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EVERYCONGREGATION
NEEDS
“ELDERS!”
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WHY?
EVERY “FLOCK”
NEEDS“SHEPHERDS”
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ALL “FAMILIES”
NEED
“PAPAS”
OR“DADDYS”
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ELDERS WHO ARE
“SHEPHERDS”
HAVE A GREATMINISTRY
IN WHICH TO SERVE
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“And he ga e he a"#$ %e$& he"'#"he $& he e ange%($ $& he
$he"he'd$ and ea)he'$&”
“ # e*+(" he $a(n $ ,#' he-#'. #, /(n($ '0& ,#' 1+(%d(ng
+" he 1#d0 #, Ch'($ &”
2E"he$(an$ 3455& 567
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WHY?
IT IS
THE WILL
OF O8R FATHER IN HEAVEN!
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CHARACTERISTICS
OF
9I9LICAL
ELDERS
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IN THIS LESSON& WE WILL
E:AMINE THE “CHARACTER”OF THE POTENTIAL
“ELDERS ”
AND& THEREFORE&
THE “CHARACTER” OF ALLDISCIPLES!
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“CHARACTERISTICS” #, ELDERS
a$ $een (n I T(/# h0 ;45
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“The 1($h#" he'e,#'e /+$ 1e-( h#+ 'e"'#a)h& he h+$1and #,
#ne -(,e& e/"e'a e& $#1e'</(nded& #'de'%0& g( en #h#$"( a%( 0& a" # ea)h ”
“n# 1'a-%e'& n# $ '(.e' 1+ gen %e&n# )#n en (#+$& n# %# e' #,
/#ne0 ”
2I T(/# h0 ;46& ;7
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“#ne ha '+%e h -e%% h($ #-nh#+$e& ha (ng his )h(%d'en (n$+1@e) (#n -( h a%% g'a ( 0 ”
2“1+ (, a /an .n#-e h n# h#- #'+%e h($ #-n h#+$e& h#- $ha%% hea.e )a'e #, he )h+')h #, G#d?”7
2I T(/# h0 ;43& 7
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“n# a n# ()e& %e$ 1e(ng "+,,ed +"
he ,a%% (n # he )#nde/na (#n #, hede (%>”
“M#'e# e' he /+$ ha e g##de$ (/#n0 ,'#/ he/ ha a'e-( h#+ %e$ he ,a%% (n # 'e"'#a)h
and he $na'e #, he de (%>”
2I T(/# h0 ;4B& =7
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5> “WITHO8T REPROACH” 2ASV7
“N# #"en # )en$+'e”N# #ne )an “P#(n a ,(nge' a h(/”
N# #ne $a0$& “Y#+ a'e NOT %( (ng'(gh !”
I d#e$ NOT /ean “$(n%e$$!”2I #hn 54
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6> “Te/"e'a e” /ean$ “$#1e'”
and “$e%,
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B> “N# 1'a-%e'” /ean$ NOT“*+a''e%$#/e # e' -(ne”
=> “N# $ '(.e'” /ean$ #ne -h# ($n# 'ead0 -( h h($ ,($ $ #
,(gh
> “Gen %e” /ean$ ,a('&
/#de'a e& /(%d” > “N# )#n en (#+$” /ean$ #ne
-h# d#e$ n# “,(gh -( h-#'d$”
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5 > “N# %# e' #, /#ne0” /ean$
#ne -h# ($ n# “g'eed0” ,#'/#ne0
“Kee" 0#+' %(,e ,'ee ,'#/ %# e#, /#ne0& and 1e )#n en -( h
-ha 0#+ ha e& ,#' he ha$ $a(d& I-(%% ne e' %ea e 0#+ n#' ,#'$a.e
0#+>2He1'e-$ 5;4 7
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“CHARACTERISTICS” NOTFO8ND IN I TIMOTHY ;45
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“(, an0 /an ($ 1%a/e%e$$& heh+$1and #, #ne -(,e& ha (ng
)h(%d'en ha 1e%(e e& -h# a'en# a))+$ed #, '(# #' +n'+%0>”
“F#' he 1($h#" /+$ 1e1%a/e%e$$& a$ G#d $ $ e-a'd
n# $e%,
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“1+ g( en # h#$"( a%( 0& a %# e' #,
g##d& $#1e'”2T( +$ 54 & 7
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CHARACTERISTICS 2T( +$ 54 < 7
5> “9%a/e%e$$” /ean$“+n “A$ G#dJ$ $ e-a'dJ” /ean$he /anage' #, a h#+$eh#%d
;> “N# $e%,
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> A “L# e' #, g##d” /ean$
%# (ng g##d h(ng$ and g##d /en B> “ +$ ” /ean$ “+"'(gh &”#1$e' (ng G#dJ$ and /anJ$ %a-$
=> “H#%0” /ean$ “"+'e”
> “Se%,
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NOTE4
WHICH OF THESECHARACTERISTICS M8ST AN
ELDER HAVE &98T &
A CHRISTIAN DOES NOTNEED TO HAVE?
NONE!
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A S8MMARY OF WHAT WE HAVEST8DIED4
ARE THESE POTENTIAL ELDERS
LIVING THE CHRISTIANLIFE AS
THE LORD DESIRES?
A'e he0 E:AMPLES # he
)h+')h?
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ARE THERE OTHER
“ 8ALIFICATIONS” OF ANELDER NOT FO8ND IN
I TIMOTHY ; AND TIT8S 5?
I, $#& WHAT ARE SOME?
H#- a1#+ “PRAYERF8L?”
H#- a1#+ “HARD WORKING?”
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WHY WO8LD ELDERS NEED ALL
OF THESE 8ALITIES?9e)a+$e he0 a'e Ch'($ (an$&
and Ch'($ (an$ NEED ALLOF THESE 8ALITIES!
9e)a+$e ELDERS a'e“E:AMPLESJ # he “,%#).!”
2I Pe e' 46& ;7 2C#n (n+ed7
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EVERYCONGREGATION
NEEDS
“ELDERS!”
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WHY?
EVERY “FLOCK”
NEEDS“SHEPHERDS”
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ALL “FAMILIES”
NEED
“PAPAS”
OR“DADDYS”
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ELDERS WHO ARE
“SHEPHERDS”
HAVE A GREATMINISTRY
IN WHICH TO SERVE
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“And he ga e he a"#$ %e$& he"'#"he $& he e ange%($ $& he
$he"he'd$ and ea)he'$&”
“ # e*+(" he $a(n $ ,#' he-#'. #, /(n($ '0& ,#' 1+(%d(ng
+" he 1#d0 #, Ch'($ &”
2E"he$(an$ 3455& 567
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WHY?
IT IS
THE WILL
OF O8R FATHER IN HEAVEN!
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OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
OR “ 8ALIFICATIONS”OF ELDERS WILL 9E
CONSIDEREDThe(' Re"+ a (#n
The(' E "e'(en)eThe(' Tea)h(ng A1(%( 0
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THE “REP8TATION” OF AN ELDER
“M#'e# e'& he /+$ 1e -e%%
h#+gh #, 10 #+ $(de'$& $#ha he /a0 n# ,a%% (n # d($g'a)e&(n # a $na'e #, he de (%>”
2I T(/# h0 ;4=7
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SHO8LD ALL DISCIPLES OFCHRIST HAVE A “GOODREP8TATION” AMONG
O8TSIDERS?
YES!
SALT!LIGHT!
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Y#+ a'e he %(gh #, he
-#'%d> A )( 0 $e #n a h(%% )ann#1e h(dden>”
“N#' d# "e#"%e %(gh a %a/" and "+( +nde' a 1a$.e & 1+ #n a
$ and & and ( g( e$ %(gh # a%%(n he h#+$e >”
2Ma he- 453& 5 7
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“In he $a/e -a0& %e 0#+' %(gh$h(ne 1e,#'e # he'$& $# ha
he0 /a0 $ee 0#+' g##d
-#'.$ and g( e g%#'0 # 0#+'Fa he' -h# ($ (n hea en>”
2Ma he- 45B7
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NOTE4
D# "e#"%e #n he O8TSIDE $eeh($ 1'# he' a$4
“P'a) ()(ng -ha he "'ea)he$?”A$ a /an 'e$"e) ed 10 ne(gh1#'$&
10 )#?
I$ he $een a$ a "e'$#n #, h#ne$ 0and (n eg'( 0?
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8ESTION4
I, an ELDER d(d NOT ha e aGOOD REP8TATION (n h($
)#//+n( 0& WHAT EFFECTWO8LD THAT HAVE ON
THE CH8RCH ?
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THE “E:PERIENCE” OF AN
ELDER“He /+$ n# 1e a 'e)en
)#n e' & #' he /a0 1e)#/e"+,,ed +" -( h )#n)e( and ,a%%(n # he )#nde/na (#n #, he
de (%>”2I T(/# h0 ;4B7
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NOTE4
The -#'d “NOVICE” ($ he G'ee.-#'d& “ neophuton ” 2 Q 7
,'#/ -h()h -e ge he -#'d&“NEOPHYTE” 2“1eg(nne'”7
I /ean$& “NOT NEWLYPLANTED&” n# a “ne- )#n e' ”
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WHAT ARE THE GREATDISADVANTAGES OF HAVING
“NOVICES” AS ELDERS ?
5> D# NOT KNOW he NAT8RE
#, he )#ng'ega (#n and ITSNEEDS
D# NOT .n#- he SHEEP!
6> D# NOT ha e a DEEPERKNOWLEDGE #, he W#'d
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“ST8DENTS” OF THE WORD
OF GOD
“The'e,#'e an # e'$ee' /+$ 1e
a1# e 'e"'#a)h& he h+$1and #,#ne -(,e& $#1e'
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“He /+$ h#%d ,('/ # he
'+$ -#' h0 -#'d a$ a+gh & $# ha he /a0 1e a1%e # g( e
(n$ '+) (#n (n $#+ndd#) '(ne and a%$# # 'e1+.eh#$e -h# )#n 'ad() ( >”
2T( +$ 54 7
ELDERS! 2T( +$ 54 < 7
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ELDERS M8ST 9E A9LE TO 4
5> “INSTR8CT” 2 U U UX 7ι(n “SO8ND TEACHING”
6> “RE98KE” 2 X Z[ \ 7ε2“1'(ng # a )#n () (#n”7THOSE WHO CONTRADICT
“SO8ND DOCTRINE”
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NOTE4
WHY M8ST ELDERS 9E A9LETO DO THESE TWO THINGS?
“F#' he'e a'e /an0 -h# a'e(n$+1#'d(na e& e/" 0 a%.e'$ andde)e( e'$& e$"e)(a%%0 h#$e #, he
)(')+/)($(#n "a' 0>”
2T( +$ 545 7
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THE ELDERJS
PHYSICAL
FAMILY
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IT IS RECOGNI]ED4I ($ NOT NECESSARY ,#' a
Ch'($ (an # 9E MARRIED andREAR CHILDREN
Th($ IS NECESSARY ,#' heELDERS!
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SCRIPT8RES THAT APPLY4
“The'e,#'e an # e'$ee' /+$ 1ea1# e 'e"'#a)h& he h+$1and #,
#ne -(,e& $#1e'
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“He /+$ /anage h($ #-nh#+$eh#%d -e%% & -( h a%% d(gn( 0
.ee"(ng h($ )h(%d'en$+1/($$( e&”
“,#' (, $#/e#ne d#e$ n#.n#- h#- # /anage h($
#-n h#+$eh#%d& h#- -(%% he)a'e ,#' G#d $ )h+')h?”
2I T(/# h0 ;43& 7
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“(, an0 /an ($ 1%a/e%e$$& he
h+$1and #, #ne -(,e &ha (ng)h(%d'en ha 1e%(e e& -h#
a'e n# a))+$ed #, '(# #'+n'+%0>”
2T( +$ 54B ASV7
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NOTE4
GOOD LEADERSHIP
COMES O8T
OF4
GOOD FAMILIES!
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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANT8ESTION ?
IF HE HAS NOT MANAGEDHIS OWN FAMILY WELL &
HOW CAN HE CARE FOR
“GODJS CH8RCH?”
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FIRST& IS HE “A9OVE
REPROACH&” “9LAMELESS?”D#e$ He “9e%#ng” # “On%0 One
W#/an?”
A'e H($ Ch(%d'en “We%%
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D#e$ He “R8LE” H($ O-n H#+$eWe%%?
Th($ W#'d Mean$ T# “MANAGE!”
I I$ NOT a DICTATORIAL R8LE!
He I$ A L# (ng Fa he'!
NOTE4Th($ ($ he SAME GREEK WORD
a$ ,#+nd (n I T(/# h0 45=
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COMPARE I TIMOTHY ;43
“He /+$ /anage2 ^_ ` 7 h($ #-nh#+$eh#%d -e%%& -( h a%%
d(gn( 0 .ee"(ng h($ )h(%d'en
$+1/($$( e&”
NOTE ALSO TIT8S 54B
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NOTE4
The NECESSITY #, 1e(ngMARRIED ($ $een (n he NEED #HAVE E:PERIENCE (n“MANAGING HIS OWN
HO8SE” $# ha he )an “ CAREFOR” GODJS CH8RCH!
DOES HE HAVE THATE:PERIENCE?
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DEFINITIONS4
Ch(%d'en N# A))+$ed #, “RIOT”/ean$ NOT LIVING AN
“A9ANDONED&” IMMORALLIFE
“NOT 8NR8LY” /ean$ hahe0 a'e $+1@e) #“CONTROL”
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HAS THE POTENTIAL
ELDER “REARED”CHILDREN TO KNOWTHE LORD?
DOES HE HAVE THAT
“E:PERIENCE” OFHELPING CHILDREN9ECOME CHRISTIANS?
( ($ $$ h
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“(, an0 /an ($ 1%a/e%e$$& heh+$1and #, #ne -(,e& ha (ng
)h(%d'en ha 1e%(e e 2 U[b \_ `7& -h# a'e n#ἔ
a))+$ed #, '(# #' +n'+%0>”
2T( +$ 54B7
WHAT DOES “9ELIEVE” MEAN?
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“And a%% -h# 1e%(e ed-e'e #ge he' and had a%%
h(ng$ (n )#//#n>”
2A) $ 64337
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“And Pe e' $a(d # he/&
Re"en and 1e 1a" (ced e e'0#ne #, 0#+ (n he na/e #,
e$+$ Ch'($ ,#' he,#'g( ene$$ #, 0#+' $(n$& and0#+ -(%% 'e)e( e he g(, #, he
H#%0 S"('( >” 2A) $ 64; 7
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“S# h#$e -h# 'e)e( ed h($
-#'d -e'e 1a" (ced& andhe'e -e'e added ha da0
a1#+ h'ee h#+$and$#+%$>”
2A) $ 64357
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“And a%% -h# 1e%(e ed-e'e #ge he' and had a%%
h(ng$ (n )#//#n>”
2A) $ 64337
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“And /#'e han e e'
1e%(e e'$ -e'e added # heL#'d& /+% ( +de$ #, 1# h
/en and -#/en&”2A) $ 4537
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HOW MANY “9ELIEVING”
“CHILDREN” M8ST AN ELDERHAVE?
HOW M8CH E:PERIENCESHO8LD HE HAVE?
DOES HE HAVE ENO8GH
E:PERIENCE TO “MANAGE”GODJS CH8RCH?
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COMPARE4
HOW M8CH “E:PERIENCE”SHO8LD HE HAVE IN
“TEACHING?”
“A9LE TO TEACH”
HE M8ST HAVE ENO8GH TO“CARE FOR GODJS CH8RCH!”
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NOTE4
In he S)'(" +'e& he -#'d“CHILDREN” ($ +$ed (n a
GENERIC SENSE! Tha ($& ( )an1e +$ed ,#' 9OTH a
SING8LAR a$ -e%% a$ a
PL8RAL CIRC8MSTANCE
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CONSIDER4
And $he $a(d& Wh# -#+%d ha e$a(d # A1'aha/ ha Sa'ah
-#+%d n+'$e )h(%d'en? Ye Iha e 1#'ne h(/ a $#n (n h($ #%d
age>“
2Gene$($ 654=7HOW MANY “CHILDREN” DID
SARAH HAVE?
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CONSIDER AGAIN4
“Fa he'$& d# n# "'# #.e 0#+')h(%d'en # ange' & 1+ 1'(ng
he/ +" (n he d($)("%(ne and(n$ '+) (#n #, he L#'d>”
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WO8LD IT 9E ALL RIGHT TOPROVOKE “ONE CHILD” TO
ANGER?
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CERTAINLY& THE “MORE
E:PERIENCE&” THE 9ETTER!The CONGREGATION /+$
de)(de -he he' a /an ha$ENO8GH E:PERIENCE NECESSARY $# ha HE CAN
“MANAGE GODJSCH8RCH!”
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PLEASE
PRAY
A9O8TF8T8RE ELDERS!