Hello,
I was just admonished by a friend regarding getting biblical guidance / counsel from a woman. She stated that there are versus in the bible that clearly states the process for getting counsel but couldnt find it. Maybe someone here can help clear this issue up ! backed up with scripture of course! ;)
This is what I have found so far
I Tim. 2:12 -- it wasnt the steps that she was referring to tho.
Thanks!
Hi. I assume that you're referring to whether or not a MAN should seek counsel from a woman, not a woman from another woman.
I know that of course the Bible speaks of women being capable of having great discernment (such as Nabal's wife Abigail), and there is an instance, in Acts 18, where a Godly woman teaches a man the Scriptures: Priscilla, Aquila's wife. It says they both "explained to him (Apollos) the way of God more accurately." She must have been a very wise woman, because Apollos was described as already "competent in the Scriptures."
But Priscilla didn't teach him alone, she was at the side of her husband. So if you're a man, it's safest to get counsel (on serious and/or sensitive matters) from a Godly man, or from a Godly couple.
I think your friend is talking about when a church member is involved in open sin -- you would go to that person once, rebuking them in love, and if the brother/sister is not restored, you take one more person with you to try again. If that fails, bring that brother/sister before the church. I can't think of a "process" for seeking counsel on a matter, but maybe it's there and I don't realize it.
I wish I had time to look up more Scriptures for you, but anyway I hope this helps!
JennRich
I just looked up I Tim. 2:12 -- which corresponds with 1 Cor. 14:34 about women not being "permitted to speak" at church. Our pastor teaches this means women are not to take leadership roles over men, at least not ALONE (she could be possibly teaching a class alongside her husband, for example). But generally, ladies should be confined to teaching other women and children.
However I don't see anything wrong with a man asking a lady's opinion about something once or twice, as long as it's fit for mixed company. But in depth, ongoing "counseling sessions" would be inappropriate.
JennRich
...which of course, includes boys.ladies should be confined to teaching other women[b]and children[/b] .
Many a man of God has testified to the importance of his mother's or some other Godly woman's influence in his life. For instance one says he learned to pray 'at his mother's knee'. (Sorry I can't remember who said that.) And there was Timothy himself, who learned [i]the scriptures
Women should feel privileged to receive this foundational opportunity with their children. And men who hear the voice of the Spirit to their own hearts and souls will listen to a woman in many situations both pracical and spiritual, and later, it will turn up in their preaching or counselling, that they first heard this from 'a dear sister in the Lord'.
There is something I forgot to mention........ wives.
I heard a brother in the Lord reporting he'd heard another brother suggest that a husband should be solely responsible for all the spiritual input to a marriage. The brother who was speaking said he'd been tempted towards agreeing with this .... until he remembered something ........
That 'something' was.... all the times God had used his own wife to bring His revelation to his understanding..... which then helped him become the man God wanted [i]him
On reflection, he disagreed with the brother's suggestion, knowing he had come to depend on receiving words from God through his wife, and recognising how greatly it would impoverish his spiritual life if he put it into practise.
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