The Church Needs Biblically Qualified Elders - 1 Timothy 3:1-7
Knowing these qualifications will equip you to:
-Evaluate current/prospective elders
-Pray for current/prospective elders
-Raise up future elders
-Strive for personal growth in godliness
-Why is desire to serve as an elder a good starting point, but not enough in itself to serve as an elder? What else is needed?
-How does ministry provide temptation regarding money and material things?
-Why is there a connection between a man's leadership of his home and his leadership in the church? How does a church guard against holding an elder's family to an unrealistic standard? How should a church respond when an elder's children are not under control?
-Why would a newer believer be more vulnerable to the pitfalls of pride than someone older in the faith? How did pride lead to the devil falling under judgment?
-Why is there only one qualification having to do with skill, while the rest are character-related? What does that tell us?
For Further study: Isa 14:12-15; Acts 20:17,26-35; Phil 1:1; 1 Th 4:12; 1 Tim 5:10,17; 6:3-9; 2 Tim 2:26; 3:2-4; Titus 1:5-9; 2:2,5; Heb 3:2-6; 13:2,5,17; 1 Pt 5:1-4,8
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Jathan Newton was born and raised in Indianapolis. God saved Jathan at a young age through the preaching of the gospel and instruction of his parents. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering at Purdue University where he met and married Melissa. During Jathan’s college years,...
