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Auditorium Class Fall 2013
Review of a point from a past discussion.* We looked
at some examples of how “day of the Lord” in different
passages does not always refer to the same event.
* 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11, 2 Thessalonians 1:7 –
2:2
Consider how the “day of the Lord” is used in the following contexts. In one context, the term “day of
the Lord” refers to something future, in other contexts the term refers to something temporal.
Future, literal coming of the Lord in judgment
 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 – 5:1-10
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Physically dead are raised (4:13-16)
Physically living are caught up into the clouds to be with Jesus and the resurrected dead (4:17)
Temporal, figurative coming of the Lord in judgment
 Joel 2:1-11
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Destruction of land was at hand (1:4-20, 2:1-11, 2:25)
Matthew 24:1-34, reference 24:15-16, 33-34
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see abomination of desolation, those in Judea run to the mountain (24:15-16)
immediately after the tribulation of those days... they shall see the son of man coming (24:29-30)
this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled (24;34)
Similar language in two passages does not necessarily mean that the two passages are talking
about the same event.
Two distinct “days of the Lord” even in the same chapter.
Joel 2:1
Joel 2:31
“day of the Lord” – at hand
• land destroyed (1:4-20, 2:1-11)
• land restored (2:12-27)
“day of the Lord” – in the latter days
• pour out Spirit on all flesh (2:28)
• whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved
(2:32)
• “This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel” (Acts 2:14)
Similar language in two passages does not necessarily mean that
the two passages are talking about the same event.
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2:1-7 Questions on prayer
 What four things does Paul urge us to do for all
men?
 For whom should these four things be done?
 Why should we do this?
 According to verse 4, what is required for salvation?
 When it says that God wants all men to be saved,
what action backs up that claim?
 What is a “ransom”?
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2:8-15 Questions on instructions to men and women
 What three ideas are emphasized in verse 8 about a man’s prayer?
 In verses 9-10, describe how a woman should adorn herself? How
should she not adorn herself?
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From verse 11, how should a woman learn?
From verse 12, what two things should a woman not do?
From verses 13-14, Paul based his instruction upon what?
Although women are under this restriction, what can they be? (It is
never demeaning for us to follow the Lord’ will. We can be all God
expects us to be by doing so.)
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Women’s role.
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Summary:
Paul instructs women to be in submission (not a
leadership role (11-12)). A woman is not to teach over
a man or exercise authority over a man (12). Paul
bases his instruction on events at creation (13-14).
Women can be saved in fulfilling the role that God
gave them (15).
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The issue is not whether women can teach, but whether God
has placed limitations on her teaching.
Women can teach:
 Acts 2:17 “your daughters shall prophesy”
 Acts 18:26 “Aquila and Priscilla... they took him aside and
explained” NASV (Note Apollos’ public teaching vs. their
private explanation)
 Titus 2:3-4 “aged women... teach the young women”
 Colossians 3:16 “teaching and admonishing one another...
singing” (Ephesians 5:19 uses “speaking” in a contextually
limited way, not in the normal sense of the word as noted in 1
Corinthians 14:34-35.)
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Some limitations placed on women’s teaching:
 In the assembly of the church (1 Corinthians 14:34-37)
 She is not to speak (e.g. asking a question v.35). A woman would be
forbidden to “preach” in the assembly.
 Some Notes: The general term “women” (v35b) shows that he is not just
talking about “wives of the prophets.” Asking a question (v35) shows he
includes uninspired speaking. “Their husbands” just recognizes that women
are typically married (as Paul recognizes in 1 Timothy 2:15.) “At home” just
means away from the assembly (as in 1 Corinthians 11:34 “eat at home”).
 Inside or outside the assembly a woman is not to:
 Teach over a man
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e.g. lead a Bible class of men and women
Paul is not saying she should not teach, but that she should not teach “over a man”
(e.g. Acts 4:18, Note previous slide listing how a woman can teach and even help
explain something to a man.)
 Usurp authority over a man
 e.g. exercise a leadership role such as an elder (Note in Titus 1:9-11 an elder being
one to stop the mouths of false teachers)
 I believe this restriction would even disallow a woman president (commander in
chief) (The context includes actions not limited to the assembly (e.g. modesty) and
the term “usurp authority over a man” is general.)
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“Learn in silence with all subjection” (11). “Be in
silence” (12)
 In quietness. Not an absence of sound (Acts 22:2).
 Not as used in 1 Corinthians 14:28, 30, 34 which does
describe an absence of sound.
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She (women, BAS) shall be saved in childbearing, if
they continue in...
 Typically, women marry. Ref. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35.
 Single women are included. “I suffer not a woman...”
(2:12)
 I believe that Paul uses “childbearing” as a
“synecdoche” for her role as a “homemaker” who
would “guide the house.”
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Titus 2:3-5 “keepers at home”
1 Timothy 5:14 “guiding the house” can be illustrated in
detail with the woman in Proverbs 31:10-31
Schedule
 1 Timothy 3:1-16