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RECAP

The “restrictions” on women are in actuality

challenges to men.

ACTS 20:17-38

Overseer = Elder = Pastor

Elders serve the church by leading it.

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Deacons lead the church in serving.

When we talk about eldership, we are really talking about what Godly Men look like.

They are mirror images of Jesus and are worth imitating.

We are seeking to uphold the world, to save it from the curse of God, to perfect the creation, to

attain the ends of Christ's death, to save ourselves and others from damnation, to overcome

the devil, and demolish his Kingdom, to set up the Kingdom of Christ, and to attain and help

others to the Kingdom of Glory. Richard Baxter

Is it not a pity, then, that our hearts our not as orthodox as our heads?.....It is a sad thing that so

many of us preach our hearers asleep; but it is sadder still, if we have studied and preached

ourselves asleep, and have talked so long against hardness of heart, till our own has grown hardened

under the noise of our own reproofs. Richard Baxter

1 TIMOTHY 3:1-7

Notice that this is not a job description.

Who You Are > What You Do

Notice that the first qualification is that you desire to be an elder.

Above Reproach

reproach (n.) the expression of disapproval

or disappointment

There should be nothing in your life that causes

someone else to think you aren’t growing in grace.

If you get this one right, the rest fall into place.

Husband of One Wife

One-Woman Man

Sober-Minded

Self-Controlled

Respectable

Hospitable

Able to Teach

This is the one requirement given to elders that would not extend to every Godly man.

Not a Drunkard

Not Violent, But Gentle

Not Quarrelsome

Not a Lover of Money

Manage His Own Household Well

Must Not Be a Recent Convert

Well Thought of By Outsiders

Notice the things that do not disqualify you as an elder.

Relation To God Above Reproach

Able to Teach Not a New Convert

Relation To Family Husband of One Wife

Has Obedient Children Manage Family Well

Relation To Self Sober-Minded Self-Controlled Not a Drunkard

Not a Lover of Money

Relation To Others Respectable Hospitable

Not Violent but Gentle Not Quarrelsome

Well Thought of By Outsiders

A Godly Man seeks to live up to the

Biblical definition of elder.

Because Jesus does.

Relation To God Above Reproach

Able to Teach Not a New Convert

Relation To Family Husband of One Wife

Has Obedient Children Manage Family Well

Relation To Self Sober-Minded Self-Controlled Not a Drunkard

Not a Lover of Money

Relation To Others Respectable Hospitable

Not Violent but Gentle Not Quarrelsome

Well Thought of By Outsiders

A Godly Man seeks to live up to the

Biblical definition of elder.

More than 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Jesus is the Biblical Definition

of a Godly Man & Elder.

A Godly Man seeks to look like Jesus.