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Elders- Positive Qualifications. Review Of Previous Lesson. Must Be A Man Must Desire The Office Blameless (KJV) or Without Reproach (ASV) Of Good Behavior (KJV) or Orderly (ASV) Patient. Review Of Previous Lesson. Vigilant Sober (KJV) or Sober Minded (ASV)
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Review Of Previous Lesson • Must Be A Man • Must Desire The Office • Blameless (KJV) or Without Reproach (ASV) • Of Good Behavior (KJV) or Orderly (ASV) • Patient
Review Of Previous Lesson • Vigilant • Sober (KJV) or Sober Minded (ASV) • Temperate (KJV) & Self-controlled (ASV) • Just • Holy
Review Of Previous Lesson • Have A Good Report Of Them That Are Without
Given To Hospitality • 1 Tim. 3:2 • Titus 1:8 • “Elders should be courteous, friendly, , and kindly disposed” • “A lover of strangers” • Rom. 12:13
A Lover Of Good Men (KJV) Or A Lover Of Good (ASV) • Titus 1:8 • “ a lover of good deeds, good things, good people, good in general” • 2 Tim. 3:3 • Phil. 4:8
Apt to teach • 1 Tim. 3:2 • “skilled in teaching” • “This demands a knowledge of the word, plus the ability to convey the message to others.”James Boyd
Husband Of One Wife • 1 Tim. 3:2 • Titus 1:6 • They are to be family men married to one woman • Heb. 13:4
Rule Well His Own House Or Family • 1 Tim. 3:4-5 • Titus 1:6
Faithful, Able, Willing • Titus 1:9-11 • Must be men who are firm in what they know to be true-men who are “sold” on the gospel • They must use their knowledge and wisdom to defend the truth