing
Has happened in the land:

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!


What is the biggest problem in the church today?

1. A lack of discernment among church leaders [Pastors and Elders]

2 Acceptance of doctorinal error and immorality in the Body of Christ

3. The Church has become to worldly, irrelevantand ignorant of bibical truth.

4. The word is not being used to correct, reprove for training our children as well as adults.

5. The Gospel of Christ is not being preached to bring people to Christ. It's being preached to line the pockets of "Preachers" and prosperity and feel good preaching.


Where are the Preachers that God ordained to preach the truth, without compromising the integerity of the word.
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Well said...I could not have said it better myself. God knows what is best for us and everything in this world belongs to Him. What an awesome God we serve.
 
I do not believe thinking outside the box is wrong. In other words, just becaues Papa Hollis taught the wrong information to you does not mean you can't open your mind to the Holy Spirit and ALLOW it to show you something that YOU have never seen before. Sometimes we are lost and don't know it.

Sometimes just because you have been taught it for 100 years does not make it RIGHT. It means you've been taught the wrong thing for 100 years. You have to let the Holy Spirit DISCERN information for you. Thinking outside the box does not mean DEVIATE FROM THE WRITTEN WORD. It means see if there is a message that you never saw before. It happens all the time when preachers are speaking in sermon...they say, "Oh, thank you Holy Spirit, I did not get that before..." meaning, they were given another way to look at that same scriptures.


Good posts! Thanks for letting my words inspire you to start the thread!
 
J4J said:
I do not believe thinking outside the box is wrong. In other words, just becaues Papa Hollis taught the wrong information to you does not mean you can't open your mind to the Holy Spirit and ALLOW it to show you something that YOU have never seen before. Sometimes we are lost and don't know it.

Sometimes just because you have been taught it for 100 years does not make it RIGHT. It means you've been taught the wrong thing for 100 years. You have to let the Holy Spirit DISCERN information for you. Thinking outside the box does not mean DEVIATE FROM THE WRITTEN WORD. It means see if there is a message that you never saw before. It happens all the time when preachers are speaking in sermon...they say, "Oh, thank you Holy Spirit, I did not get that before..." meaning, they were given another way to look at that same scriptures.


Good posts! Thanks for letting my words inspire you to start the thread!
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Key word: Holy Spirit. Many don't have the Holy Spirit to begin with!
 
Many don't have the Holy Spirit to begin with!
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Therefore, they are operating on emotions.

The Holy Spirit works in conjunction with the written word. The Holy Spirit is God [Acts 5:3,4] and is called the Spirit of Truth and a teacher. Therefore, He will teach the truth as instructed by God. If it's not contained in the word, He will not teach.

The Holy Spirit reveals the will of God ? Genesis 41:16-38

That's why I know when "Preachers" say it's ok for women to be preachers and leaders in the church. I know that's a lie, because that's not what the scriptures teach. Pepole better be careful, when they say the Holy Spirit revealed this and that to me.

Whenever a preacher say something, we have to go back and search the scriptures to affirm what he said. If he preached something that was non biblical, we have the right to correct him.


These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Acts 17:11
 
Dr H.. said:
That's why I know when "Preachers" say it's ok for women to be preachers and leaders in the church. I know that's a lie, because that's not what the scriptures teach.
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:topic: What role does the women play in your church AND denomination, Dr H?
I'm curious.
 
In Acts 11 Peter had a vision of things that were ceremonially unclean. To consume them was doctrinally wrong. Yet, by inspiration, God told him to eat of them. This was outside the box. The purpose of the vision was to include the spread of the Gospel to the Gentile world as it was God's eternal intent that all men be saved. It became doctrine.
 
Isn't any and everything about the Holy Spirit "outside the box" anyway.

Define the phrase "inside the box"...by whose standards?
 
Isn't any and everything about the Holy Spirit "outside the box" anyway.
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Absolutely not!

The ?Godhead? works together as a unit, they will always be in agreement. This is how they work. The Father decrees the plans (Ephesians 1:4). The Son (Christ) serves humankind to implement the Fathers plans (Ephesians 1:7). The Holy Spirit applies the work of the Son to the daily lives of believers in Christ (Ephesians 1:13. 14).

The phrase, ?thinking outside the box? is commonly used in our vernacular to describe those who refuse to be limited by traditional or conventional thinking. The box represents anything that limits or confines what we believe to be in the realm of possibility.

Consider and it is the Bible as God?s Text Book, His Written Word that leads us back to Him or Salvation. The problem is God has not / did not departed from us, we abandoned Him thru Adam and Eve. Thus, we have the word {Bible} of God, to redirect us back to him. The Bible is no more than a ?roadmap? that take us back home, because we were ?and some still are? lost. Contained within the bible ?The box, instructions, container, life line, blood line? is what God prescribes as the remedy for spiritual healing. God is the doctor and we are his patients.

Notice 2 Peter 2 ? 4

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Thus, the bible is the ?Box? when you start living or thinking outside of what God has prescribed thru [His word / Instructions] for us as a medication, to heal us and bring us back to spiritual and physical health. We will remain sick, thus our bodies are not able to heal, allowing all types of infections [Sin] to enter and control our bodies.

True, we can ?Think Outside The Box? on certain ways way of spreading the gospel ?TV, Radio, Newspapers and so on? Why, because God said ?The Great Commission? he did not say how, but do it. However, when it comes to requirements, he did not leave those wide open, for us to do, as we like. When He say baptized, He means be baptized, not sprinkled. When He said ?Repent? that?s exactly what He mean, He did not say report, because you got caught. When He designed the requirements for a ?Preacher or Bishop? that?s exactly what he mean?s. I am sure God?s knows the different between a man and a woman. After all he is the creator. God, told Noe (Noah) to use ?Gopher Wood? why, because God knew exactly what he wanted and what type of wood was best suited for the flood. Then he told Noe, to pitch it within and without [Pitch is Tar]. What if Noe said, ?God, I am going to ?Think Outside the Box or Your Word and use Tree Bark. Then I am going to use cork and not pitch? Now in your opinion, do you think the Ark would float or served God?s purpose? Absolutely not, ask yourself why. The same hold true for the OT sacrifices of animals, God had specific requirements and if you disobeyed God, you were struck down or stoned to death.

In the NT under the Gospel, God continues to have specific requirements. And when you start ?Thinking Outside the Box or Gospel? you are disobeying God. God said

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster ? Gal. 3:24, 25.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye. Acts 7:51

God gave us the OT and examples of what happen to Israel, so we do not make the same mistakes. What was Israel mistakes, disobedience or ?Thinking Outside of the Box / Law?

I do not, understand why people are making God's word, so hard to understand. Paul told Timothy, that a child can understand God's word. A child "Hebrew" was someone from 5 - 12 years old. So are folks saying that their IQ or level of understanding, is less than that of a 12 year old child. This is redicilous, how can an adult,not know the difference between a man and a woman. God Forbid.
 
Crit

Women?s Responsibility / Place in The Church.

Are you asking?

When can she lead a prayer, can she teach, can she preach and so on, thinking in the ?flesh.? I would say yes, she can do it all and most of them are more qualified than men. However, since this a bible question thus it deserves a bible answer. These types of questions are easy to answer, by using what?s already prescribed. Not only does women ?females? have place in the Church, there are some men that God has told ?just set down and serve? you cannot be a preacher, elder or deacon.

What do you think a woman?s role / responsibilities are in the Church.

One priority is outlined in Titus Chapter 2.
 
Dac


10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

In both cases Peter was referring to the Jewish religion, which considered certain animals clean and unclean. The meaning of unclean in a mere since of not only ?dirty? but unfit to eat.

Peter was thinking ?Inside The Box or Ceremonial / OT Law? The Holy Sprit, was telling Peter [In Layman?s Terms] Son, it?s a new day, you?re no longer living under the OT Law / Ceremonial Laws. You are now under the Law of Christ not Moses. You no longer have to bring animals to sacrifice. Christ was the ultimate sacrifice. The H S was trying to get Peter to ?Think Inside The Box [Christ, Christianity, NT, The Cross]. [H S talking] Peter! You are no longer under the Mosaic system and you are free to eat anything.

The Box Peter, was living in was null and void, because the ceremonial laws had been nailed to the cross. Pentecost, has happen, but Peter was living in the age of grace when it made no difference whether we eat or don?t meat. He was still living by the Mosaic system and he is not eating anything that is ceremonial unclean.
 



Dr H.. said:
Crit

Women?s Responsibility / Place in The Church.

Are you asking?

When can she lead a prayer, can she teach, can she preach and so on, thinking in the ?flesh.? I would say yes, she can do it all and most of them are more qualified than men. However, since this a bible question thus it deserves a bible answer. These types of questions are easy to answer, by using what?s already prescribed. Not only does women ?females? have place in the Church, there are some men that God has told ?just set down and serve? you cannot be a preacher, elder or deacon.

What do you think a woman?s role / responsibilities are in the Church.

One priority is outlined in Titus Chapter 2.
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I'm familiar with Titus Chapter, but I'm not sure I understood what you just said.
 
dacontinent said:
In Acts 11 Peter had a vision of things that were ceremonially unclean. To consume them was doctrinally wrong. Yet, by inspiration, God told him to eat of them. This was outside the box. The purpose of the vision was to include the spread of the Gospel to the Gentile world as it was God's eternal intent that all men be saved. It became doctrine.
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Yes, yes.
 
What is the role of women at the church I attend?

Some teach toddlers and grades 1 – 12. Our ministers wife is the “Chairperson” of the scholarship committee, grades 1 – 6 tutoring and the LIFE Ministry “Ladies Involved For Eternity” There is a sister in charge of the tape ministry and there are sisters on various programs to include: Sick and Bereavement, College Program and Meal Planning. However, men, with the exception of those mentioned, head all of our programs and we report to the Minister.

They do not preach, usher, do collection or communion or teach men classes.
 
Dr H.. said:
... The H S was trying to get Peter to ?Think Inside The Box [Christ, Christianity, NT, The Cross]. [H S talking] Peter! You are no longer under the Mosaic system and you are free to eat anything.

The Box Peter, was living in was null and void, because the ceremonial laws had been nailed to the cross. Pentecost, has happen, but Peter was living in the age of grace when it made no difference whether we eat or don?t meat. He was still living by the Mosaic system and he is not eating anything that is ceremonial unclean.
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So let's look at some of the things in the Christ, Chrtisnity, NT, Cross box...particularly as they relate to women.

Diakonos (deacons) were qualfied in Acts 6 as "seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom". Later (c. AD 64) Paul writes about the qualifications for bishops and deacons in 1 Timothy 3.

3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. KJV

Now, in Romans 16:1 (c. AD 60) Paul commends Phoebe as a deacon. In verse 3 he commends Priscilla and Aquilla as his peers (sunergos) in ministry. Andronicus and Junia he regarded as apostles. So, even though women are not mentioned as holding these offices in 1 Timothy 3, Paul apparently believed them to be appropriate officers only a couple of years before. Furthermore, the aged women of Titus 3 were presbyters (elders).

So, in looking at the roles of women in the church, they would seem to be peers of men (Galatians 3) in this Christ, Chrtisnity, NT, Cross box.
 
Hmmm, a man's phrase is being used to described God's awesomeness (I know, didn't check the dictionary). The Hebrew boys willingly (without a fight) go into the fiery furnace...according to man's phrase...was that outside the box? Daniel surviving the lion's den...outside the box? God sending Himself in the form of His Son...outside the box? Water turning to wine...outside the box? Speech impediment Moses going to Pharoah to free the Hebrew chillen...outside the box? O, while he was making his presentation, the cane turned into a snake...outside the box? Wait, it get's better, after they are freed, chased to the Red Sea, didn't the waters roll back and split just long enough so they could escape pharoah and his army?...now I would say that's outside of the box! Jesus bringing Lazarus from the grave...hmmmm, I'm convinced now...outside of the box. What you sed? Say Jesus was crucified, died and then rose from the grave...maaaannnnn, that's outside the box!!!

I could go on and on, but there's not enough room on this site. Again I state, who's term is it? "outside the box" is man. God works on His term not ours...I believe it is us (we?) who are OUTSIDE THE BOX!
 
Agree 100%

God works on His term not ours...I believe it is us (we?) who are OUTSIDE THE BOX!
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Isa. 55:8,9

Position everything in a nutshell. I have said it before and will say it again. Regardless, of what we think, say, perform, deny or accept. God has set the requirements, rules and regulations and that my friends will not change. It?s either you accept it or you reject it.

For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.


BluBlood

Everything situation you described, would not fit into the idea or mindset of ?being inside the box of mankind? I doubt if there is anyone would do the things you mentioned. We would debate, compromise, hesitate and such like, in order to find a way to escape. However, those individuals mentioned were operating ?inside the box? of God, but outside the box of the average man.

Yes indeed we are operating ?outside the box? when we deviate from God?s word.
 
The word diakonos is a general word used for "those who serve." In the New Testament it is used for a waiter at a meal (John 2:5), a slave (8:34-35), and a servant of a master (Matthew 22:13). Paul speaks of himself as a servant [diakonos] "of Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Timothy 4:6) and "of the church" (Colossians 1:24-25). Paul, like Phoebe and other Christians, were " servant of the church." However they did not hold the office of a ?Deacon? as it relates to what we are discussing. In today?s church, if you are active, you are a servant a doulos.

In two other scriptures the word is diakonos used to designate a special group of men selected according to their qualifications to serve in the church, in a different area than the ?ordinary church member?. Also when you study the word diakonos, there is no feminine form of the word. As it relates to Romans 16:,1 the part of speech used for ?Servant? is a noun masculine.

The word diakonos does not always mean the work of servant leaders of the church called "deacons." It also refers to various kinds of worldly service as used in Romans 13:4 referring to civil rulers of the state.

Sorry to say, but, there is no textual, linguistic, historical or theological support for female holding the office of deacons in the church. Phoebe was a servant of Christ and of the church as was Paul. Every Christian should be a diakonos in a universal sense, but a distinctive servant ?leadership ?is placed upon those men who possess scriptural qualifications and who are "called out" by the church, in accordance to the word.

Consider God is specific and does not leave the ?door? wide open for our interpretation.

?Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation? 2 Peter 1:20


If God wanted ?Females? to hold the office of an Elders, Deacons, Bishops or Preachers, there is no doubt in my mind he would have outlined the requirements as he outlined for men.
 
BluBlood said:
Hmmm, a man's phrase is being used to described God's awesomeness (I know, didn't check the dictionary). The Hebrew boys willingly (without a fight) go into the fiery furnace...according to man's phrase...was that outside the box? Daniel surviving the lion's den...outside the box? God sending Himself in the form of His Son...outside the box? Water turning to wine...outside the box? Speech impediment Moses going to Pharoah to free the Hebrew chillen...outside the box? O, while he was making his presentation, the cane turned into a snake...outside the box? Wait, it get's better, after they are freed, chased to the Red Sea, didn't the waters roll back and split just long enough so they could escape pharoah and his army?...now I would say that's outside of the box! Jesus bringing Lazarus from the grave...hmmmm, I'm convinced now...outside of the box. What you sed? Say Jesus was crucified, died and then rose from the grave...maaaannnnn, that's outside the box!!!

I could go on and on, but there's not enough room on this site. Again I state, who's term is it? "outside the box" is man. God works on His term not ours...I believe it is us (we?) who are OUTSIDE THE BOX!
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The box is a figurative term describing the box of OUR MINDS. We sometimes put God in that little space in our heads and we don't give him the power/confidence to show us what OUTSIDE THE BOX really means. All of those biblical stories are outside the box of our minds. Humans are carnal minded individuals. That scripture about "his thoughts are not our thoughts"....that is OUTSIDE THE BOX OF OUR MINDS...we can't fathom all that he can/will do for us. We think he may do one thing, when he has a whole OTHER game plan already worked out. God is bigger than us and I will continue to believe HE IS outside the box....It is we who box ourselves in with our small time thinking! Thanks for those scriptures. They prove my point even more soooooo...the people who were present at the time the Hebrew Boys....were AMAZED at what God was helping them to do.
 
Dr H.. said:
The word diakonos is a general word used for "those who serve." In the New Testament it is used for a waiter at a meal (John 2:5), a slave (8:34-35), and a servant of a master (Matthew 22:13). Paul speaks of himself as a servant [diakonos] "of Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Timothy 4:6) and "of the church" (Colossians 1:24-25). Paul, like Phoebe and other Christians, were " servant of the church." However they did not hold the office of a ?Deacon? as it relates to what we are discussing. In today?s church, if you are active, you are a servant a doulos.

In two other scriptures the word is diakonos used to designate a special group of men selected according to their qualifications to serve in the church, in a different area than the ?ordinary church member?...
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Doulos (bondservant) has to do with the relativity between a slave an master. Diakonos has to do with the servant in relationship to his work. These are very different. The 7 men chosen in Acts 6 are not referred to by either term in the scripture. They were ordinary church members serving in a particular area.

Dr H.. said:
Also when you study the word diakonos, there is no feminine form of the word. As it relates to Romans 16:,1 the part of speech used for ?Servant? is a noun masculine.
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...which means one of two things:
  1. In the context of interpreting the scriptures in the Greek language, the terminology is rendered gender neutral since it is used of a woman;
  2. God changed his mind in those couple of years between the time Paul wrote Romans and the time of 1 Timothy.

Dr H.. said:
..Sorry to say, but, there is no textual, linguistic, historical or theological support for female holding the office of deacons in the church. ... If God wanted ?Females? to hold the office of an Elders, Deacons, Bishops or Preachers, there is no doubt in my mind he would have outlined the requirements as he outlined for men.
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Textual: see Galatians 3
Linguistic: see above
Historical: See Luke 2:36 and The Writings of Flavius Josephus; 2 Kings 22; Judges 4 and Judges 5
Theological: see textual, linguistic, and historical

...but let's look at what there are absolutely no requirements outlined for: elders, preachers, prophets, teachers, apostles, evangelists,...

What shall we say to these things? What box are they in?
 
...but let's look at what there are absolutely no requirements outlined for: elders, preachers, prophets, teachers, apostles, evangelists,...
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I hope that I am misreading this statement. Are you saying the bible does not outline the requirements for those positions mentioned. If so, then anyone can hold those positions, including a child.
 
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