Q. El Centra, California — “It has been brought to our attention that I Timothy 2:12, as far as the Greek is concerned, means that a woman should not lord herself over men as she teaches. But if she teaches with a submissive w ill toward God, she has authority to teach men even though there are men in the group qualified to teach.” A. The passage in the Greek does in dicate a woman lifting herself up over a man. This is expressly forbidden no matter how many talents she has. It is not because she isn’t capable^ but it is contrary to God’s economy. This doesn’t mean that the apostle Paul never had women do anything in the assembly. It all revolves around the thought of usurping authority. But if a woman is given authority by men in the church, however, she may teach men, even those in the group who may also be qualified to teach. Q. Monroe, Washington— “A t death does one remain dead until the resurrection, or is the soul just separated from the body but still remaining alive?” A. There is an erroneous teaching abroad concerning that which the Bible never indicates, known as “soul-sleep ing.” Paul said to depart and to be with Christ is far better. The body is laid away in the grave (or however else it may be taken care of). Regardless of the manner of death, a believer’s soul immediately goes into the presence of the Lord. The soul remains with the Lord Jesus Christ until the resurrec tion of the redeemed (I Thess. 4:13-18). As far as the unbeliever is concerned, Scripture also never teaches any such doctrine as annihilation of the soul. The one who dies outside of the Lord Jesus Christ goes to the abode of the dead known as Hades. That unbeliev ing soul will be united with its body and adapted to an eternity of punish
ment in hell apart from God. This is a very solemn truth! Q. Cottage Grove, Oregon —“In John 6:21 we read, ‘Then they w illingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.’ How far did the disciples go over the sea and where were they com1 ing from and where were they going? Matthew says they landed at Geune- saret. Mark says they were going to Bethsaida. Luke doesn’t say. And John says they were going to Capernaum. How can we explain this seeming dis crepancy?” A. This is only a seeming discrepancy. In the area of Galilee^ there is a sea which has had an amazing number of different names. The sea of Galilee is the same as the Sea of Tiberius. Hus was the area where our Lord’s minis try was centered. Around the sea were a number of places such as Bethsaida and Capernaum. Gennesaret refers to
Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (le ft) and Dr. Charles L. Feinberg, check over tape re cording of broadcast. the entire region. The disciples made a general search north of the sea. They 15
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