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SearchWomen Gain Equality
Before the teachings of Jesus which culminated in Pentecost, women had little or no spiritual
standing in the tenets of the older religions. After Pentecost, in the brotherhood of the kingdom
woman stood before God on an equality with man. Among the one hundred and twenty who
received this special visitation of the spirit were many of the women disciples, and they shared
these blessings equally with the men believers. No longer can man presume to monopolize the
ministry of religious service. The Pharisee might go on thanking God that he was ―not born a
woman, a leper, or a gentile,‖ but among the followers of Jesus woman has been forever set free
from all religious discriminations based on sex. Pentecost obliterated all religious discrimination
founded on racial distinction, cultural differences, social caste, or sex prejudice. No wonder these
believers in the new religion would cry out, ―Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.‖