What about Women in Ministry?

What about it?
Jesus throughout the New Testament brought women from a second class human up to an equal level, and as Paul said, that in Christ there is neither "Male nor Female"


Barry Bennett-The Ministry of Jesus Part 2 Lesson 2

Jesus and Women,

The role of women in Israel
Women’s status and freedoms were severely limited by Jewish law and custom in ancient Israel, as they were in essentially all other cultures at the time, Generally speaking:
Most were restricted to roles of little or no authority, They were largely confined to home, they were considered inferior to men, they were under the authority of men (father or husband) Women were not allowed to testify in court trials, outside the home they had to be veiled, they had become second class Jews, excluded from worship and teaching, Hebrew women were not allowed to divorce their husbands, but could be divorced fro anything from burning the dinner to adultery.

Jesus’ Relationship with, and ministry to, women
Christ overthrew many centuries of Jewish law and custom. He consistently treated women and men as equals. Distinctions were always made between men and women, the mosaic law recognized that women’s main role was at home, but that was not a restriction, they also served at the door of the temple. Men were leaders in the family, but women shared this authority.
Jesus used women in his examples many times which goes against the Jewish mindset and tradition, not against the law, but against their vain traditions. Jesus lifted them up out of those traditions! He consistently treated men and women as equals. Mark 5:25-34 “And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood for twelve years…” “came in behind and touched his garment…” “For she said, if I may touch his cloths I will be made whole…” “And Jesus said, who touched my cloths?” “But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her came and told him the truth…” but he did not rail on her, he did not yell at her for doing what she did being a woman. But rather called her “daughter, your faith has made you whole”
John 4:7 “There came a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus said to her, give me to drink.” A WOMAN, and a SAMARITIAN, two strikes against her already, but Jesus treated her just the same as anyone. She being amazed ask him how it could be. But he simply carries on a conversation with her about the water he could give her.