Lynn has always had trouble finding a church home. When her anointing is exposed, she runs – that is – until First Baptist Church, where she’s anchored by the wiles of the charming Pastor Stewart. Her heart goes pitter-patter for this man and the feeling is mutual, it seems, but the day their relationship goes public, Stewart is punched in the mouth by his quote-unquote friend, Bianca, the teen choir director who will stop at nothing to become first lady.
Stewart’s right hand, Associate Pastor Levi Ginyard can’t stand Lynn. It’s not simply that she “holds her nose a bit too high” for his taste, but Levi warns Stewart of something he recognizes about Lynn that threatens their entire ministry, but no one can tell Stewart any different.
The one person who threatens to expose Stewart’s ulterior motive for trying to make Lynn his first lady, is the very colorful Nay Ginyard, but she’s afraid of what exposing Stewart will do to her marriage with Associate Pastor Levi. Nay, however, has a much bigger cross to carry, and it grows day by day, threatening to crush her, if left to carry it alone.
Lynn, Stewart, Nay, Levi, and Bianca are on a collision coarse in First Baptist’s centennial year. Though our human eyes see the spectacle of searing drama, God is busy nevertheless. He has chosen First Baptist, a church that bars women from the pulpit, to reveal just how powerful women are.
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Lynn picks up the vases again and has them turn to second Kings, the story of Elijah and the widow’s oil. “What does vessel mean here?” The class answers, unanimously, a container. “Vessel means same thing in Peter 3:7, only the type of container it refers to is the human body.” Lynn continues, “Let’s say the tin vase is the male vessel and the glass vase is the female vessel. Say if I add water to these vases. Is water in this vessel more valuable than the water in this vessel? No! Such is the living water – the spirit of God that dwells with a man or within a woman.” Lynn poses another question, “Will the water in the male vessel quench thirst any better than the water in the female vessel?” The class is all over the answer. No suh! Amen! “Such is the living water contained in a male or female vessel: equal substance, but held in different vessels; different bodies.” Lynn then holds both containers out in front of her. “But if I drop these vases, the female vessel (the glass vase) would be the one to break, right? This is what lesser vessel refers to. It is not a spiritual comparison; it is a physical one. So, when Peter says, giving honor to the wife, he’s telling husbands not to use his physical advantage, but rather to dwell according to knowledge. The husband must appeal to the wife. He can’t intimidate you, in the name of God, while the very act of intimidation is against the word of God. And that is the proper interpretation of Peter chapter three, verse seven.” As if Lynn’s explanation has a foul odor, noses wrinkle in their epiphanies, which is the best reaction a facilitator could want. Bent faces show bent minds.
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