Women In The Ministry: Paul’s Doctrine Allows Women To Labour Powerfully In The Gospel Without Usurping Authority Over Men

The Holy Ghost made sure the names of faithful women were written into the record, and that ought to settle forever the idea that biblical church order somehow minimizes women. Those women laboured, helped, hosted, served, supported, instructed in proper order, strengthened the saints, and bore real burdens in the work of the gospel. Paul did not treat them as decorative spectators. He called them helpers, servants, succourers, and fellowlabourers. But he never made them bishops, elders, pastors, or authoritative teachers over the church. That distinction matters. The modern church often wants to flatten every distinction God makes, but Paul’s pattern honours both men and women by placing them where God designed them to function.

“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” Philippians 4:3 (KJB)

On this episode of Rightly Dividing, a rightly ordered church, according to Paul, is a church where Christ is the Head, sound doctrine is the rule, qualified men lead, faithful women labour, older saints disciple younger saints, sin is corrected, heresy is rejected, and the whole body is edified. This is not oppression; it is protection. It keeps the pulpit guarded, the home strengthened, the assembly sober, and the ministry fruitful. When men abandon their place, women are tempted to fill the vacuum. When women reject their place, confusion enters the assembly. But when both submit to the Pauline order, the church becomes what it was meant to be: a disciplined, doctrinally sound, gospel-preaching body operating “decently and in order.” Tonight’s Bible Study is a Part 2 from this morning’s Sunday Service message, and we will take an in-depth look at all the women who laboured with the apostle Paul in the gospel ministry.

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Women In The Ministry: Paul’s Doctrinal Order Shows Faithful Women Labouring In The Gospel Without Taking The Offices God Gave To Men

Right now, debates are raging all across the professing Church as to what is, and is not, the role of women in the Church of Jesus Christ. Many of these heated discussions are really just people responding primarily from their feelings and prejudices rather than from the revealed word of God. Let the church honour faithful women without altering church office. Let men stop hiding from responsibility and qualify themselves for leadership. Let deacons be what Paul said they must be. Let women serve where God has placed them with joy, strength, and reward. And let the whole church bow to the final authority of the written word of God. Amen? My Sunday Servuce message is entitled “Women In The Ministry”, the first in a new series we will explore Sunday mornings and in the Sunday night Radio Bible Study as well.

“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” Philippians 4:3 (KJB)

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Women In The Ministry, Part 1

Main Text

“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” Philippians 4:3 (KJB)

The New Testament honors faithful women in ministry, but it does not establish women as ordained deacons in the church. Paul’s order is clear: women may serve, labour, help, teach in proper order, support the gospel, and be highly commended by the apostle, but the official church offices of bishop and deacon are given with male qualifications.

Application

A Bible-believing church must never despise the labour of godly women in the gospel ministry, but neither may it rewrite Paul’s doctrine to satisfy modern confusion. The answer is not to silence faithful women from all service, and it is not to place them into offices God did not give them. The answer is to let every member of the body serve according to the order of the Head, the Lord Jesus Christ.

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Ephesians 5:22-27 (KJB)

I. Paul Gives The Office Of Deacon To Qualified Men

“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.” 1 Timothy 3:12 (KJB)

Paul does not leave the office of deacon undefined. He gives qualifications, and those qualifications include being “the husbands of one wife” and ruling “their children and their own houses well.” That language is not accidental, cultural, or optional. It places the office of deacon in the same masculine household order as the office of bishop. The deacon is not merely someone who helps around the church; he is a qualified man entrusted with recognized service under the authority and order of the local assembly.

The modern church often tries to separate service from Scripture, as though usefulness alone qualifies someone for office. But Paul never does that. A man may be willing, talented, energetic, and popular, and still not be qualified. Likewise, a woman may be faithful, godly, fruitful, and deeply useful, and still not be given the office of deacon. The issue is not value, the issue is order.

II. Phebe Was A Servant, Not An Ordained Female Deacon

“I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:” Romans 16:1 (KJB) – read all of the chapter.

Phebe is one of the strongest examples of a faithful woman in Paul’s ministry circle. Paul commends her by name. She was a servant of the church at Cenchrea, and that is a high commendation. She was trusted, useful, faithful, and worthy of the church’s help and reception.

But the King James Bible does not call Phebe a deacon. It calls her “a servant of the church.” That matters because words matter. God preserved His words, not His “message” The word may be connected to service, but Paul’s doctrinal qualifications for the office are not found in Romans 16; they are found in 1 Timothy 3. Romans 16 shows her faithful service. It does not install her into ordained church office.

The Bible believer should be careful here. We should not downgrade Phebe into nothing, and we should not promote her into something the Scripture does not say. She was a servant, a succourer, and a faithful helper in the ministry. A “succourer “ is one that, according to Webster’s 1828, is one that provides relief and help, and a deliverer. That is honourable enough without changing the Bible.

Look at this amazing honour that Jesus gave to a woman in the “gospel ministry” that He gave to none of the apostles.

“And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.” Mark 14:6-9 (KJB)

III. The Wives Of Deacons Must Also Be Spiritually Qualified

“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.” 1 Timothy 3:11 (KJB)

Paul inserts this verse right in the middle of the deacon qualifications because the home life of a deacon matters. His wife is not irrelevant to his ministry. She must be grave, not a slanderer, sober, and faithful in all things. Why? Because the deacon’s service touches the church, the saints, the home, the poor, the widows, and the practical burdens of ministry.

Some try to make this verse mean “women deacons,” but the King James Bible gives the plain reading: “their wives.” The context then continues immediately with the deacon being “the husband of one wife.” Paul is not creating a female office here. He is showing that the wife of a deacon must not undermine the ministry by gossip, instability, worldliness, or unfaithfulness. A man’s public ministry can be damaged by disorder in his private house. Paul’s church order does not merely examine a man’s platform; it examines his household.

IV. Women Laboured Mightily In The Gospel Without Taking Church Office

“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” Philippians 4:3 (KJB)

Paul had no problem commending women who laboured in the gospel. Euodias and Syntyche laboured with Paul. Phebe served the church. Priscilla helped in the work with Aquila. Mary bestowed much labour. Tryphena and Tryphosa laboured in the Lord. Persis laboured much in the Lord.

That should end the false charge that biblical church order makes women useless. It does not. Godly women in the New Testament were active, valuable, remembered, and commended. They served the saints, helped gospel workers, hosted churches, taught younger women, assisted in private instruction in proper order, and bore burdens in the ministry. But Paul’s commendation of their labour never cancels Paul’s doctrine of church office. Labour is not the same as headship. Help is not the same as oversight. Service is not the same as ordained authority. The church gets into trouble when it confuses those categories.

V. Paul’s Restriction Is Against Authority Over Men, Not Against All Ministry

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” 1 Timothy 2:12 (KJB)

This is the verse the modern church does not want, but it is still in the Bible. Paul does not forbid women from serving the Lord. He does not forbid them from prayer, testimony, hospitality, discipleship, mercy, teaching younger women, or helping in gospel work. What he forbids is a woman teaching or usurping authority over the man in the assembly.

That means the issue is not whether women can minister. They can and they did. The issue is whether women may take the ruling, authoritative, doctrinal offices of the church. Paul’s answer is no.

The Bible’s order is not anti-woman. It is anti-confusion. It protects men from laziness, women from misplaced burdens, and the church from rebellion against the written word.

VI. God’s Order Protects The Church From Confusion

“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 (KJB)

“Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJB)

When Paul gives church order, he is not trying to suppress life in the body. He is trying to preserve peace, doctrine, authority, and edification. Confusion enters when the church starts measuring ministry by ability alone instead of obedience. A woman may be gifted, but giftedness is not the qualification for office. A man may be willing, but willingness is not the qualification either. God has an order.

A church that follows Paul’s doctrine will have men leading, women serving, saints edified, doctrine protected, and the gospel advanced. A church that rejects Paul’s doctrine may still have activity, but it will not have biblical order.

Closing Challenge

“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” Luke 22:42 (KJB)

The question is not, “Can women be useful in the ministry?” The Bible answers that with a resounding yes. The question is not, “Did Paul value women who laboured in the gospel?” He absolutely did. In fact, I will go so far as to say without those women, Paul could never have gotten done all the things God used him to do. So the question is, “Did Paul establish female deacons as an ordained church office?” The answer from the King James Bible is no.

Let the church honour faithful women without altering church office. Let men stop hiding from responsibility and qualify themselves for leadership. Many churches are run by women because the men have abdicated their God-given positions. Let deacons be what Paul said they must be. Let women serve where God has placed them with joy, strength, and reward. And let the whole church bow to the final authority of the written word of God.

“Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJB)

The Bible position is balanced and plain: faithful women are servants in the work, but ordained deacons are qualified men. That is not tradition, or preferring men over women, or any of that nonsense. That is Paul’s doctrinal order for the church.

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President Trump Hosting UFC On The White House Lawn Is A Stunning Symbol Of America’s Roman Spirit And The Coming Revived Roman Empire Of Daniel

Washington has always been draped in Rome. From the Senate to the Capitol, from the marble columns to the imperial domes, from the eagle imagery to the fasces displayed in Congress, America’s ruling class built its civic temple with Roman hands and Roman imagination. The United States presented itself as a republic, but it borrowed the language, architecture, symbolism, and ambition of the empire that came before it. Rome was never as far away from America as we were told. It was carved into the stone from the beginning. Now the symbolism has stepped out of the marble and onto the White House lawn.

“For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17, 17,18 (KJB)

On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, Rome understood spectacle. Rome understood how to command the imagination of the people. The arena was never merely entertainment. It was power on display. It was the empire telling the masses who ruled, who conquered, who mattered, and who could be crushed. The Caesars knew that the people could be governed through bread, blood, theater, fear, glory, and distraction. The arena was Rome’s pulpit, and the empire preached itself through violence, triumph, and applause America learned the lesson well, very well. The White House, the palace of American executive power, becomes the stage. The fighters become the spectacle. The cameras become the amphitheater. The nation watches as combat entertainment is fused with politics, patriotism, celebrity, military pageantry, and national celebration. Just as it was in the days of Rome. This is not just another headline in a collapsing age. This is a prophetic snapshot of the Roman spirit of empire rising in the modern West. America is not named in Daniel as the final empire, but America has carried the Roman spirit across the modern world. It has exported Roman-style law, military order, global dominance, civic religion, political symbolism, mass entertainment, and imperial power under the banner of freedom and democracy. America calls itself a republic, but it increasingly behaves like an empire. That was Rome’s path as well. First the republic, then the strong men, then the spectacle, then the empire. And finally, the inevitable collapse of all of it. The White House lawn has become the arena, and that old Roman spirit is speaking once again. Here at our 250th anniversary, our republic is fading, the spectacle is rising, the Beast system is forming. And the final empire of Antichrist is preparing for its last act before the King of kings returns to break it in pieces and set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. Is America Mystery Babylon? That’s the question we will be looking to answer here on Day 2,279 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve!

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• SUNDAY NIGHT: Our original Sunday Night Radio Bible Study, it’s from 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST, and we have praise, singing, testimony and of 90-minute King James Bible study. All our King James bible study programs are archived here.

• The NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST Hour

Every Monday and Friday afternoons from Noon to 1:30 PM EST, we examine breaking news and current events  in light of bible prophecy. 

• MONDAY AT NOON: Every Monday at Noon we review all the latest news and events related to bible prophecy, and examine what is happening in light of what is written. If you miss the live show, all of our Prophecy News Podcast programs are archived here.
• FRIDAY AT NOON: Friday at Noon we review all the latest news and events related to bible prophecy, and examine what is happening in light of what is written. If you miss the live show, all of our Prophecy News Podcast programs are archived here.

Your Generous Donations Make These Live King James Radio Bible Studies & Prophecy News Podcasts Possible!

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Listen to What Our Donation Angels Have to Say About the Ministry of Now The End Begins

• “You are truly an end time ministry and I appreciate how our Precious Lord is using you to educate his very own flock. There is a lot of confusion , but your ministry is putting scripture in the right prospective. Thank-you so so much Geoffrey S Grider for standing firm and putting in a lot of hours of your time. God Bless You , also your Ministry and your family. IN JESUS MIGHT NAME.” T. Muto
• “Jesus. I am now 64 years old and never in all the years I’ve been a Christian was I able to grow in the Lord as much as I have in the last past year. All because of our blessed brother’s work Geoffrey Grider who as the bravery of standing fast forward without fear of claiming the truth of God by the power of his love in Jesus Christ. May God bless you abundantly to the end my dear brother… ROMANS: 8: 36,37,38” Mireille Anderson
• “I met you at the car dealership earlier this year. We spoke briefly, then you handed me a card and told me to check out the website. You left. A few minutes later, you returned to tell me not to forget to look up the website. I told you…” I already did. I already subscribed.” In that short time we spoke, I experienced from you…a total stranger…peace, joy, kindness, gentleness, compassion, and love. I am convinced that God sent you to share the Good News that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. For that, and for the work you are doing for the Kingdom of God, I say…Thank you and God Bless You.” Sonia Merced
• “I really enjoy the emails and Bible studies! I haven’t found a church and enjoy your services very much! Be blessed brother!” Marcia Mann
• “You and your organization are on the front lines in the Battle For Truth…. current events, end times, and trying to awaken a sleeping Laodicean Church. Thank you brother for fighting for us and all your teaching and insight God bless…” Daniel Cartrette
• I just want to thank you for the teachings you give every Sunday night on radio.  You are such a blessing to me. I absolutely love your way of teaching the scriptures.  I don’t have a church where I can have fellowship and teaching, so you have been my teacher for many months now. Thanks God you are there for all of us who have no church to go to.  I pray that the Lord will bless you abundantly in your ministry, and your loved ones too.  You are such a blessing to me, and many others, in these last days before the rapture.  Thank you so much Geoffrey, from the bottom of my heart. May the Lord keep you, until He comes back for us. You are in my prayers.” Donald Godin
• “Thank you for the work  you are doing brother.  Your page and your testimony were a blessing to me this morning as I came across it for the first time.  Thank you for the reality of your testimony and what God has done for you in introducing you to Jesus our Lord.  God has brought me, in salvation, to Himself as well, through His love and mercy and grace in salvation.  How can we praise Him enough?  How can we not share this good news!?  I pray this day for God’s blessing on your ministry that He may save many souls through the work He has called you to.  Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)” Mark and Melissa
• “Love the Sunday night bible study. I want to support someone who has the passion for the lost like Geoffrey does and rightly divides the word of God. God bless you.” Teresa Carey
• “I give because not many news outlets are brave enough or Godly enough to tell these stories from a Christian’s point of view. I see stories here that will not be seen anywhere else.” William Grayshaw
• “It’s hard to find solid biblical teaching in America these days. It’s a blessing to be able to take part in a ministry financially without being concerned about false teaching. All glory to God! God bless!” Maximilian Swan
• “I donate because you are reporting the truth about the increasing wickedness of our time, as God’s word foretold. In so doing we are reminded to “Keep looking up” as we wait in joyful hope for the Lord’s coming, Maranatha! ” Anthony Sloane
• “Geoffrey has the best End Times News out there. I have been receiving his emails for years now and always enjoy his Sunday night messages although I don’t always think exactly as he thinks. We are all in this “boat of life” together and as I come to the end of my life’s journey here, I am more aware of Jesus’s call for us to be one as He and the Father are One.” Deborah Cleaveland

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This is the official gospel tract of NTEB, used here on the streets of Saint Augustine and sent around the world as they are purchased through our website. We ask you to prayerfully consider supporting the work of Now The End Begins by purchasing a box of these full-color, high-quality gospel tracts. Thank you in advance!

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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB