The highest ideal of Christian womanhood is here.

And this is how the church is to work beloved look.

We're led by men in the worship of the church.

They pray, they preach, they teach, they give leadership to the church,

but the perfect balance of that is the influence of godly women

that raised that godly generation. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. The career opportunities, power, and independence

women experience today. Can that produce lasting happiness and satisfaction? What can

wives and mothers do to maximize their joy while on earth?

The bottom line, what brings women true fulfillment?

Well, the answer to that question lies in a special blessing God has given only to women.

And today on Grace to you, John MacArthur examines that unique blessing as he continues his current study. John calls it God's High Calling for

Women. If you have your Bible, turn to the book of First Timothy and follow along as

John begins today's lesson.

Let's open our Bibles together as we study God's word

to 1st Timothy chapter 2.

1st Timothy chapter 2 verses 9 through 15 is our present text.

We're studying together God's plan for women in the church.

Now the affirmative statement of verse 11,

let the women learn in silence with all subjection,

is given a clarifying and supporting counterpart in verse 12 let's look at it

but I permit not a woman to teach

nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence and all the verbs in that verse are present

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