Keep emotions in check.I Timothy 3:2-7Everyone should behave when objections are made to a man’s qualifications.Ephesians 4:31-32I Peter 5:3Instead of taking sides, we should all just be on the Lord’s side.Philippians 2:1-4I Kings 18:17-18Take the qualifications seriously, given the work.Able to teach – Titus 1:9-11Aspires/desires the work; eagerness – I Timothy 3:1; 5:3Sensible, just, devout, not a new convert – Hebrews 5:14; I Corinthians 5:1, 13Temperate, gentle, peaceable, not pugnacious – Acts 20:28, 31Don’t be stricter than God.Peter was an elder (I Peter 5:1)On one occasion, Jesus called him “Satan” (Mark 8:33)On another occasion, Jesus said to him “you of little faith” (Matthew 14:31)He denied Jesus 3 timesHe acted hypocritically and prejudicially in Galatians 2.Titus 1:7
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