Guardian Angels by Roy Hicks

Author:Roy Hicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:21+00:00

Angels and Submission

The apostle Paul, in writing to the churches, was very careful to set in order church government and authority in the home.

He gives headship to the man but requires in that leadership role that the man love his wife as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it. (Eph. 5:25.)

Inasmuch as entire books have been written on this subject, I will here treat a phase of this important subject that, heretofore, has had little attention. We want to talk about the ministry of angels as it has to do with the submission of the wife to her husband and also as it has to do with her activity in the church.

But I want you to know and realize that Christ is the head of every man, the head of a woman is her husband, and the Head of Christ is God. Any man who prays or prophesies—that is, teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes and comforts—with his head covered dishonors his Head (Christ).

And any woman who [publicly] prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes or comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as [if her head were] shaved.

1 Corinthians 11:3-5 amp

First Corinthians 11:3-5 makes it very clear that the New Testament teaches that a woman is allowed ministry in the church on the same level as man. She has the same right to pray or prophesy as he does. It further states that man is not to prophesy, teach or pray with his head covered and that a woman is not to do any of these things without her head covered. It further teaches that if a man disobeys in this, he dishonors God. If a woman disobeys in this, she dishonors her head which is her husband.

In the early church, for a woman to refuse to be covered with a veil, a symbol of submission, it was considered that she may as well go ahead and have her head shaved. At that time, it was understood by all that she was not only in rebellion to her husband but now put herself in the position of being thought of as a prostitute. She was now revolting even against God's laws.

On the other side of the marital coin, if a man wore long hair, as the woman did, he likewise showed he was no longer submitted to authority.

Does not (experience, common sense, reason and) the native sense of propriety itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is a dishonor (humiliating and degrading) to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

1 Corinthians 11:14,15 amp

We saw great evidence of this during the Vietnam war era. The many young people who dropped out and became known as the hippies of that generation, chose a lifestyle that expressed rebellion against anything that was conventional. One of the first obvious signs of this were the young men who allowed their hair to grow long and unkempt.

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