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There are those Christians who have a difficult, if not impossible, task of interpreting things of the Bible as God intended them to be interpreted because THEY CANNOT SEE WITH SPIRITUAL EYES.

We must try to think as GOD thinks...not as "natural man" thinks!

In ALL OF US, there is "male" and "female" side to us "SPIRITUALLY". The "male" is the SPIRITUAL INSIGHT and the "female" is the SOULISH, OR FLESHY, INSIGHT. Both qualities are in ALL HUMAN BEINGS....both MEN and WOMEN.

Yet, MANY Christians interpret that the Bible says that LEADERS of Christians must be "Men"...and that leaves women in an INFERIOR position in the "body of Christ". This is due to MISINTERPRETATION of what is meant by the DIFFERENCE between "male" and "female" in the SPIRITUAL SENSE.

Galatians 3:28 is to be BELIEVED as written, "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."

Until we ALL understand this concept, there will be those men who will covet a "superior" position in the "body of Christ", when actually, there IS NO SUPERIOR POSITION.....WE ARE ALL EQUAL PARTS OF THE "BODY" IN GOD'S EYES. And the "man" and "woman" spoken of in I Cor.chapter 11 are SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS in each one of us (in men as well as women).

As with all things, keep the "meat" and spit out the bones. For the most part, this is an excellent view of spiritual concepts....but it's NOT what is taught in today's "church buildings":


http://www.godfire.net/rayknight/70_Male_Female.pdf


Pieces from the link article:

FOR ME — A MALE

When I, as a man, speak from the mind of Christ in the anointing, I speak
in the spirit or voice of the last Adam, Christ. It is He speaking . . . the ‘man’ (spirit) in me is speaking, which is the Living Word speaking, Christ Jesus. When I speak out of my own thinking, the thoughts come from my female- soulish source and NOT the mind of Christ.

From the heavenly vantage point, it is I who speaks — my soul getting ‘her’ word in. It represents 'the female" in me. It is the second Eve in me (soulish thinking) offering the Last (second) Adam in me fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The result is spiritual death, for such words cannot produce spiritual life. What comes out of me is either truth from Him (His Indwelling Spirit) or emptiness from her!

The Church in Corinth had a reputation of their meetings being a sort of ‘free-for-all’ where ‘order’ was in short supply! Paul's instructions regarding the vociferous women was to silence them. He hoped this would bring order to the situation. This was an example of the ‘female-soul’ going unchecked. Just as Paul purposed back then for the women to be quiet, it is the same today in the spirit — the female-soulish expression from people (men as well as women) in a meeting, should also remain quiet.

Because I, as a man, may have a beard and wear a suit , does not automatically give me authority in the Church or in spiritual things. I can all too readily operate as female in the spirit unless I truly recognize and move in the anointing from the Christ (male) within. Let the Word confirm this understanding of ‘female-soul versus male-spirit’. In the spirit, we must learn to discern or recognize the difference; if we don't, the result will be ‘out of the spirit’!

The following verses link up this theme:

I Corinthians 14:34 Let the woman keep silence

Habakkuk 2:20 Let all the earth keep silence before Him

Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord

What is commanded to be SILENT is the woman, the earth and all flesh. Now the earth and the flesh in the natural do not make any noise - let alone,
speak! So this woman is therefore a spiritual expression of
flesh and earth . . . the soul realm which is at enmity with God.

FOR ME - A FEMALE

An individual Christian woman is made up of two parts: male and female - spirit and soul, in one body. In reality, I speak 'in the spirit' and am acknowledged by the Lord as Himself - male. I can also speak 'in the soul realm' which is called female. My speech can be expressing (spiritually) either male or female.

The eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, separated soul from spirit. . . making two incompatible expressions of life UNTIL the soul submits to the spirit and becomes one with him.

When a woman speaks from the mind of Christ (which ALL believers have - I Corinthians 2:16) in the anointing, she speaks in the spirit and it is the voice of the Last Adam. The 'male' in her is communicating.
When she speaks out of her own thinking, it is the female- soulish speaking and is not the mind of Christ. It is the 'second Eve-female' in her offering the Last Adam-male in her, fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the result is death.


HOME AND MEETINGS SEPARATED
God's ideal is to have couples who both move in the spirit and that can be like two halves making one whole. The Eve-expression of Adam was necessary to make Adam complete. When the male in the man speaks in the anointing, then his wife can say "Amen" (which means "that's my voice!") and when the male in the wife speaks in the anointing, the husband can likewise say, 'Amen'- that's my voice.

A domineering man in the natural realm can use the same characteristics in spiritual things and come across with law, bondage and compelled submission to the 'letter word' requirements. He does not understand 'grace'. He also does not know that he speaks as a 'woman' and should be quiet!


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So, even now, the "battle of the sexes" divide the body of Christ due to misinterpretation of the spiritual meanings of the Bible. Men are not superior to women, nor are women superior to men. Within EACH, is a spiritual factor which should be expressed (the "spiritual male") or suppressed (the soulish female). And these factors are present in EVERY man as well as EVERY WOMAN.

Arlene