Phillip had 4 daughters who prophesied the Bible says. (Acts 21:8-9) How could they do this without opening their mouths and speaking for God?

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1 Corinthians 14:3 LEB “On the other hand, the person who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.”

Do you really believe God says a woman can’t speak to people for Him? Just because she’s a woman? What about the woman at the well Jesus spoke to? Afterward, she told many in her town that she met the Messiah and they believed. The news was so exciting they came and heard Jesus for themselves and believed even more:

John 4:39-42 LEB “Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.” ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking* him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days. ⁴¹ And many more believed because of his word, ⁴² And they were saying to the woman, “No longer because of _⌊what you said_⌋ do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!”

All this was accomplished through the prophesying of one woman. I can’t say I’ve ever been used to lead a town of folks to Jesus. But one woman did. 

Acquilla and Priscilla (his wife) were early missionaries of the Lord. The Bible says they both taught Apollos (an evangelist) the way of God more correctly:

Acts 18:26 CSB “He [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.” 

“They [the husband and the wife] took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.” God used both the man and the woman to teach Apollos. Not just the husband and the wife had to shut up. Acquilla and Priscilla were highly esteemed co-workers of Apostle Paul in the ministry. And you still think when Paul said he doesn’t allow a woman to teach or usurp the authority of a man he meant they cannot prophesy? They cannot speak for God?

Apostle Peter rightly said there are some things Paul taught that are hard to understand which the untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the scriptures. (2 Peter 3:15-16) God never contradicts Himself. This we know. That would make Him a liar. And the one thing God can’t do is lie. (Hebrews 6:18) So there must be a misunderstanding for those who think a woman is out of place when she speaks for God or prophesies. This next passage also proves this:

Acts 2:17-18 ESV “‘And IN THE LAST DAYS it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on ALL FLESH, and your sons and your DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and FEMALE SERVANTS in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and THEY SHALL PROPHESY.’”

Do we need to go any further with this? No. So, a woman is not out of place if she shares God’s word. It doesn’t matter whether she does it in person, through a video, a podcast, in writing, etcetera. What did Paul mean when he said he doesn’t allow a woman to teach or usurp the authority of a man in the churches? (1 Timothy 2:12-13) I encourage us all to study this deeper for the answer to that question. It can’t mean she shouldn’t prophesy because God will never contradict Himself. But one thing we know for sure: the gifts of the Holy Spirit are poured out on women and men in these last days. And when it comes to my sisters GOD SAYS, “THEY SHALL PROPHESY!”😊

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