It's a Question of Authority 1 Timothy 2:8-15 NLT

1 Timothy 2:8-15 NLT 

8 In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy. 

9 And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.  10 For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do. 

11 Women should learn quietly and submissively.  12 I do not let women teach men or have authority over them.  Let them listen quietly.  13 For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.  15 But women will be saved through childbearing, assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty. 

"But the cultural challenge must be seen in its true context – not just a struggle between men and women, but as a struggle with the issue of authority in general. Since the 1960’s, there has been a massive change in the way we see and accept authority. 

· Citizens do not have the same respect for government’s authority. 

· Students do not have the same respect for teacher’s authority. 

· Women do not have the same respect for men’s authority. 

· Children do not have the same respect for parental authority. 

· Employees do not have the same respect for their employer’s authority. 

· People do not have the same respect for the police’s authority. 

· Christians no longer have the same respect for church authority. 

There are not many who would say that these changes have been  good. Generally, people do not feel safer and there is less confidence in the culture. "
David Guzick 

Blessings, Cecilia