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“ Great Sermon on qualifications of elder/pastors! ” ¶1 Timothy 3 ¶1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. 2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; 3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; 5 (but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?) 6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil. ¶ Comment on the first comment ¶ I must have did the first comment on the sermon in the wrong part of the day for me! Note one of my constant failings is leaving off no's, nots, and n'ts ¶ "He can be a slack..." should be "He --can't-- be a slack..." ¶ This is an excellent sermon that covers material, which I don't believe was covered in later sermons by Dr. Rugh on Elders, so when studying the topic certainly put this sermon on your list! ¶ If I made some serious mistakes in this message--ignore them.
Jim Lincoln (6/10/2015)
from Nebraska
“ An elder/pastor must do right and not be prideful! ” http://www.biblebb.com/files/g r745.htm "Elder's Marital Qualifications" and http://www.biblebb.com/files/g r746.htm "Elder's Character Qualifications" I actually saw some of these hoary files still in my reference list, and I thought they would be good to point out, They are based on sermons that were preached in 1986? I thought I would tie them in with perhaps what would also be an "ancient" sermon of Dr. Rugh's on SermonAudio and I found this one as fresh as a mint in comparison, preached in 2004. Now, I would seriously doubt that Dr. Rugh has changed his opinion on the subject of elders/pastors in this time period and the following sermon covers a couple of topics in detail that isn't emphasized in detail in the official summary so, ¶ This is an unofficial Brief ¶ Starting 24 minutes into the sermon, a closer look how pride can ruin a young/experience Christian can be put into the position of elder/pastor. His pride of position can lead to serious damage to himself and his congregation. An elder must have a good reputation among the realm of unbelievers. He can be a slack worker, a womanizer, a foul mouth, or a profligate, He must have a good reputation with people outside the church. This sermon --I think-- covers topics that aren't covered in some other sermons?
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
