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to tell me that God would never ask a man to do something without bringing his wife
into agreement first. This would certainly be nice, but it has neither been my
experience, nor is this revealed to be the testimony of the scriptures.

If David had consulted with his wife Michael first, he would have never danced
before the Lord as he did when the Ark was brought into Jerusalem. When Abraham
listened to the voice of Sarah above the witness of God to him, he ended up having
Ishmael as a son. When Samson finally told his wife Delilah what she badgered him
to know, it ended up costing him his sight, his strength, and eventually his life.
Solomon’s wives led him into idolatry.

Whether wives are godly or ungodly, there will eventually come a time when they
have not heard the same thing Yahweh has revealed to the man. It seems Yahweh
is intent on causing this to happen to test our obedience to His headship. When a
man seeks to never choose a course which will offend his wife nor God, he will
eventually be led to confusion. No man can have two heads and remain without
conflict. The traditions of the church today have brought many homes to this state
of confusion.

Yahshua condemned the Pharisees for making the commands of God of no effect
through their traditions. Their traditions were interpretations of scripture that were
of man, not of God. In the same way, those who are teaching this doctrine of
democratic relationships between men and women are nullifying the commands of
God and bringing confusion into the body of Christ.

Interestingly enough, the scripture that states “for God is not the author of
confusion” is found in the very passage that most pointedly looks at the issue of
male/female relationships.

I Corinthians 14:33-34
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of
the saints. Let the women keep silent in the churches; for they are not
permitted to speak, but let them subject themselves, just as the Law also
says.

What a difficult scripture this is for those who do not discern the government of God.
Again, I am not writing at length on government here, it is explained very thoroughly
in the chapter “Head Covering and Government”. It is easy to understand why many
who do not discern government have decried Paul as a chauvinist and one who was
bigoted against women. Many have categorized his teachings as an artifact of the
patriarchal society he found himself in.