Our weekday women's Bible study program previously aired on AM/1030 (WCTS) Minneapolis, MN from January 2009 to October 2012. Although no longer on air, we wish to share our study guides, thoughts and resources to anyone who wishes to use them. Please feel free to browse around and we trust the Lord will use our previous ministry to be an encouragement to you!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Prophetess Defined
What does “prophet and prophesy” mean from Acts
2:14-21. What would a prophetess do? Are there prophetesses today? Can I be a
prophetess? Join us today as we discover the definitions of these words and apply them to our text and our lives.
I just listened to "Women in the Word" discussing Acts 2:14-21. I wanted to clarify a statement made about the Jewish men praying, "Thank you, God, for not making me a women." While I agree that the culture was very male oriented. However, that particular prayer, I have been told, means something very different from what it sounds like. There were higher and more obligations placed on men than women. When the men prayed their prayer, they were actually stating that they were thankful that God had put the higher obligations on them and that they would be held to them. They didn't want to have the easier obligations that women had.
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I just listened to "Women in the Word" discussing Acts 2:14-21. I wanted to clarify a statement made about the Jewish men praying, "Thank you, God, for not making me a women." While I agree that the culture was very male oriented. However, that particular prayer, I have been told, means something very different from what it sounds like. There were higher and more obligations placed on men than women. When the men prayed their prayer, they were actually stating that they were thankful that God had put the higher obligations on them and that they would be held to them. They didn't want to have the easier obligations that women had.
Wow! I need to study that prayer - thank you for the perspective - will check it out. Thank you again!
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