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1st Timothy Chapter 3 is that 
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Josh? 
Hebrews 13. 

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I don't know why I had that down
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We're going to get to Hebrews 13
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ahead in my notes that's why I 
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I didn't think that I'd written 
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Timothy First Timothy 3, but 
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to go first Timothy chapter 3. 
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We talked last week, actually, 
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into what we talked about last 
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review our our acronym for the 
Baptist, distinctives and so. 

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Well same together. 
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with B? 
Biblical Authority. 

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The Bible is the final 
Authority. 

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A autonomy. 
Every local church has the 

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ability to decide what it wants 
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without some head. 
Over the top of that church. 

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P priesthood of the believer, we
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priest. 
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ourselves right T to ordinances 
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Baptism and the Lord's Supper. 
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I individual. 
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membership, very good. 
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week, which is to office is very
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first one last week which was 
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within this year we're going to 
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longer on that than I normally 
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past but there's still plenty 
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what that before. 
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spent one week on it and went 
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qualifications and I'm going to 
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qualifications for a pastor are 
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qualifications for the deacons. 
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watch that last week or listen 
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you to go back and Because some 
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little bit, I'd encourage you to
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to that service and give you 
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that we talked about last week, 
but we're going to move into the

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second part of that. 
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gives us in addition to deacons 
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pastor? 
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called a bishop. 
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obviously, you know you call me 
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Her boots. 
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in most of our churches. 
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Elder boots or Bishop boots. 
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They're all interchangeable. 
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week and we're as well. 
Bad to says, Bishop boots on it.

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I'll tell you that much, but all
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We see that in First Peter 
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chapter 20, you can keep your 
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And if you want to go to Acts 
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to spend most of our time or a 
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They're in first Timothy chapter
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and he and from my latest he 
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Elders of the church. 
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Elder. 
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Pastor is not a Biblical office 
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of churches that have Elders in 
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synonymous with the term Pastor.
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Bishop. 
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extra offices that God has 
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And this is where we are calling
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We believe in to, We Believe in 
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pastors. 
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elder, call him an elder. 
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bishop, call him a bishop but a 
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or the same thing, pastors are 
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bring members into spiritual 
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And we find that in Ephesians 
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if you want to write that down, 
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later, I'm not going to read it 
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Well I am going to quote fairly 
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written by a guy, a pastor by 
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He wrote a book called the 
minister as Shepherd now he died

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in 1937 so that'll tell you how 
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the book in the early 1900s but 
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by confining the Anglo-Saxon 
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shutting up the Latin word 
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we forget it often with our 
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It would help us to say 
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pastor. 
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Pastor to hire dignity and pour 
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it would Chase in and strengthen
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now, and then he would say to 
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work is the hurting and feeding 
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way of thinking about it, but 
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pastor means. 
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course, then the You know, we 
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but essentially, that's what he 
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help us mature. 
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as Jesus Christ, but that's the 
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pastor is a Shepherd. 
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qualifications of a pasture? 
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And you'll notice that a lot of 
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the same as the deacons but 
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things that are added to that. 
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pastor is better than a deacon 
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lay ministers if you will. 
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them ministers is the right 
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full-time. 
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church. 
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of the church, to help the 
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and the mission of the church, 
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decide. 
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prepared for the coming of Jesus
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In fact, verse 8 through 13 at 
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But it says, in verse number 8, 
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and so when you say likewise, it
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to something else. 
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is is the qualifications of a 
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So you'll see a lot of these 
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Tonight that we didn't see last 
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So there's there is eight or ten
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they'd be the same. 
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passage. 
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talking about these individually
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But says this in first, Timothy 
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this is a true saying, if a man 
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he desireth a good work, a 
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given to Wine. 
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Covetous one that ruleth well, 
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children in subjection with all 
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if a man know not how to rule 
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care of the Church of God? 
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up with pride. 
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the devil. 
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report of them which are without
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and the snare of the devil. 
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qualifications in order to be a 
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And a lot of those hopefully you
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last week because some of them 
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let's look at a few of these. 
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that this is a true saying if a 
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bishop that is that he should 
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the ministry. 
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Well, you know God, I felt God 
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And finally got broke me down to
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right, if that's what you want 
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in that position that God calls,
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That's, that's what we're trying
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right? 
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ministry, he may not but we want
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called, right? 
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people who are not in full-time 
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you know, position of a pastor 
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or something like that, that God
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that desire of. 
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People have such a strong desire
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Will and become a pastor when 
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desires should be there and if 
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not there, then that's the that 
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disqualification. 
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that he ought to know how to 
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office of a bishop. 
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It's a it's weren't being a 
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actually work. 
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I'm telling, you know, but 
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that's the idea that a lot of 
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Well, you don't do anything, 
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background that that are 
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necessarily seen by everybody, 
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to work. 
He desireth a good work. 

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The Bible says we continue on 
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wife, those are Those also 
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Is another one that is, he is 
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easily fooled, he's not, he's 
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what the spiritual and social 
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Trends. 
He's on guard for that spiritual

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attack. 
I think that's so necessary. 

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Especially if a pastor is going 
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flock, right? 
Could you imagine a Shepherd as 

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just laying around in the field 
and, you know, you know, Making 

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little whistles out of pieces of
grass and not paying attention 

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to anything else that's going on
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in and getting ready to attack 
the sheep. 

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And he's just not paying 
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another one. 
Oh well I guess next time I'll 

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try to be a little bit more 
awake and see what happens that 

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we ought to be ought to be 
vigilant Charles Jefferson 

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again, I told you, I'm going to 
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book. 
I think probably five or six 

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quotes I have in here, but he's 
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this many a minister fails as a 
pastor because he is not 

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vigilant. 
Ain't he allows his church to be

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Torn to Pieces because he's half
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It took it for granted that 
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of prey no robbers and while he 
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false ideas, destructive 
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teachings, came into his parish 
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It was interested. 
Perhaps in literary research, he

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was absorbed in the discussion 
contained and the last 

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theological quarterly and did 
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were reading, or what strange 
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heads of a group of Is leading 
members, there are errors which 

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are as Fierce as wolves and 
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They tear Faith and Hope and 
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churches. 
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explanation of majority of our 
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those pastors, don't even know 
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know that this is an error, 
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So what is there to protect the 
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Right? 
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vigilant. 
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We saw that one last week but 
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see is of good behavior. 
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to be mannerly. 
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and his appearance in the way 
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other people that ought to be 
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something different about the 
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one of the guys and just you 
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it's a tough balance because if 
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respect that ought to be there. 
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respect me, right? 
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I have to, I have to deserve 
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that I'm going to have to act 
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hospitable. 
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to know how to treat and care 
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There's a lot of pastors who 
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it like this, a doctor. 
Couldn't know everything there 

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is to know about being a doctor 
and just have horrible bedside 

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manner, right? 
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bedside manner, whether he knows
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Most of the time you're going to
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Right? 
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need. 
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treatment. 
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medicine and you might get well 
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But if he's terrible at his 
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to think he's a very good 
doctor, right? 

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And I think the same thing, when
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Hospital, hospitable no, To 
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The next thing is that is apt to
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skilled at public teaching, 
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Bible is saying. 
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for yourself. 
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If there's no need for a pastor 
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Bible is saying here or there or
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spiritual charge that you need. 
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that I'm a great. 
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I really don't think that I am. 
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do is to go back and listen to 
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some of my own sermons. 
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Other than when I say, you know 
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what I'm doing, that that's 
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So I'll go back and do it every 
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under people who were just 
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it very, very hard to To try to 
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qualifications that God gives a 
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ability to expound the word of 
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word of Truth and then help us 
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digest it, right? 
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qualifications for a pastor 
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That's one that we saw last week
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Striker and I think that means 
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I've known pastor. 
Was her ready to fight at the 

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drop of a hat? 
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all that long ago and he said 
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argument in their church and it 
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and a few people against some of
the other people who didn't like

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what was going on and everything
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you want to fight and that's in 
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He said that I'm is one just at 
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He was ready to go to blows and 
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that's talking about. 
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violent, doesn't mean that you 
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doesn't mean that you can't 
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or something like that. 
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but not looking for a fight, you
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initiating. 
It, you're not the one 

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instigating that and I think 
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Not greedy of. 
Filthy lucre obviously we talked

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about that least last week as 
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deacon, but that means you're 
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in. 
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lot of these guys out there that
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I've seen, you know, And I think
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that really stick out the most 
with this but you know you send 

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me three thousand dollars in 
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You know man. 
I wish I could think of this 

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guy's name. 
He's he's one of the one of 

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these televangelists, real real 
piercing eyes. 

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You know, who I'm talking about.
What's his name? 

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I know, Kevin knows his name, I 
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If you think of it, let me know.
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Copeland very good and he, I 
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these guys have One, they're 
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It just blows my mind. 
He said we've already got a 

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private jet. 
We use that to get back and 

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forth and it's God's jet. 
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we use that to get back and 
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But honestly, I believe God is 
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jet needs to be a little bit 
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God's telling you right now to 
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buy a bigger jet. 
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you get up with a straight face 
and beg people to give you 

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money? 
We then people like, yeah, you 

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know what here, take some more 
money for a bigger jet, you 

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know. 
But but these guys are in it for

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the money and that is not, 
that's not what a pastor ought 

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to be doing. 
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qualifications for the pastor, 
not a not greedy of filthy 

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lucre, but patient. 
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qualification. 
And again, patience is a virtue 

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as we've heard in many many 
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that, that, that, if you're 
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start a church one day and have 
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And when that doesn't happen, 
you're rushing and you know just

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just all over the place. 
You know, pulling your hair out,

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trying to make it happen. 
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You have to be patient and you 
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My father-in-law used to say, I 
don't think you said it all the 

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time, but he said before, at 
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The ministry would be great if 
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what the ministry is, but 
they're people. 

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And if I'm not patient with the 
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expect, why are they not 
growing? 

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Why are they not moving? 
Why are they not doing this? 

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Rather not doing that? 
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because people grow very, very 
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But but it's, that's, that's one
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pastor is to be patient. 
And then kind of right along 

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with the idea of no Striker is 
not a brawler. 

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And and I think that, you know, 
it's not quarrel somewhere 

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argumentative. 
A striker means you're not ready

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to knock somebody out at the 
drop of a hat, but Not a brawler

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means that you're not chorus 
quarrelsome, not argumentative. 

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Some pastors are always looking 
to get into an argument, right. 

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I am not a confrontational 
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I don't like to argue. 
I don't like to get into 

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arguments but a pastor should be
looking to defuse that situation

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not looking to get into it and 
you know I honestly I find I 

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find a lot of times that a lot 
of the pastor's that come up 

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with strange ideas or strange, 
doctrines seems like are the 

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ones that are the are the most 
looking to get into an argument.

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And I think it's because maybe 
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of a fringe idea and you know, 
they know that people are going 

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to say things against it. 
I don't know exactly what that 

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is but it seems like that's the 
way that it happens. 

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A lot of times but a pastor 
ought not to be a brawler do not

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I mean, you ought not to be 
getting arguments, you know, not

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that you don't stand up for what
you believe in. 

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I'm not saying that because 
there is a time when you have to

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stand up for what you believe, 
but, but not argumentative, not 

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quarrelsome, not looking to get 
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then we see this Well, we kind 
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and five very much have to do 
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week with the deacons, but ruled
his own house. 

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Well, having his children in 
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if a man know not how to rule 
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care of the Church of God is 
like a? 

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That's a rhetorical question 
really, right? 

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It's not asking for an answer. 
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rule your own house, how can you
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And I think, I mean that puts a 
lot of pressure on the pastors 

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kids because they know that That
well, if I mess up Dad's 

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Ministry is done, right? 
And and and to a certain extent 

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that's I mean I suppose that 
that's the way that it is. 

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But I don't expect my kids or 
any pastors kids to be perfect. 

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They're going to make mistakes 
there. 

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They're going to be kids. 
They're going to have problems 

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from time to time. 
But how are you handling those 

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problems? 
How are you dealing with those 

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problems? 
Are you dealing with those 

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problems? 
Because again, if you can't rule

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your own house and how can you, 
how can you take care of? 

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Church of God. 
Then you also see a not a novice

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lest being lifted up with pride.
He fall into the condemnation of

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the devil and I think that 
simply means that is a mature. 

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Christian is not a brand new 
Christian you don't get saved on

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Friday and become a pastor on 
Sunday, right? 

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Not that. 
You can't go tell everybody 

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that, you know, about Jesus 
Christ. 

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That's exactly what knit and did
when he got saved, right? 

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He got saved in the next thing, 
you know, he was on the zoom 

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calls and all these talking to 
all of his family, he wasn't 

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preaching to them, he was 
sharing them, the gospel. 

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Gospel, right? 
Sharing the gospel with them and

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it took several years for him to
get to the point. 

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And honestly had he not been, 
you know, the time constraint to

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get back to India because of the
job and everything else. 

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We probably would have kept 
around here a little bit longer 

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to continue training him but 
obviously as a Christian he grew

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very, very fast because he had 
that desire and he had a lot of 

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that Christian background and 
everything it already anyway. 

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And when he got saved and God 
opened his eyes up to all of 

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those things, it was, it was 
very easy for him to say. 

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A while. 
Now, all of this, that I've 

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learned my whole life that I had
the wrong idea of make sense, 

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and of course, he applied 
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taking classes and doing all 
kinds of different things. 

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But a pastor ought, not to be a 
new Christian. 

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It's, it's hard enough. 
Just being a pastor. 

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When you have been a Christian 
for a long time or when you have

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grown up in and everything else,
let alone to be trying to lead 

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people spiritually. 
When you don't even know the 

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direction you're going yourself.
So a mature Christian not a 

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novice or a new creation and The
last one we see there in verse 

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number 7. 
Moreover you must have a good 

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report of them which are without
lest he fall into reproach and 

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the snare of the devil and I 
think that just means that he 

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has a good reputation in the 
community. 

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There are a lot of businessmen 
who go to church who as we 

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talked about this somewhat last 
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have a good reputation in the 
community. 

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They've worked so many people 
off in their business and 

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they've done so much damage in 
that way that when somebody 

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finds out what you're a pest, 
And you still, can you treat 

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people that way, right? 
Y'all have a good reputation 

444
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,200
outside of the church as well 
and again sometimes you have a 

445
00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:15,500
bad reputation because you stand
up for the truth and they don't 

446
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,700
like what you're saying and 
that's different. 

447
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,400
It doesn't mean that you have to
compromise for the sake of 

448
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,800
having that good reputation. 
But but at the very least, 

449
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,200
people ought to be able to save 
that man. 

450
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,100
Is honest that man at least 
stands up for what he believes 

451
00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:29,800
in that man. 
At least treats people, right? 

452
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,600
That man. 
At least and nothing bad that 

453
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,700
they can say about the person 
who they're talking about. 

454
00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:37,400
So we're good. 
Reputation in the community 

455
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000
which brings us then to the role
of the pastor. 

456
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,900
And I don't want to take too 
much longer on this. 

457
00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:45,400
I preached a message on this, 
not all that long ago. 

458
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,600
Maybe beginning of December or 
end of end of November somewhere

459
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,200
around there, I think, but turn 
over to Hebrews chapter 13. 

460
00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:55,600
This is where I jumped ahead of 
myself a little bit in the notes

461
00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,100
there on the PowerPoint, but the
role of the pastor, the first 

462
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:03,800
job that the pastor has, and I 
say a job because he says, he 

463
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,100
desireth a good work, it's not 
just in a position to be filled.

464
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,900
It's a job to be done. 
It's it takes work. 

465
00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:15,000
But the role of the pastor of 
the job of the pastor is. 

466
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,200
First of all, to lead the 
church. 

467
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,800
Hebrews chapter 13 and verse. 
Number 7, Remember them which 

468
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,200
have the rule over you, who have
spoken unto, you the word of God

469
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,800
whose Faith, follow considering 
the end of their conversation. 

470
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,900
Now, what he's saying there is 
whose Faith follow considering 

471
00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:34,700
the end of the convert, their 
conversation, that work 

472
00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:38,000
conversation is talking about 
our lifestyle, right? 

473
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,600
You look at the way he lives his
life and you ought to follow 

474
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,200
that person. 
As he follows Christ verse 17, 

475
00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:47,900
obey them, that have the rule 
over you and submit yourselves 

476
00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:50,300
for. 
They watch for your souls as 

477
00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:53,000
they that must must give account
that. 

478
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,700
They may do it with joy and not 
with grief. 

479
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,300
For that is unprofitable, for 
you. 

480
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,300
And I've mentioned this many 
times before, but I'm going to 

481
00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:03,500
give an account to God for the 
direction that this church goes 

482
00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:07,000
in. 
And if I'm too weak to lead the 

483
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,600
church and the church goes in a 
direction that is weakening the 

484
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,300
church that I'm the one that's 
going to have to answer to God 

485
00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:17,200
for that right now, you might 
answer to God for the way that 

486
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,900
you for your role in that if you
were one of the ones that's 

487
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,500
really pushing. 
Thing for the weakening of the 

488
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:26,600
church, but the Bible doesn't 
hold the church. 

489
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,900
People responsible for the 
direction of the church goes in.

490
00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:33,900
He holds the pasta responsible 
for that, and again, it's the 

491
00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:37,000
responsibility then of those who
are in the church to follow that

492
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,800
leadership and to obey them that
have the rule over you. 

493
00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,800
And I know that sounds like a 
dictator up here, saying, you 

494
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,400
obey me, but I'm not. 
The one that said it. 

495
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,700
God's doing that said that right
obey them. 

496
00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:51,200
That have the rule over you and 
submit yourselves. 

497
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,900
For they watch for your souls, I
know a lot of strong men who 

498
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:58,700
will stand on the promise of 
Ephesians chapter 5 and chapter 

499
00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,600
6. 
That my wife is going to follow 

500
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,300
me. 
I'm the leader in my home, she 

501
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,500
better submit to me who won't 
submit to their Pastor when the 

502
00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:07,100
Bible. 
Very clearly says that, that's 

503
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:10,200
what they ought to be doing for,
they watch for your souls as 

504
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,500
they, that must give account 
that, they may do it with joy 

505
00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:15,500
and not with grief but that's 
unprofitable some profitable for

506
00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,100
you. 
When you don't do that, is what 

507
00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,900
he's saying. 
But how great for me to be able 

508
00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:23,200
to stand before God and say, 
Say, this is the direction that 

509
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,000
we went in with our church, 
these people followed they 

510
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000
submitted and God blessed it. 
That's, that's exactly what he's

511
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,600
talking about because I want to 
be able to give an account with 

512
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,100
joy and not with grief. 
I want to be able to say yes, we

513
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,000
went in the direction you wanted
us to go not in the opposite 

514
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,700
direction, right? 
So how does the pastor leave? 

515
00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,500
The church will? 
First of all he has to lead by 

516
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:46,000
example turn over to 1st Peter, 
chapter 5, what we're going to 

517
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,200
look at a couple different 
versions versus there and First 

518
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,600
Peter chapter 5. 
But the pastor ought to lead, by

519
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,400
example. 
And I think that's first and 

520
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,500
foremost. 
Right First, Peter chapter 5, 

521
00:25:56,500 --> 00:26:01,000
and verse. 
Number 3, says this, Neither as 

522
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,100
being Lords over God's Heritage 
but being and samples to the 

523
00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:08,000
flock. 
Now, what is he talking about 

524
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,600
when you go back and look at 
verse number 2, which we're 

525
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,300
going to read in, just a second 
and these two kind of go hand in

526
00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:16,100
hand with each other. 
But I ought to be leading the 

527
00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:19,100
church. 
By example, I can't say, do as I

528
00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:22,100
say, not as I do, this is what 
the Bible says you better do it.

529
00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:24,500
Now, I'm going to live my life, 
how I want to live it, don't 

530
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:26,700
watch what I'm doing at home, 
don't watch what I'm doing when 

531
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:29,100
I'm at church, don't watch what 
I'm doing out in the community. 

532
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,500
You do. 
What I say, not what I do it's 

533
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,300
that's that's not it's not going
to work till lead that way, 

534
00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:37,500
right? 
And so I've said this many times

535
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,300
before as well, if I want you to
jump a foot I've got to jump 

536
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,300
three feet, right? 
If I'm going to get up and 

537
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:46,900
preach against movies with 
language and movies with, you 

538
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:50,100
know, for lack of better term 
pornography. 

539
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:52,100
And it, I mean, people don't 
call it that anymore, but that's

540
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:54,600
what it is, right? 
I'm going to get up and preach 

541
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,700
against those things. 
Then I better not be doing those

542
00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:00,500
things in my own home. 
I better have a standard set 

543
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:04,500
very high in my own home and we 
do which we try as much as we 

544
00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:08,400
can, you know? 
And well, that means you can't 

545
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,900
watch any movies. 
Exactly. 

546
00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,900
I couldn't tell you any of the 
actors other than unless they 

547
00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:16,100
were in some, you know, some big
news story or something like 

548
00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,300
that, that came out because of 
something else that they did. 

549
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,100
And it's not it's not a bragging
thing. 

550
00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:24,800
It's a thing that I'm saying I'm
telling you to do this but if 

551
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,700
all I'm doing is telling you to 
to do it and I go home and live 

552
00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:30,100
it. 
Number one I've got a family 

553
00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:35,200
that's watching me they hear 
everything that I say here and 

554
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,100
if they go home and they see me 
living a completely different 

555
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:39,300
Lifestyle. 
The first thing they're going to

556
00:27:39,308 --> 00:27:41,700
say is we'll Dead's a hypocrite 
doesn't mean anything you say 

557
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:44,200
anything you want to in church, 
right? 

558
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,300
You can you can pretend that 
you're living your life. 

559
00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,300
Any way that you want to ensure 
church, but you better be living

560
00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:52,000
at home too. 
And and so I have a 

561
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,300
responsibility to lead the flock
of God but I better be leading 

562
00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,100
by example. 
Charles Jefferson said this, a 

563
00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:01,000
Shepherd cannot shine. 
He cannot cut a figure. 

564
00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:04,400
His work must be done in 
obscurity, the things which he 

565
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,900
does do the things which he does
do not make interesting copy. 

566
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,800
His work calls for continuous 
self-effacement is a form of 

567
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,000
service which eats up a man's 
life. 

568
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,500
It makes a man old before his 
time. 

569
00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:19,700
Every Good Shepherd. 
Lays down his life for the sheep

570
00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:22,200
for men is dependent on the 
Applause of the crowd. 

571
00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:24,300
He ought never to enter the 
ministry. 

572
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,100
And again, what a great 
statement Man, that's why I use 

573
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:30,200
so many of the statements that 
he made in that book because his

574
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,200
great statements. 
But again, does that limit what 

575
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,800
I'm what I'm allowed to do some 
things that may not even 

576
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,800
necessarily be sinful but 
because I'm, I've got to hold a 

577
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,900
standard and because I've got to
be the example, there's a lot of

578
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:48,800
things that I can't do that that
I probably could if I wanted to,

579
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,200
but I don't because I don't 
because of how it's going to be 

580
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,900
perceived and because of how 
people who are watching my life.

581
00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:00,300
And what I do are going to 
follow, right? 

582
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:05,700
And and what you allow in just a
little bit, the people are going

583
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,600
to do an excess, right? 
So if I say, well, oh man, you 

584
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,800
got to see this movie. 
It was, it was funny. 

585
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,400
There's a couple parts in there 
that you got to kind of watch 

586
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,800
and really, you know, it, 
they're not great but, you know,

587
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,600
but the movie is, it was so 
funny. 

588
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,800
Well, guess what? 
Everybody's going to do, number 

589
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,500
one, everybody's going to go 
watch that movie, they're going 

590
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,700
to see. 
And now they're going to be 

591
00:29:23,708 --> 00:29:26,200
looking for the parts that were 
bad and it because now I 

592
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,000
mentioned that there was a 
couple parts that were not 

593
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,800
great. 
So now wonder what parts he was 

594
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,000
talking about that were not 
great, right? 

595
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,000
But then they're going to say, 
well the pastor, watch this, so 

596
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:37,300
nothing wrong with that. 
I mean, yeah, the one that he 

597
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:38,900
was talking about only had two 
customers in it. 

598
00:29:38,908 --> 00:29:41,900
This one has eight but it's only
8:00, right? 

599
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:44,400
And that's what happens. 
And if I'm not leading by 

600
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,100
example but what you what you 
allow, the people are going to 

601
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:51,400
do in excess and it's the same 
thing with my family. 

602
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,700
What about what I allow and just
small amounts. 

603
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:56,600
My kids are probably going to do
an excess later on so I have to 

604
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,900
lead by example but also we see 
this in First Peter 5 verse 

605
00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:04,000
number two, that I have to lead 
by taking oversight feed the 

606
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,100
flock of God, which is among you
taking the oversight thereof, 

607
00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:12,400
not by constraint but willingly,
not for filthy lucre, but of a 

608
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,200
ready mind. 
And again, this is speaking 

609
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,800
directly to pastors, right? 
My job is to feed the flock and 

610
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,600
I have to take the oversight. 
What does he say not by 

611
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,900
constraint but willingly that 
means somebody should not have 

612
00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:28,500
to force me. 
To lead, somebody should not 

613
00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:30,900
have to force me to take the 
oversight of the church. 

614
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:34,100
I ought to do it willingly not 
by constraints. 

615
00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:36,300
What he's saying? 
The pastor has to exercise his 

616
00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:38,400
leadership. 
That's the idea that's found in 

617
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,500
the title of Bishop. 
The titled Bishop means 

618
00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,600
overseer, that's my job. 
It's my responsibility. 

619
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,600
To the pastor is the overseer 
and the inspector of all the 

620
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,400
Ministries and all the workers 
and and everything, that goes 

621
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,600
everything that involves the 
work of the church. 

622
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,300
If I'm not taking oversight of 
it and making sure. 

623
00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:57,800
Or that it's going in the right 
direction. 

624
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,300
Then I'm not doing my job. 
Not following what I've been 

625
00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,600
commanded to do, but that's what
leadership is that's 

626
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,200
Administration. 
That's casting the vision it's 

627
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,800
coming up with the plans. 
It's figuring out ways that we 

628
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,500
can get more people into church.
It's figuring out ways that we 

629
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:16,200
can get the gospel out to more 
people and trying to help our 

630
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,200
church to grow numerically and 
spiritually that falls on me. 

631
00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:23,300
And if I'm just waiting for 
something to happen and hoping 

632
00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:26,000
that somebody will come along 
and help out with that, then I'm

633
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,700
failing. 
Failing in my responsibility, I 

634
00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:31,600
have to take the oversight. 
No Pastor can lead just because 

635
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,100
he's the pastor, right? 
He has to take charge and if he 

636
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:38,500
doesn't, somebody else is going 
to take the lead, we see that 

637
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:40,300
happens. 
So often in families, right? 

638
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:42,900
I've said that many many times. 
It's a husband's responsibility 

639
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,700
to lead the home and the husband
doesn't lead his home. 

640
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,300
Then the wife especially if 
she's got any kind of type, A 

641
00:31:48,308 --> 00:31:51,300
personality is going to step in 
and take that lead role and 

642
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,200
that's not the way that God 
designed it. 

643
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,500
It's the same thing that's true 
in a church, right? 

644
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,800
What I talked about this last 
week. 

645
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,500
Why is it that in a lot of 
churches that you see the 

646
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,500
deacons just run the entire 
church? 

647
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,300
Because the pastor is not 
willing to step up and take the 

648
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:08,200
oversight and if he didn't take 
the lead, then there's always 

649
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,700
somebody else would say well 
will lead if you want. 

650
00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:13,500
Right but that's not the way God
designed it. 

651
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:17,400
That God designed for the pastor
to take the oversight, strong 

652
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,100
leadership results in a strong 
Church. 

653
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,300
Weak leadership results in a 
week church. 

654
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,500
And when you have weak 
leadership, what you see 

655
00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:25,300
happening. 
So often is same thing that 

656
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:27,800
we've always talked about. 
Out though the music gets 

657
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,800
weakened and then the standards 
get weekend and then everything 

658
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,600
else just Falls right behind it 
and the whole church is weakened

659
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,400
because there's no strong 
leadership. 

660
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,100
Sometimes a pastor that leads 
authoritatively is accused of 

661
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,100
dictatorship. 
And I suppose, that is something

662
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:46,100
that needs to be the pastor has 
to be careful. 

663
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:50,100
Not to allow that to happen. 
I've seen many churches where 

664
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:52,400
they, where they did have a 
pastor who was a dictator. 

665
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:57,100
But most, you know, most 
supervisors or for man A job. 

666
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,300
They're not looked at as being 
dictators if they take that 

667
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,800
leadership role and they tell 
their guys what to do and what 

668
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,600
not to do and everything else, 
right? 

669
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,700
That's looked at as being a good
supervisor and and I think the 

670
00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:13,200
same thing with a pastor who's 
leading in a Biblical manner, 

671
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,700
should be considered and that 
same thing, right? 

672
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,300
Not a dictator just because 
you're making sure that things 

673
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,300
are done, right. 
But the job of the pastor is to 

674
00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:23,400
Shepherd, the flock and I kind 
of mentioned it already but 

675
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,400
watch for enemies. 
Watch for Or wrong Doctrine, 

676
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:32,400
watch for attack, defend the 
Sheep, heal the sick, and 

677
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,600
wounded sheep Comfort, the sick,
and wounded sheep help them to 

678
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,700
get through those things, you 
know, free, the Trap shaped love

679
00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:43,200
the sheep and, you know, that 
means many times sharing in life

680
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,300
events and and earning that 
trust and it's something that I 

681
00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:51,400
try to do, I'm not, you know, 
I'm not saying that I'm the 

682
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,000
greatest at it but most 
everybody that spent time in the

683
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,600
hospital, I've been there with 
you. you I my when my mom was 

684
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:04,200
sick And she had cancer and was 
going in for Brian. 

685
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,800
And I surprised her. 
She didn't know we were coming 

686
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,300
up there, but we got up to the 
hospital on the day that she was

687
00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:12,100
going in for surgery. 
And we showed up at the entrance

688
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:14,800
when my dad dropped her off and 
she was just really shocked to 

689
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:15,900
see us. 
But you know, who else was 

690
00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:19,800
there, their pastor? 
And he sat there for basically, 

691
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,000
the entire time that she was 
Insurgent. 

692
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,699
I think she was in surgery for 
three or four hours, then it was

693
00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:27,400
another hour or two after that, 
before the doctor came out to 

694
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,000
say, hey, this is how everything
went, he set there the entire 

695
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,400
time. 
He was doing some work and 

696
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,900
things like that there in the in
the waiting room, but he was 

697
00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:37,600
there for probably five or six 
hours and that meant a lot to 

698
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,300
me. 
And I know it meant a lot to 

699
00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:43,400
them because he was there for 
them and, you know, it's just 

700
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,500
something that, you know, this 
is not as if it was just a job. 

701
00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,000
Then that's not something that 
you're going to do. 

702
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:54,100
It's a calling, it's a, it's a 
passion, it's a desire. 

703
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,800
And Charles Jefferson said it 
this way, it's by no means easy 

704
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,300
for a young man to become a 
shepherd. 

705
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:02,200
And he ought not be If you 
cannot become one in a day or a 

706
00:35:02,207 --> 00:35:06,200
year and Order, can he can be 
without difficulty of reformer, 

707
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,300
he can become at once. 
In criticism of politics and 

708
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:12,400
Society, he can do a flourishing
business, the first Sunday, but 

709
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,100
a Shepherd, he can become only 
slowly and by patiently 

710
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:20,800
traveling the way of the Cross. 
And it's exactly the mindset 

711
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,000
that I have. 
And, you know, I don't expect 

712
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:29,000
to, you know, on day one, 
especially as a brand new Young 

713
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,800
pastor and I know, Years in this
position going on seven. 

714
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,400
I guess is not all that long to 
be in that in that position, but

715
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,700
it takes time and it takes, it 
takes being there. 

716
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:43,400
It takes working through 
people's issues with them. 

717
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,300
And there's, there's so many 
things that, that, that come in,

718
00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:51,500
that I cannot let get out, 
right. 

719
00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:54,000
It takes earning that trust the 
same way that it, that it takes 

720
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,200
earning a trust in a marriage 
relationship. 

721
00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:59,800
One time of breaking that trust 
is all it takes for somebody to 

722
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,000
never trust. 
Just you again and so it's a lot

723
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,000
of work and a lot of time and a 
lot of effort to Shepherd the 

724
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,400
flock, but that is the pastor's 
responsibility which brings us 

725
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,900
then. 
So first of all, he's to leave 

726
00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:12,400
the church. 
Secondly and there's only two 

727
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:17,600
here is to feed the church. 
Turn over to Acts chapter 20. 

728
00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:21,900
Acts chapter 20, and I'm going 
to cover these things pretty 

729
00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:24,700
quickly because we're running 
out of time. 

730
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,400
I don't want to keep you too 
long tonight, but Acts chapter 

731
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,400
20 and verse number 28, says 
this. 

732
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,800
Take heed therefore unto 
yourselves. 

733
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,200
And to all the flock over the 
which the Holy Ghost hath made 

734
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,700
you overseers to feed the Church
of God, which he hath purchased 

735
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:44,300
with his own blood, honestly, we
see both of those ideas lead, 

736
00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:46,800
right? 
Bye-bye, he made you an overseer

737
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,800
to feed the Church of God. 
Which he hath purchased with his

738
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,800
own blood. 
You're not too far from there. 

739
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,000
So, turn over to John 21 if you 
will. 

740
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:03,700
John 21. 
And again, this is this is Jesus

741
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:09,700
speaking here, talking to Peter 
in particular. 

742
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:13,300
But knowing that, these were the
men that were going to become 

743
00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:15,300
the apostles. 
And, and essentially, the 

744
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:19,900
pastor's of the church is that 
God called them to to pasture. 

745
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,800
But John chapter 21 verse number
15. 

746
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,400
So when they had dined, Jesus 
saith to Simon Peter, Simon son 

747
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,300
of Jonas. 
Lovest thou me more than these. 

748
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:32,300
He said unto Ba Lord thou 
knowest that I love thee. 

749
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,400
He said unto him, feed my Lambs 
say it to him again the second 

750
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,500
time Simon son of Jonas lovest 
thou me He said unto him. 

751
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:43,400
Yea Lord thou knowest, that I 
love thee, you said unto him, 

752
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,500
feed my sheep, he saith unto 
him. 

753
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:47,400
The third time, Simon son of 
Jonas. 

754
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,800
Lovest, thou me, Peter was 
grieved because he said unto him

755
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,600
the third time. 
Lovest thou me and he said unto 

756
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,500
him. 
Lord thou knowest all things. 

757
00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:59,700
Thou, knowest that I love thee. 
Jesus saith unto him. 

758
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,300
Feed my sheep verily, verily, I 
say unto thee. 

759
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,200
When I was young now, glitter, 
Gerdes thyself' and walk his, 

760
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,200
whether thou wouldest, but when 
thou shalt be old, Thou shalt 

761
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,300
stretch. 
Each for thy hands and another 

762
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,400
shall gird thee and carry thee. 
Whither, thou wouldest not this.

763
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,200
He spake signifying by what 
death by what death he should 

764
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,300
glorify God. 
And by the way, Peter ended up 

765
00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:24,800
giving his life and became one 
of the martyrs. 

766
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,400
And Peter was set to be 
crucified in the same way that 

767
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,500
they crucified Jesus. 
And this is not in the Bible, 

768
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,600
this is just what we know from 
history. 

769
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:35,700
And Peter said, I'm not worthy 
to be crucified in the same way 

770
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:38,400
that my Lord was crucified and 
he asked them to crucify him 

771
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,500
upside down. 
They did and that's how Peter 

772
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,400
died. 
But that's that that is, you 

773
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,900
know, the whole, the whole point
of that is to feed the church, 

774
00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:49,600
feed my sheep. 
He says, how does he feed it 

775
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,200
feed? 
The church WIll number one, and 

776
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,200
you can turn to as many of these
passages as you can. 

777
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,400
We're gonna be in Acts chapter 
6, give himself to the ministry 

778
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,900
of the word, Acts chapter 6. 
Hopefully, you'll recognize the 

779
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:02,600
passage we talked about last 
week which is where the first 

780
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,400
deacons were called. 
And in Acts chapter 6, one of 

781
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,100
the reasons they needed to call 
the deacons, we was because they

782
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,000
were missing out on Taking care 
of the widows and on some of the

783
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,200
ministration of the church. 
And the reason why was actually 

784
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:20,000
over 6 and verse 4 but we will 
give ourselves continually to 

785
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,400
prayer and to the ministry of 
the word. 

786
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,600
That's how a pastor can feed the
sheep. 

787
00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:28,400
The second way is to hold fast 
the faithful word and I'm just 

788
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,000
taking these directly from the 
Bible. 

789
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,200
We see that in Titus Chapter 1 
and verse number 9, Titus 1 

790
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:37,300
verse 9 says holding fast, the 
faithful word as he hath been 

791
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:39,500
taught that he may be able by 
sound Doctrine. 

792
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,400
Both to exhort and to convince 
the gainsayers but hold fast, 

793
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,300
the faithful word, right? 
If I. 

794
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,000
And I'm saying, I because, 
obviously, I'm the pastor and 

795
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,400
this is my responsibilities, is 
that, this is the, this is what 

796
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,800
God's called me to do, but if I 
waffle on everything and well, 

797
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,800
you know, I know the people 
don't really like this very 

798
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,600
much. 
So, let's bend it a little bit 

799
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,300
and change the word of God, a 
little bit. 

800
00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:04,400
And let's, let's, you know, we 
don't need the harsh words in 

801
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,000
the King James. 
Let's bend it a little bit and 

802
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,500
go to one of these other 
versions. 

803
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,000
And, you know, It to the people 
a little bit easier, and 

804
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,700
whatever else. 
I mean, whatever it happens to 

805
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:16,300
be, but that's not holding fast.
The faithful word, the third 

806
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:19,400
thing, then to feed the church 
would be to preach the word. 

807
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,900
That's why I have to spend time,
studying and praying and 

808
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:26,800
preparing, and preaching sermons
second, Timothy chapter 4, and 

809
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,900
verse number to preach the word 
be instant in season, out of 

810
00:40:30,908 --> 00:40:34,100
season reprove rebuke, exhort 
with all long-suffering and 

811
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:37,300
Doctrine. 
Boy, if most people in most 

812
00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:41,200
churches saw that today, And I 
don't know if I guess it's just 

813
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,800
not being taught, but, oh, you 
can't say mean things like that.

814
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:48,000
You can't you can't preach hard 
anymore, right? 

815
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:49,700
Well, that's what the Bible is 
saying. 

816
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,600
Preach the word be instant in 
season out of season which means

817
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,100
be ready. 
Always to preach when need be 

818
00:40:56,100 --> 00:41:01,400
but reprove rebuke, exhort with 
all long-suffering and Doctrine.

819
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,900
I mean that does those are harsh
words, right? 

820
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,200
I mean, rebuke somebody reprove 
somebody. 

821
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,100
Well, you can't tell me that I'm
wrong. 

822
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,200
You can't tell me this, you 
can't tell me that. 

823
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,900
And again, I mean, I think the 
second half of that is just, as 

824
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,100
important as the first half, but
with exhort with all 

825
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,300
long-suffering and Doctrine, 
right? 

826
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,000
You ought to be kind in the way 
that you get it across, but it 

827
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,800
has to be gotten across and it 
has to be done. 

828
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:30,700
And those are, those are not the
the fun parts of being a pastor,

829
00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:32,300
right? 
The last thing I want to do is 

830
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:35,000
make people mad. 
The last thing that I want to do

831
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,500
is have people storming out in 
mad at me and angry with me and 

832
00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:40,700
whatever else. 
But the last thing that I want 

833
00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:44,300
to do, before I hurt your 
feelings is to hurt God's 

834
00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:46,700
feelings and not preach the 
truth, right? 

835
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,700
Not preach. 
The word as the Bible says, the 

836
00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:51,800
fourth thing then. 
To do the work of an evangelist.

837
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,200
It's not a job that belongs just
to me but it belongs. 

838
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,100
First to me, if I'm to lead you 
in it. 

839
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:00,400
Second Timothy chapter 4 and 
verse number five. 

840
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,200
Be thou it but but watch thou in
all things endure afflictions do

841
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,700
the work of an evangelist make. 
Full proof of thy. 

842
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:09,700
Ministry was the work of an 
evangelist? 

843
00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:11,800
Let's get the message of the 
Gospel outright. 

844
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:16,500
And evangelist is a proclaimer, 
right? 

845
00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:20,000
Somebody who proclaims the 
message of the gospel and then, 

846
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,800
and Then be a wise counselor. 
That's the way to feed the 

847
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,400
church and that idea is found in
the word Elder the word Elder 

848
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,500
means counselor. 
Let me give you some final 

849
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:31,600
thoughts here. 
As we close them back over. 

850
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,500
The first Timothy chapter 5 
We're going to get to this in a 

851
00:42:35,508 --> 00:42:37,100
second. 
Number one, the qualifications 

852
00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:40,100
for pastors, reflect the immense
importance of this ministry, 

853
00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:43,900
right? 
We looked at 10 at 11 that were,

854
00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:47,800
in addition to the ten or so 
that we looked at last week for 

855
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,000
the deacons, that's about 20 or 
21 qualifications in order to be

856
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,400
a pastor. 
Well, that eliminates so many 

857
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,600
people you can't do you know. 
Well that's that's the 

858
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:01,000
importance of that role. 
It's not just something that you

859
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,400
say well, you know, I think I'll
be a pastor today. 

860
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:06,900
You know what? 
I'm Bill done being a painter. 

861
00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:08,300
I think I'm just going to go be 
a pastor. 

862
00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:13,100
All right, I mean that's not 
it's there because it's number 

863
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:16,800
one, it's a calling but there's 
a lot of requirements that are 

864
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,900
on somebody who wants that work.
Number two pastors, are the 

865
00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:22,300
spiritual under Shepherds that 
God calls to take care of his 

866
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,000
flock. 
Charles Jefferson again. 

867
00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:27,300
One of the secrets of the 
fascination of Shepherd as a 

868
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,000
title. 
Is that the word carries a 

869
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,300
straight to Christ himself 
Associates us at once with him 

870
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,000
so far as the new Testament 
tells us, Jesus never called 

871
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,400
himself, a priest, or a 
preacher, or a Rector, or a 

872
00:43:38,408 --> 00:43:41,400
clergyman, or a bishop or an 
elder, but he liked to think of 

873
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,600
himself as a Shepherd. 
I think it's great. 

874
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,300
Number three, so full-time 
position That's essential to the

875
00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:47,800
well-being of every local 
church. 

876
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,000
If I don't, if I don't use the 
majority of my time and I have 

877
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,300
other things that I do, I'm a 
chaplain. 

878
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:55,600
I do some of this wood working 
things on the side, but 

879
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,300
everybody that I ever do 
anything for whether it be wood 

880
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:01,900
working or whether it be with 
the chaplaincy or anything else 

881
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:06,100
knows that the church comes 
first, And if something comes up

882
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,700
that requires my attention for 
something in the church. 

883
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,600
They know that, that's where my 
first responsibility is, they 

884
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,800
know, they can't call me out on 
Sundays, they know mother can't 

885
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:19,200
call me out on Wednesdays. 
There's times when I can't be 

886
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,400
called out and I have that very 
plain for them to see because 

887
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,900
I'm not going to skip Wednesday 
night because I got called out 

888
00:44:25,900 --> 00:44:28,800
as a Chaplain. 
You know, I'm not going to skip 

889
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,500
visitation on Saturday because 
I'm working on a wood project 

890
00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:33,400
and I got to get this thing 
finished, right? 

891
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,300
That is, this is my primary job 
my primary responsibilities and 

892
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:41,900
I try to take it very seriously.
Number four, There's absolutely 

893
00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:44,600
no warrant in scripture for the 
hierarchies that evolved in some

894
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,100
denominations or groups of 
churches. 

895
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,000
Every local church should have 
their own Pastor, right? 

896
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,800
Larger churches. 
Very well may have more than one

897
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,900
Pastor on their staff that helps
there should still be one the 

898
00:44:55,908 --> 00:44:58,500
lead. 
Pastor One Pastor that oversees 

899
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:02,900
everything, but but the larger a
church gets its it does become 

900
00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:05,300
necessary to have assistant 
pastors. 

901
00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:09,400
If you will, who help in certain
areas in certain aspects, but 

902
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,000
no, Pastor should control group.
Oops of churches or 

903
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,200
denominations what you see in a 
lot of places. 

904
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,100
But since we as Baptist believe 
that there are only two offices,

905
00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:20,300
don't clutter up, the flow 
charts with, you know, trustees 

906
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,900
trustee boards, and Elder 
boards, and committee boards. 

907
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:25,700
And all of these other things 
that you see, in a lot of these 

908
00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:28,200
other churches, right? 
Pastor and deacons. 

909
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,900
Those are, those are the two 
offices that we see that God 

910
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:33,500
give us in the church. 
And then, the last thing is 

911
00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:36,100
this, and, but the scripture 
makes it clear that Pastor 

912
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:38,200
should be remunerated wherever 
possible. 

913
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:43,500
Second, Timothy chapter 5, Verse
17. 

914
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,700
Let the elders that rule, we'll 
be counted worthy of double 

915
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:48,300
honor. 
Especially they who Labour in 

916
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,900
the word and Doctrine for the 
scripture saith. 

917
00:45:50,900 --> 00:45:53,400
Thou shalt not muzzle. 
The ox that treadeth out, the 

918
00:45:53,408 --> 00:45:56,500
corn and the laborer is worthy 
of his reward. 

919
00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:59,500
Now that word honor here can 
mean respect, but it means wages

920
00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:03,700
and a local church should should
fully appreciate the value of 

921
00:46:03,700 --> 00:46:06,300
the Pastoral Ministry by 
recognizing that, we see another

922
00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:08,700
lengthy passage in 1st 
Corinthians chapter 9, that Paul

923
00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:10,600
was talking to the church at 
Corinth. 

924
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:13,500
This chapter chapter 9 verse 7 
through 14. 

925
00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:17,500
But somebody said this and I, 
you know, obviously this is I'm 

926
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:23,600
not saying it because, you know,
it's talking about the wages of 

927
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:27,200
a pastor is always a weird topic
to talk about because I'm how 

928
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,100
much you going to pay me now for
this, right? 

929
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:31,600
But somebody said a church that 
will not adequately support 

930
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,500
their pastoral staff, will not 
Prosper. 

931
00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:35,100
Spiritually. 
And I think that's, I think 

932
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:38,200
that's, I think that's a worthy 
saying. 

933
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,600
But Second Corinthians chapter 9
and verse number six says this, 

934
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:43,600
But this I say he would soweth 
sparingly shall reap also 

935
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,300
sparingly and he which soweth 
bountifully shall reap also 

936
00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:48,400
bountifully. 
And I think that principle Works

937
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,700
in any aspect of our lives, 
right? 

938
00:46:50,700 --> 00:46:52,900
We give to God, he's going to 
give back to us. 

939
00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:55,900
We believe in pastors and 
deacons we don't we don't have 

940
00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:58,200
any deacons yet. 
I may not be too far off for us,

941
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:02,200
but we do have a pastor and, and
I'm not better than any of you. 

942
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:04,200
God doesn't love me more than he
loves you. 

943
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,800
I'm not perfect. 
I try to be real. 

944
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:12,700
I'm not perfect. 
But I do Genuinely care for you,

945
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:17,500
and for your family and for the 
church and for the Lord and I'm 

946
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,100
not perfect. 
But I do take my job seriously 

947
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,400
and the day that I stop taking 
my job seriously as the day that

948
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,800
I was step out of the ministry, 
right? 

949
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:32,100
It's a very serious job, it's a 
very serious business and the 

950
00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:35,000
same way that God does not play 
with our lives. 

951
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,100
I should not be playing. 
With the lives of the people 

952
00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:41,300
that God's given us here in this
church and when we have deacons,

953
00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:44,500
I pray that they'll do the same.
But what a tremendous 

954
00:47:44,900 --> 00:47:48,800
responsibility and not that 
other churches don't have only 

955
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,700
pastors and deacons but a lot of
churches, add a lot of a lot of 

956
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,300
offices that we just don't find 
in the Bible, right? 

957
00:47:57,300 --> 00:48:01,100
And that's one of the things 
that makes Baptist distinct not 

958
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:03,000
that we're the only church that 
does Baptist. 

959
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:06,000
I mean, that does pastors and 
deacons, but that is one of the 

960
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,600
things that does set us apart 
with all These other things is 

961
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,500
that we believe in two offices 
and their the offices of the 

962
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:13,900
pastor. 
The Deacon, right. 

963
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:20,800
Let's let's review one more time
before we pray and finish up 

964
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,600
here. 
So the Baptist distinctives we 

965
00:48:23,607 --> 00:48:28,700
have one more next week but B is
the authority. 

966
00:48:28,700 --> 00:48:35,700
A pea T. 
Which are? 

967
00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:38,200
Baptism. 
Lord's Supper. 

968
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:45,500
I Individual soul, Liberty 
s-save church membership and the

969
00:48:45,508 --> 00:48:47,100
one that we just finished the 
tea. 

970
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,900
Two offices, which are pastor 
and Deacon. 

971
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,400
The last one I'm going to Spill 
the Beans. 

972
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:57,300
It is separation of church and 
state and that's a big 

973
00:48:57,500 --> 00:49:01,200
distinction. 
The Baptist's were the ones who 

974
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,400
basically made that happen in 
the United States. 

975
00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:07,700
It was a Baptist pastor. 
I don't want to get ahead of 

976
00:49:07,700 --> 00:49:10,200
myself, but it was a Baptist 
pastor who got that. 

977
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:16,800
That the first of the in the 
Bill of Rights that basically 

978
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,300
the separation of church and 
state. 

979
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:20,200
And we're going to be looking at
that next time. 

980
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,500
Next week. 
All right, let's pray and then 

981
00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:24,000
we'll be dismissed. 
Father, we love you, give me. 

982
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,600
Thank you for your word. 
I thank you for the truth that 

983
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:28,600
we find in it. 
God, I pray that you help 

984
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,500
everyone of us to fulfill to the
greatest of our ability, the 

985
00:49:31,500 --> 00:49:34,900
role that you've given to us in 
this church. 

986
00:49:35,300 --> 00:49:38,900
And God, I pray that we'd be 
doing everything we can to get 

987
00:49:38,900 --> 00:49:44,900
the message of the Gospel Out to
Get Lost Sinner's in and to 

988
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,600
disciple them, those they get 
saved disciple them to See them 

989
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:52,300
grow and mature in their 
Christian faith and God I pray 

990
00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:56,100
that you would just continue to 
help us as we try to reach this 

991
00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:58,200
area for you. 
I pray that you'd send a Revival

992
00:49:58,500 --> 00:50:02,700
here to our church that it 
would, it would spark something 

993
00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:07,600
so great. 
That We can't help but people 

994
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,000
can't help but notice that 
there's something going on here 

995
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,500
and what we have, that's the 
desire. 

996
00:50:13,100 --> 00:50:16,400
So God I pray that you would 
just be with those who are still

997
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,700
sick. 
I know that most people are 

998
00:50:17,700 --> 00:50:19,800
finishing up with that and I'm 
thankful for that but I pray 

999
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,000
that you just helped him to get 
well and be able to be back here

1000
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,900
for church on Sunday. 
Thank you for all that you do 

1001
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:26,700
for us in Jesus name. 
Amen.