Elder Qualifications – Holding Fast the Faithful Word, Part 3
…holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.…
Elder Qualifications – Holding Fast the Faithful Word, Part 2
…holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.…
Elder Qualifications – Holding Fast the Faithful Word, Part 1
…holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.…
Elder Qualifications – Self-controlled
…but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled… Titus 1:8 (emphasis mine) To be self-controlled is to practice restraint. It can relate to physical desires: But if they…
Elder Qualifications – Devout
…but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled… Titus 1:8 (emphasis mine) To be devout is to be holy, pious, pleasing to God. Paul uses this same word…
Elder Qualifications – Just
…but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled… Titus 1:8 (emphasis mine) Just can mean righteous or upright. It includes being proper, fair and equitable. In describing the…
Elder Qualifications – Loving What Is Good
…but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled… Titus 1:8 (emphasis mine) Love is such a defining characteristic of the Christian life. The greatest of all the commandments…
Elder Qualifications – Not Quick-tempered
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,... Titus 1:7 (emphasis mine) Elders…
Elder Qualifications – Not Self-willed
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain, Titus 1:7 (emphasis mine) To…
Elder Qualifications – Testimony to the Unsaved
And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 1 Timothy 3:7 The…