Southside Church of Christ in Fort Myers

Intro: Who are we? The church, I mean. How would you describe the church of Jesus Christ? The scriptures give us more than one descriptive image of God’s people. I want to begin by noticing two images of ourselves in 1 Timothy 3:14-15. Read with me… 14 I hope to come to you soon, but […]

Intro: There is a lot of misunderstanding today about the kingdom of God. Many do not even know what the kingdom described in the Bible text looks like. It should not surprise us that Jesus introduced many of his parables (stories to apply) with the words, the kingdom of God is like… Some of those […]

Someone has said that when we study the scriptures, we are reading someone else’s mail. This is true as the original documents (books) were written by someone to someone. When we study the text of 1 Timothy, we are reading the mail of a young evangelist named Timothy. The apostle Paul writes 2 letters to […]

Intro: Acts 6:1-7– Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up […]

Intro: Open your Bible to 1 Timothy 3. Our study of godly leaders continues this morning. The apostle Paul is providing the divine credentials for church leaders to young Timothy. Paul provides qualifications for both elders (also called overseers and pastors) and deacons. What is a deacon? What are qualifications of a deacon? What is […]

Intro: Who should lead us? The question is applicable to nearly every corporate human endeavor. The unity and effectiveness of the group is dependent on good leadership. No leader is a good leader, unless others follow. Who should be our leaders? Does it matter? Are leaders of the church (overseers) born leaders? The appearance of […]

Intro: There is a need for leadership. Good leaders are a treasure to a church. I want to call your attention to the article in today’s bulletin: Where Elders Come From, by Jacob Hudgins. That is a good question. Where can you go to get some elders? Can you order them on Amazon (be here […]

Intro: Godly Leaders – Our study through 1st Timothy brings us to chapter 3. In 1 Timothy 3 the apostle provides Timothy with the qualifications, or characteristics, of an episkopos(ep-is’-kop-os) and a diakonos (dee-ak’-on-os). We will learn some things the Bible teaches about each of these servants. I want to begin today with a more […]