{"id":84605,"date":"2025-02-15T16:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=84605"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:50:57","slug":"may-women-serve-as-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/may-women-serve-as-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"May Women Serve as Priests?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Floyd Chappalear
\nvia Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987\n

\"\"The priesthood of the Mosaical dispensation was a special priesthood limited by the Law to certain males of the tribe of Levi. These ordained representatives of God had the exclusive right to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. Today, no such priesthood has any right to exist before God. All saints are part of His priesthood, offering up their own bodies as living and holy sacrifices (see I Peter 2:5; Romans 12:1-2).<\/p>\n

Any who argue for or against women serving as “priests” evidence their total disregard for Jesus Christ. Too, any who plead for a “special ministry” (whether male or female) show they have no respect for the Lord. To learn more about this, come and visit.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Floyd Chappalear via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987 The priesthood of the Mosaical dispensation was a special priesthood limited by the Law to certain males of the tribe of Levi. These ordained representatives of God had the exclusive right to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. Today, no such…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[277,81,82],"class_list":["post-84605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-priests","tag-women-preachers","tag-womens-roles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54979,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/all-christians-are-priests\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":0},"title":"All Christians Are Priests","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"by David J. Riggs from\u00a0Catholic Teaching Examined A study of the New Testament reveals that all Christians are priests. Peter said, \"You too are living stones, built as an edifice of spirit, into a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ\" (I Peter 2:5; The New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12592,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-say-the-priesthood-is-given-to-all-men\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":1},"title":"Where does the Bible say the priesthood is given to all men?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have seen the Scripture in the Old or New Testament which states that the priesthood is to be given to all men. \u00a0However, I don't remember where I found it. Would you please help us to locate it? Answer: \"Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45029,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-do-people-choose-the-priesthood-when-they-want-to-follow-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":2},"title":"Why do people choose the priesthood when they want to follow Jesus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was wondering if many people who accepted Jesus and decided to follow him joined the priesthood. My question is: Is becoming a priest the only way to follow Jesus and go to Heaven? Why do people choose the priesthood when they want to follow Jesus? And what is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94158,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/once-for-all-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":3},"title":"Once for All","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh DeLong \"For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85559,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/gender-roles-within-the-sacrificial-system\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":4},"title":"Gender Roles Within the Sacrificial System","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Perry Hall Gender requirements were specified in the Mosaic sacrificial system. We will reveal how this is important to our topic of gender roles within the church. Before that, let's examine the gender specifications. The priesthood and the Levitical ministers were all males. This is undisputed and must be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66606,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jesus-the-great-high-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":84605,"position":5},"title":"Jesus, the Great High Priest","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer When God brought Israel out of Egypt and established a covenant, He also established a priesthood through the levitical family of Aaron. Aaron and his sons were anointed and consecrated through sacrifice, with Aaron as the first High Priest. 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