@YankeeWRLD Judge is absolutely fantastic. One of the greatest of all time. But that .205/.318/.405 slash line for the playoffs, and that E-8 in the WS will be a problem.
@iheartJ37 @BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt IIf you can’t understand the difference between the office of an elder and the office of a judge, then I can’t be of help. One office ended in the OT, the other was instituted in the NT and continues. Separate offices with separate qualifications. See ya!
@iheartJ37 @BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt Paul tells us: he did not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man. Deborah fulfilled the office of a judge and I’m not maligning her. She did well and was extremely faithful. Praise God for Deborah. But she wasn’t an elder in the local church. It’s simple
@iheartJ37 @BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt But there is a certain qualification of an elder that is distinct from the qualifications of a judge, deacon, etc. Here it is: An elder must be the husband of one wife. Both Phoebe and Deborah are disqualified from being pastors. Paul and Peter would certainly know that.
@iheartJ37 @BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt One of the functions/responsibilities of an OT judge was leadership of people. One of the functions of a NT elder is leadership of people. That doesn’t make them the same nor if a person holds one office, they automatically hold the other.
@BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt In Scripture, the term diakonos never refers to someone who is holding the office of an elder. It always refers to a servant OR someone who occupies the office of a deacon. For instance, Jesus is called a diakonos but he came to serve NOT to hold the office of a deacon in church.
@BronWen727104 @Brent_Hobbs@kateshellnutt That’s not how things work, ma’am. A lexicon doesn’t tell you the precise meaning of a term in a certain contextual passage. The Lexicon gives a wide-range of possible meanings but the context always determines the actual meaning. 1