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Elder Qualifications, Part 1

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Balanced approach
  • I Timothy 3:2 – “an overseer, then, must be …”
  • I John 1:8 – “If we say that we have no sin …”
  • It’s possible to be too lenient or too strict.
  • I Peter 5:1 – Peter was writing this as an elder. Yet Jesus at one point called him Satan and also rebuked him. Peter also denied Christ.
  • People grow over time.
    • ~ 30s A.D. – impetuous, immature
    • ~ 48 A.D. – Acts 15 – Has grown, taken stands
    • ~ 50 A.D. – Galatians 2 – Hypocrisy
    • ~ 60 A.D. – I Peter – Elder
      • “above reproach” (blameless)
      • I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6
      • Colossians 1:21-23
        • “the husband of one wife”
        • I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6
          • “the husband of one wife”
          My thinking
          if he has a wife; can be a bachelor
          No. We would need more evidence to interpret it this way.
          in his whole lifetime, can’t be remarried
          No. We would need more evidence to interpret it this way. (I Timothy 5:9)
          can’t be a bachelor, polygamist, or adulteress
          Yes. He’s married and there’s nothing amiss about his marriage.
          he’s a one-woman type of man; focuses on his character instead of current marital status, may allow for widower or divorce
          Maybe, but I’m still skeptical. (Consider I Timothy 3:4.)
          “temperate” (vigilant, sober-minded)
          • I Timothy 3:2
            • “prudent” / “sensible” (sober-minded, self-controlled)
            • I Timothy 3:2
              • “respectable” (orderly, of good behavior)
              • I Timothy 3:2
                • “hospitable” (given to hospitality)
                • I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8
                • The root word behind “hospitality” means “love of strangers.”
                • Hebrews 13:2
                  • “able to teach” (apt to teach, skillful in teaching)
                  • I Timothy 3:2
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