Elder Qualifications – Not a New Convert
…And not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. 1 Timothy 3:6 (emphasis mine) Later in this same…
Elder Qualifications – Managing His Household
He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to manage his own…
Elder Qualifications – Free From the Love of Money
…not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed,…
Elder Qualifications – Peaceable
…not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 (emphasis mine) An elder must be one who strives for unity in…
Elder Qualifications – Gentle
…not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 (emphasis mine) In contrast to practicing violence, the Christian leader is to…
Elder Qualifications – Not Pugnacious
…not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed,…
Elder Qualifications – Not Addicted to Wine
…not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed,…
Elder Qualifications – Able to Teach
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, … 1 Timothy 3:2 (emphasis mine) Herein is the major distinction…
Elder Qualifications – Hospitable
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach… 1 Timothy 3:2 … but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible,…
Elder Qualifications – Respectable
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, … 1 Timothy 3:2 (emphasis mine) To be respectable is to…