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“DEACONS”
IN
THE “BODY”
OF CHRIST
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NOTE:
The English word, “DEACON”indic !es “S"ECIFIC” #inis!r$,
%&! is !r nsl !ed 'ro# !he“(ENERA)” *ORD 'or:
“SER+ANT” “ diakonos ”-
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The word, “A"OST)E” is lso &sedin BOTH (ENERA) nd
S"ECIFIC SENSE
“As 'or Ti!&s, he is #$ . r!ner nd'ellow wor/er 'or $o&r %ene'i!0 And
s 'or o&r %ro!hers, !he$ re
#essengers “apostoloi ”- o' !he ch&rches, !he glor$ o'Chris!0”
II Corin!hi ns 1:23-
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S"ECIFIC 4SA(E OF “DEACON”
“" &l nd Ti#o!h$, ser5 n!s o'Chris! 6es&s, To ll !he s in!s in
Chris! 6es&s who re ! "hili..i,wi!h !he o5erseers nd
de cons :”
"hili..i ns 7:7-
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AFTER DISC4SSIN( THE
84A)ITIES AND *OR9 OFE)DERS, "A4) ENTIONS AS"ECIFIC INISTRY OF DEACONS
“De cons li/ewise #&s! %edigni'ied, no! do&%le;!ong&ed, no!
ddic!ed !o #&ch wine, no! greed$'or dishones! g in
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The (ree/ word, “ diakoneitosan ”
Is !r nsl !ed, “)e! !he# ser5e sde cons”
“And le! !he# lso %e !es!ed 'irs!=!hen le! !he# ser5e s
de cons i' !he$ .ro5e!he#sel5es %l #eless0”
I Ti#o!h$ 3:7>-
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NOTE:
A S"ECIFIC #inis!r$ is indic !ed%$ !his 5erse
“And le! !he# lso %e !es!ed 'irs!=
!hen le! !he# ser5e s de cons i' !he$ .ro5e !he#sel5es
%l #eless0”
I Ti#o!h$ 3:7>-
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The word, “ diakonos ” is !r nsl !edin “(ENERA)” SENSE s“SER+ANT” or “ INISTER”
Chris! w s # de “ diakonos ”“For I !ell $o& !h ! Chris! %ec #e
ser5 n! “diakonon ”- !o !hecirccised !o show (od?s
!r&!h'&lness
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The A"OST)ES were !o %e BOTH“ser5 n!s” “ diakonoi ”- nd
“sl 5es” “ douloi ”-
“I! sh ll no! %e so #ong $o&0 B&!
whoe5er wo&ld %e gre ! #ong$o& #&s! %e $o&r ser5 n!,”
“ nd whoe5er wo&ld %e 'irs! #ong$o& #&s! %e $o&r sl 5e,”
!!hew 2>:2 , 2 -
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Ti#o!h$, s gos.el .re cher,when he did his o%, wo&ld %e
good “ diakonos ” o' Chris!
“I' $o& .&! !hese !hings %e'ore !he
%ro!hers, $o& will %e goodservant “diakonos ”- o' Chris!
6es&s, %eing !r ined in !he words
o' !he ' i!h nd o' !he gooddoc!rine !h ! $o& h 5e 'ollowed0”
I Ti#o!h$ : -
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“I' n$one ser5es #e, he #&s!
'ollow #e= nd where I #, !here willmy servant %e lso0 I' n$oneser5es #e, !he F !her will honor
hi#0”6ohn 72:2 -
Bo!h words, “ser5es” nd “ser5 n!”re 'or#s o' !he word “ diakonos ”
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THE S"ECIA) 4SA(E, “DEACONS”
70 There were “de cons” !"hili..i "hili..i ns 7:7-
20 There were !o %e “de cons” !E.hes&s I Ti#o!h$ 3:1;73-
30 8&es!ion: *ere !he “se5en” !6er&s le# doing “s.eci'ic”“#inis!r$” s&ch s “de con”
wo&ld do Ac!s :7; -
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“Ser5ing” ! %les nd !he word,“#inis!r !ion” re 'or#s o' !he
s #e word
“Ser5e” “ diakonein ”-
“ inis!r !ion” “ diakonia ”-
NOTE:
The word, “de cons” is NOT &sedin Ac!s 0
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NOTE:
There re T*O “ INISTRIES”#en!ioned in Ac!s :7; 0
70 The #inis!r$ o' !he “*ord”Ac!s : -
20 The #inis!r$ o' “SER+IN(
TAB)ES” Ac!s :2-
BOTH ARE “S"IRIT4A)”
INISTRIES
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“B&! we will de5o!eo&rsel5es !o .r $er nd
!o !he #inis!r$ o' !heword0
Ac!s : -
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DIFFERENT “ INISTRIES” AREA)SO ENTIONED BY "ETER
“whoe5er s.e /s, s one whos.e /s or cles o' (od= whoe5erser5es, s one who ser5es %$!he s!reng!h !h ! (od s&..lies ;; inorder !h ! in e5er$!hing (od # $
%e glori'ied !hro&gh 6es&sChris!
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NOTICE A)SO:
“!he one who eGhor!s, in hiseGhor! !ion= !he one who
con!ri%&!es, in generosi!$= !he onewho le ds, wi!h e l= !he one
who does c!s o' #erc$, wi!h
cheer'&lness0”Ro# ns 72:1-
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CHARACTERISTICS OF DEACONS
I Ti#o!h$ 3:1;7>, 72, 73-“De cons li/ewise #&s! %e
digni'ied, no! do&%le;!ong&ed, no!ddic!ed !o #&ch wine, no! greed$
'or dishones! g in0”
“The$ #&s! hold !he #$s!er$ o'!he ' i!h wi!h cle r conscience0”
I Ti#o!h$ 3:1, -
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“And le! !he# lso %e !es!ed'irs!= !hen le! !he# ser5e s
de cons i' !he$ .ro5e
!he#sel5es %l #eless0”I Ti#o!h$ 3:7>-
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“)e! de cons e ch %e !he h&s% ndo' one wi'e, # n ging !heir
children nd !heir own ho&seholdswell0”
“For !hose who ser5e well sde cons g in good s! nding 'or
!he#sel5es nd lso gre !con'idence in !he ' i!h !h ! is in
Chris! 6es&s0”
I Ti#o!h$ 3:72, 73-
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70 “(r 5e” ;;; Digni'ied, Serio&s0
No!e older #en in Ti!&s 2:2 20 “No! do&%le !ong&ed” ;;; No!insincere or h$.ocri!ic l
30 “No! gi5en !o #&ch wine” ;;;Here, we #&s! no!e !he #e ningo' “wine” in !he Bi%le
See I Ti#o!h$ @:23
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0 “No! greed$ 'or dishones!
g in” ;;; Does no! e rn #one$in dishones! w $
@0 “Holding !he #$s!er$” wi!h “cle r conscience” ;;; )o$ l!$!o !he gos.el
0 “"ro5ed” ;;; “A..ro5ed,”Tes!ed %e'ore ..oin!#en!0 No!eII Corin!hi ns 73:@
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0 “Bl #eless” ;;; An %sence o'
n$ cc&s !ionSee Ti!&s 7: , -
10 “H&s% nd o' one wi'e” ;;;There is NO s! in on his ch r c!er
0 “R&ling” children nd ' #il$well0 His children res&%#issi5e
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OBSER+ATIONS
70 De cons re NOT E)DERS,nd re NOT !he “o5erseers” o'
!he ch&rch
NOTE: I Ti#o!h$ @:7
20 De cons re “ser5 n!s” whoser5e &nder !he le dershi. o'elders
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OBSER+ATIONS CONTIN4ED
30 No!hing is s id %o&! de consh 5ing Chris!i n children
0 De cons c n %e $o&nger,# rried #en wi!h children
@0 This c n %e gre ! “!r ining
.eriod” le ding !o o!her #inis!riess&ch s:
"REACHERS AND E)DERS
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