NEEDED: MEN WITH COURAGE TO STAND ON GODS WORD!

I am continually reminded of the dire need for the men of God who labor in the pulpits and shepherd His sheep to maintain biblical fidelity. It never ceases to amaze me at how quick people are to sacrifice Scripture on the altar of tolerance, political correctness, and cultural pressure. Maybe no better example of this than the issue of women as pastors. The Word of God is clear that God does not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. (1st Timothy 2:12) Yet there are people who name Christ as their Savior and have been put in positions of authority as pastors and shepherds who abandon this Scripture and embrace the heretical idea of woman as pastors.

What is amazing is how clear the Word of God is on this issue. Paul in writing to Timothy after making the clear point goes to creation as his foundation. He goes to Adam being the first one created and makes it clear that this is not some cultural issue as head coverings would be in the church of Corinth, but rather this is a universal principal that has to do with Gods design and order. Yet men who are called pastor, will give in and compromise Gods Word to make women and culture at large happier with them.

Brothers we are not called to win a popularity contest or to end our lives with the title of "most congenial". We are called to stand on the Word of God, regardless of who stands against us. And the truth of this issue is that when men of God act like men of God and lead their churches and their families, the women are thrilled. They are thrilled because this is Gods perfect design for the church. His design for the church is the same for the family, and that is that men lead. Men are to lead as Christ led, which is as a servant, not as a tyrant ruler.

But,and hear this brothers, if there are men who are not leading correctly as pastors, it does not mean that women are to step in and take their place. We cannot disobey the Word of God for the sake of pragmatism. So men, the call is for you and I to stand against the feminizing of the culture and the church at large, and to be men of of courage who will speak this truth, that the pastorate, the eldership is for men only. And we need to celebrate this as it is not discriminatory, but rather our Fathers perfect design that is the absolute best for men, women and His Church!