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Welcome, good morning again. 
To you introduce myself earlier 

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is Kyle service lead. 
Pastor here. 

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I'm glad that you're here. 
You have your Bible would you 

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please open to Titus Chapter 1? 
Titus Chapter 1, we're going to 

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continue in the series which we 
began last week Titus. 

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The I guess the subtitle to that
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observing how the gospel and 
godliness work together. 

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How does the gospel produce 
godliness? 

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How does godliness inform the 
gospel? 

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How do they work hand-in-hand 
for the good of? 

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The church, the good of the 
world and the glory of God. 

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And so we'll get into those 
things as we roll today. 

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Today, what we're going to 
observe is the is the kind of 

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men that are called to lead a 
church, its Elders, that they 

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were be to be full of both the 
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Let's let's read together. 
Verses 15 through 9 chapter 

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1539. 
Sorry, not versus 15. 

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That would be 15. 
So anyway, let's read together 

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one. 
One through nine here. 

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This is why I left you in Crete 
so that you might put what 

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remained into order and 
appointed Elders in every town 

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as I directed you. 
If anyone is above reproach, the

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husband of one wife and his 
children are believers and not 

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open to the charge of 
debauchery, or insubordination 

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for an overseer is God's. 
Steward must be above reproach. 

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He must not be arrogance or 
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violence or greedy for gain. 
In but hospitable I love her of 

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good. 
Self-controlled upright, holy 

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and disciplined. 
He must hug hold firm to the 

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trust for the word as taut, so 
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instruction and sound Doctrine, 
and also, to rebuke those who 

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contradict it. 
That is the word of the Lord, 

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let us pray, Heavenly Father, we
thank you for your word. 

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We thank you, that it instructs 
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corrects us, rebukes us that a 
teaches us it trains us and all 

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matters of godliness. 
We might be complete in Christ. 

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And father, I pray that now for 
myself and these here's these 

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listeners. 
My dear brothers and sisters. 

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We've gathered today to hear 
from Your word Lord, we're not 

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here to hear my words, were here
to hear your words. 

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Father, help us to hear them. 
Well, help us to hide them in 

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our heart that we might not sin 
against you. 

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It's in Christ's name we pray. 
Amen, amen. 

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Paul, as we discussed last week 
has left Titus, who is a close 

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companion. 
He's a fellow worker of the 

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Gospel. 
He's left him in Crete. 

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This island off the coast land 
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hearing. 
Verse 5. 

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What we see is that he's giving 
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remains in to order. 
Put what remained into order and

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appoint Elders in every town. 
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well as what we see in the rest 
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some context clues as to what in
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churches in Crete. 
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Task that lays before Titus and 
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The difficult nature. 
Of it that it's not an easy 

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task. 
That it's something that is 

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going to require much hard work.
It's going to require men who 

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can join in on this kind of 
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The church is in every town 
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Paul says, put what remain in to
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This doesn't mean that they're 
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dysfunctional, but there is 
dysfunction within the churches.

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If you've ever been a part of a 
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church. 
Who is traded the vision of 

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Christ centered. 
Worship for others, for a 

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self-centered culture. 
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about the Lord, a self-centered 
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then, you know, something about 
the difficulty facing these 

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Christians, you know, a bit of 
something about what faces these

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soon-to-be pastors, who will be 
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town. 
You know, what's facing or 

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something about what's facing 
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I'll go ahead and give you a few
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In Titus, a few reasons. 
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dysfunction that these churches 
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there was some sayings that 
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the first things we read about 
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teachers, upsetting whole 
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It says that those false 
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there's upsetting whole families
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What they ought not to teach 
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with sound Doctrine. 
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Accord with sound, Doctrine does
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actually said in his word. 
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as whole families are believing,
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themselves over to it. 
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their corrupt leaders, are these
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are likely questioning the 
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It could be doubting, God's 
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received it? 
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about what is the gospel truly 
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How do we follow it on top of 
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There's outside pressures of 
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the church. 
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says that by the word of 
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the their own This Prophet said,
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They're evil beasts lazy 
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So there's an outside pressure 
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The church is retreating, the 
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churches, even joining them in 
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pursuing godliness through the 
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Which leads me to at least one 
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I suspect there's more but at 
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this book is there's an 
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And then by ignorance, I just 
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lack of knowledge about the 
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chapters 23, Paul goes through 
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gospel should affect one's life 
that it should make them zealous

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for good works because God has 
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death and resurrection of Jesus 
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People who are to be zealous for
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The gospel should affect your 
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It should change your life. 
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You mind body, and soul. 
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lover of the world, to a lover 
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God's love has changed your 
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Paul says, in chapter 3 verse 8,
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God, maybe teach these things so
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may be careful to devote 
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These things are excellent and 
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That the dangers facing the 
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Today really aren't any 
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They might wear a different 
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churches throughout our city. 
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our nation. 
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There are false teachers 
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Today, propping themselves up as
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receive this rebuke but he says,
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Gain. 
What, not what they ought not to

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teach silence them, Titus rebuke
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There are pastors, who are 
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evangelicalism for their own 
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I teach for selfish gain, what 
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One glaring, example of this is 
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Prosperity Gospel. 
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teach, and many of them aren't 
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They don't have churches there. 
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evangelist. 
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who exercise true faith in 
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physical material and financial 
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often side too, if you will just
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personal Ministry fund, Then you
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prosperity. 
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you, which I pray that it does. 
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You know, better, it does 
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many families outside 
worldliness is influencing the 

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church today, as it was in 
Titus, we might adapt epimenides

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as quote by saying the world is 
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Liars, evil beasts and lazy 
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It's foolish to look to the 
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life. 
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We must be men and women who are
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women who will go to God's word,
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to life and godliness. 
The truth is self, but the word 

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of God is self attesting that it
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It proves itself as you read it,
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learn about in God's word, is 
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pertaining to life and 
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You see much of the world has 
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argue apart from science. 
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baby in the womb is a cluster of
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life. 
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then believe in in fight for it 
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What about the ride of that 
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There are self professing 
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lie, we've bought into it and 
the same vein their self 

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professing. 
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the LIE of critical theory which
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about abortion because they 
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I simply cannot fathom. 
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We see an ignorance throughout 
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godliness. 
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simply by belief in God, or that
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Again, they will enter Heaven. 
That's be clear. 

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Romans 10:9. 
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confesses with their mouth, that
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their heart, that God raised him
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They will be saved. 
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correctly it. 
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see that, even the demons 
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name of Jesus, there's a fear of
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of God, but a fear of God 
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So they have belief even with 
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some professing Christians can 
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For themselves. 
That's not enough to save your 

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soul, belief in Christ life 
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his resurrection for the 
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followship. 
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It requires one to put his life 
where his mouth is to not simply

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say on his Facebook profile. 
I am a Christian, but to 

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actually walk as a Christian, 
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says, there will be many on the 
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Who say to me, Lord Lord, did we
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name? 
And I will say to them Christ 

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says, depart from me, for, I 
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Believers are followers of 
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True. 
Believers are recipients of 

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Grace of, mercy of Love, unto 
eternal life. 

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True Believers have been 
transformed and so you will know

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them by their fruit. 
Christ, says, a bad tree cannot 

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bear. 
Good fruit. 

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Neither can a good tree bear. 
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inspectors? 
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the gospel, Denying self. 
Counting or Life Is Lost for the

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for Christ's sake. 
And to follow him, that's true 

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salvation. 
These are just a few things that

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I think Titus lays out for us. 
For the sake of time, we need to

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keep moving but there are many 
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Over the churches in Crete, 
there are many dangers, looming 

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outside the Church of Crete 
there is problems within and 

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without What is the answer from 
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What does Paul instructs Heidi's
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What about it? 
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It's Godly elders. 
It's Godly elders. 

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Both in the churches and Creed 
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solution to dysfunctional 
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The point I want to lay before 
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think titus's what Paul is 
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that Elders. 
Serve the church has pacesetters

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Elder serve, the churches 
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and pastors by Nature. 
Not a nature of their own in 

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nature, which has been recreated
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their nature. 
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through 12 says this, it says, 
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Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ, 
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apostles, the prophets, the 
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pastors and teachers to equip 
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Ministry for building up. 
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The Shepherds and teachers 
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context of the local church, 
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context of local church, they're
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himself for the equipping and 
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Christ, which is the church. 
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global expression. so, the first
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today is this, that Elders lead 
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Lead the local church back to 
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This is why I left you in Crete 
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reminded to order and appoint 
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Now I did of appointment is to a
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Appoint, the office of Elder, 
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plural. 
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leading its multiple pastors 
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Are to lead the local church, 
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local church Elders. 
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every Church within each town, 
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many r's, this functional that 
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that every church is to be led 
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establishing churches and acts. 
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Barnabas it says. 
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Elders for them in every church 
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committed them to the Lord, in 
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and he appoints Elders first. 
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the really simple route. 
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Check on all these churches 
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during his ministry. 
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are appointed the Holy Spirit 
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elders were and he appoints them
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But acts 14 and Titus 1 or not, 
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about this office of Elder in 
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chapter 20, Paul meets with the 
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He meets with them on the shores
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which describe the role of 
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There. 
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you see the role of overseer and
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He addresses them as all three 
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see the word overseer. 
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of overseer, he desires a noble 
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And she's very, similarly, 
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Titus 1, which again, gives 
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before. 
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are tied us and First Timothy, 
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time. 
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calls himself, a fellow Elder 
he's riding too many churches in

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the dispersion. 
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though. 
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He identified himself with these
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And he addresses, the elders in 
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riding, he charges them to care 
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so we see here that Elders 
pastors overseers are synonymous

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terms. 
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word Bishop depending on what 
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place of overseer but those 
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None, the less describing one 
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Old Elder Elders are the lead, 
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pastors, or as I will emphasize 
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pastures. 
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is that Elders are men. 
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becomes more pervasive churches.
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worldly ideologies through what 
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roles. 
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they were equal. 
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complementarianism which is that
men and women are equal in value

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equal in worth as created in the
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As we see in Genesis 1:26 and 
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image and likeness he created 
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Adam was to be the worker and 
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Adam was to leave his family. 
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was to be a help meet to him. 
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clear, understanding of the 
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femininity within its 
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This isn't a brand new thing. 
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It says let a woman learn 
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I do not permit a woman to teach
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man. 
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for, Adam was formed first, then
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but the woman was deceived and 
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Paul hears describing the roles 
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church in chapter 3 which comes 
just a few verses later, he gets

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into the roles of Elders and S, 
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of Pastor and overseers rooted 
in the task of teaching, the 

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church and exercising authority 
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include men and women. 
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serving as Elders are serving as
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This doesn't, however, exclude 
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will see explicitly, and I'm 
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Chapter 2. 
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teaching children as second, 
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Timothy Timothy. 
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instrumental in his faith. 
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Always, that's not what, that's 
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Timothy Chapter 2, he's not 
saying that she should never say

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a word but he's saying that 
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of teaching men or exercising 
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Over men within the local church
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we must make is that this likely
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not evangelize a man, she could 
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but it does mean that the man's 
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other men. 
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where Paul says, what I've 
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Faithful, Men Who can teach 
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into this about how women are to
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disciple men. 
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it this way? 
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in creation, that's why Paul 
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man first in the female, the 
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created. 
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sacrificially lead, his family 
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love both in the church but 
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roles in the church mirror, the 
roles in the home, it's the way 

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God has established the Order 
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scriptures of what an elder is 
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Titus 1 that he is to be the 
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to keep his children submissive 
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husband. 
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only to men unless you're buying
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That is present today. 
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Another office that I believe is
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women deacons are addressed. 
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wives. 
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sense. 
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the Elder qualifications, there 
are no qualifications for an 

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Elders wife. 
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before it seems like a great 
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qualifications known. 
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used for wives is simply the 
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view some validity. 
It's also a view that's been 

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practiced throughout church 
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Haddon, Spurgeon, John Calvin 
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So we're in good company. 
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ecclesiology the way we do that 
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and deacons are men and women, 
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the church. 
However, in churches were there 

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Deke were deacons are the 
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what most of you grew up in. 
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around in the south The 
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Those deacons are functionally 
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should not be women present on 
that Deacon team until the terms

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are clarified in the new office 
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This is why many of you grew up 
in such churches without women 

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deacons and so maybe your 
knee-jerk reaction to my, my 

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thoughts on. 
This is - like, whoa, wait a 

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minute. 
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that but I don't have time in 
this sermon so let's keep 

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pressing forward. 
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or the role of Elders. 
First Timothy 3 puts it are to 

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serve as Elders in the local 
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I want to lay before you today 
that they were to be pacesetters

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and pastors there to be 
confirmed and affirmed by other 

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elders and the congregation. 
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then submit themselves to this 
Godly leadership. 

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So long as their leadership is 
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Hebrews 13:17 The rider, their 
ins his book of Hebrews with 

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several different thoughts and 
one of the thoughts, he lays out

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as this obey your leaders and 
submit to them for they are 

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keeping watch over your souls as
those who will have to give an 

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account, let them do this with 
joy and not with groaning, for 

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that would be of no advantage to
you. 

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So is the office for any man, 
who wants to be a pastor? 

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No, it's not for any man. 
Who wants to be a pastor? 

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It's for men. 
Qualified by certain 

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characteristics. 
First, let's look at those 

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characteristics and taught us 
1638 when we read these to us. 

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Again, if anyone is above 
reproach, he's the husband of 

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one wife is his children are 
believers and not open to the 

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charge of debauchery or 
insubordination an overseer is 

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God's Steward. 
Our as God, Steward must be 

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above reproach, he must not be 
arrogance or quick-tempered or a

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drunkard. 
Or violent or greedy for gain. 

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But hospitable a lover of good. 
Self-controlled upright. 

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Holy and disciplined. 
As I read that list, I think I 

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would happily submit myself and 
I have, and the role in the way,

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our Elder team functions submit 
myself to men who are like this.

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It's a joyous thing to do. 
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Elders are men who set the pace 
in Godly oversights, but Paul's 

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has Titus with choosing the 
right. 

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Kind of men, not simply any man,
these men will face difficulty 

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from Their opponents, these men 
will face inside and outside 

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pressures. 
They must be the kind of men who

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can face those difficulties with
godliness as they oversee, the 

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congregation under their care, 
the list of qualifications has 

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more to do with the man's 
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Please understand that today. 
Character, and the role of 

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Pastor, really in the role of 
anything is greater than 

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giftedness. 
You see this with athletes all 

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the time, right? 
Somebody's super talented. 

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It's super gifted athletically, 
but their character stinks and 

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nobody wants to be on their 
team, nobody wants to coach 

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them, right? 
The same is true for any other 

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roll off, probably you work with
people who are this way or 

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really gifted at their job. 
But their character states in 

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the church especially this 
should not be the case, we 

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should not be more gifted. 
Than we are possessing the 

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character traits of godliness. 
Many are gifted right? 

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Many pastors are gifted. 
They have a charismatic 

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personality people want to 
follow them. 

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They may be a great speaker. 
So you hear things like that, 

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man. 
He's such a great speaker. 

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A follow-up question of that 
lately has been. 

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What does that even mean? 
but when a pastor stands up to 

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preach, That the congregation or
the hearers ought to say, what a

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great, God, we serve not what a 
great speaker. 

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You are. 
Amen. 

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He's fun to be around. 
He's knowledgeable list, can go 

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on but not all men. 
Have the character for the role 

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of Pastor yet. 
Maybe they are called by God 

452
00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:04,500
that the Paul went through three
years. 

453
00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:08,800
Of training. 
It was practicing Ministry while

454
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,600
I was trying, but he was 
training before you begin to do 

455
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,300
Mission work in Antioch and 
Beyond. 

456
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,900
That's why Paul says, in 1st 
Timothy 3 about Elders that he 

457
00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:22,500
must not be a recent convert. 
It cannot be a new believer. 

458
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:26,600
Lest he become, puffed up and 
the devil sift him character, 

459
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,700
often comes with seasoning, a 
man needs to walk the walk for 

460
00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:32,100
some length of time. 
He needs to have his views 

461
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:34,000
challenge. 
He needs to get his feathers 

462
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,000
ruffled and disagreements. 
He needs to face, fears and 

463
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,800
failures. 
And those moments. 

464
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,100
That's when a man's character is
truly seen. 

465
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,500
There are too many stories about
pastors who started out great, 

466
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,800
but flamed out in the end due to
poor character. 

467
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,900
So Paul begins with if anyone is
these things, if he is above 

468
00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:57,200
reproach, which is mentioned 
twice, here about elders and 

469
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,600
overseers above reproach. 
Does not mean he is perfect, 

470
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,100
this is not the idea of 
perfection, but it's the idea of

471
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:06,800
dependence. 
Repentance dependence on God. 

472
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:11,600
He's living as one who has 
humility, he's living with 

473
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,800
awareness regarding his own 
sinfulness. 

474
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,600
He's living as one who is quick 
to repent, quick to apologize 

475
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:20,900
when the occasion arises and he 
causes and offense. 

476
00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:24,100
He's remaining above reproach 
through confession and 

477
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,400
repentance. 
He's the husband of one wife, 

478
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,600
this means he's devoted to his 
wife, especially in the care of 

479
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,900
her spirituality. 
He's caring for her spiritually,

480
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:39,100
emotionally, physically, and 
mentally. 

481
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,700
He's a one woman, man. 
Also sure, his eyes are on his 

482
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:47,700
wife, only, which also implies 
Purity. 

483
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,400
He's a pure man, I do not 
believe this means that a 

484
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,500
previously. 
Divorced man cannot be an elder.

485
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,900
I don't think the Bible teaches 
that I think that Those cases 

486
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:02,500
must be taken as a case-by-case 
scenario within a church. 

487
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:06,500
The man would need to have a 
track record of repentance for 

488
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:10,900
the divorce and a devoted love 
toward his wife with some 

489
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:16,800
lengths and years to it. 
He says children and the word 

490
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,400
here for children, implies those
who are still under your care 

491
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:22,300
since not children, who are out 
of the home but those who are 

492
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:26,100
still living in your home, it 
says children are believers. 

493
00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,700
They're not open to the charge 
of DeVos debauchery or 

494
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,200
lavishness they're not 
insubordinate to Authority, 

495
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,200
they're not rebellious. 
Here's the deal with this. 

496
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,500
A man cannot guarantee the 
salvation of his child, right? 

497
00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:42,300
We understand that salvation is 
a work of Christ. 

498
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,700
A lot of work of God Alone. 
He initiates, if he completes 

499
00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:50,900
this work, It's can't mean that 
his children must be Believers 

500
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,100
but I think what it does mean is
that he must be discipling them 

501
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:57,600
to be Believers again. 
Paul, in first Timothy 3 says 

502
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,800
that he manages his household. 
Well, as he talks about the role

503
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:02,900
of his marriage and the role as 
a father. 

504
00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:06,500
So, it's discipling is children 
to be Believers as Deuteronomy 

505
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:11,300
6, Ephesians 6, home, 78, and 
further, instruct father's to 

506
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:15,300
do, he is committed to raising 
them and the discipline and 

507
00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:18,600
instruction of the Lord while 
they were under his care. 

508
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,300
He's trusting God to save them 
as he works and faithfulness 

509
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:27,600
that way. 
We see that he's God's Steward. 

510
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,100
He'll be held accountable as a 
steward as an overseer of God's 

511
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,700
people, in Elder does not have 
his people. 

512
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,700
He has God's people and an 
elder. 

513
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,100
Has as his Shepherd Christ, just
as the members of his church 

514
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:50,000
have as their Shepherd Christ. 
So when elder acts, then as an 

515
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,200
Under Shepherd to the great 
Shepherd, he is to do what the 

516
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,000
shepherd says. 
He should not lead them in any 

517
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,600
direction that Christ was not 
instructed by his word, his 

518
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,600
commitment is to Christ. 
His commitment that says word, 

519
00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:09,000
His commitment is to their good 
and ultimately to God's glory 

520
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,900
alone. 
He is not building his own 

521
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,200
kingdom. 
He's building the kingdom of 

522
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,200
God. 
And so in that vein he can't he 

523
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,300
cannot be the kind of man who is
arrogance. 

524
00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:25,500
He can't be quit quick-tempered.
He can't be a drunkard. 

525
00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,800
He can't be violent or greedy 
for gain. 

526
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,200
And consequently, this is 
exactly how the false teachers 

527
00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:42,600
acted, which will see next week.
He is, then to be hospitable 

528
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:47,500
mean he welcomes Outsiders, 
unbelievers are welcome in his 

529
00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,600
presence, he doesn't just have a
disdain for them. 

530
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,700
He's welcoming them into his 
presence so that he might share 

531
00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:55,600
with them. 
The love of God, he's a lover of

532
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,500
good. 
He's self-control that if so 

533
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:02,300
controlled here means that he 
cares about his future enough to

534
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:05,500
control his passions and desires
now. 

535
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,600
That's goes hand in hand. 
With being above reproach. 

536
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:14,000
Someone does something that 
causes an offense to the Eldar. 

537
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:20,000
He is slow to anger. 
He is self-controlled and he 

538
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,500
makes sure to respond in such a 
way that he will not disqualify 

539
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:27,300
himself from eldership. 
So make sense, he's 

540
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,200
self-control. 
He cares about his future. 

541
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,100
He's upright, meaning he's 
righteous. 

542
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,600
He's just in his works. 
And his words, his decisions. 

543
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,300
He's holy, which means he values
Purity. 

544
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,600
He values, piety, he values 
humble Devotion to the Lord. 

545
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,900
And he's disciplined which is 
similar to self-control but it 

546
00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:55,800
was different in this and that 
it's the idea of resolutely 

547
00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:01,200
controlling your - desires which
would then lead you to a 

548
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:06,700
positive action. 
So you recognize you have sinful

549
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:10,400
Desires in you and so now you're
taking the necessary steps to 

550
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,500
control those and you insert 
positive. 

551
00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:18,900
God honoring God pursuing 
actions. 

552
00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:25,100
And so implicitly, not stated 
but understood. 

553
00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:29,800
He must be a mature believer. 
A Man simply cannot do these 

554
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,300
things without humbling himself 
before. 

555
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:34,199
The Lord becoming completely 
dependent upon God to complete 

556
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:36,900
the work, which God began in 
him. 

557
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,500
The Elder sees himself as the 
branch and not the vine. 

558
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:43,199
That Christ is the vine. 
He is the branch and he 

559
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,300
understands apart from that. 
He will bear no fruit but if he 

560
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:50,300
will abide in Christ as the 
branch abides in the vine and so

561
00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:54,300
gets its life from the vine that
he will bear fruits for the 

562
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,500
Lord. 
And so prove to be God's 

563
00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:00,700
disciple is Jesus. 
Lines and John chapter 15 having

564
00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:03,300
seen these characteristics, we 
should then have a better 

565
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:06,000
understanding about an Elders 
role. 

566
00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,500
He is to set the pace for the 
church and godly. 

567
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:14,100
Oversights, he leads, by 
example, not merely by word, he 

568
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,400
walks the walk and he talks the 
talk. 

569
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:22,800
And if he doesn't Then he 
shouldn't be considered for 

570
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,400
eldership. 
And if he's already an elder, 

571
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,100
then he shouldn't be an elder in
the local church, any longer. 

572
00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:34,800
So what this means for you, 
whether you're an elder or not 

573
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,100
as members of a local church 
that this passage encourages you

574
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:42,500
to do, at least two things. 
One is to strive to have these 

575
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:48,200
characteristics yourselves. 
Pastors should be the kind of 

576
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,300
men who are worth following as 
they are following Christ as you

577
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,000
become the kind of men and 
women, the kind of boys and 

578
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,000
girls who are walking by the 
spirit of God and not by your 

579
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,200
own flesh. 
These qualifications for Elder 

580
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,800
are basic traits of 
Christianity. 

581
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:07,700
They're not for pastors, only, 
just listen to Galatians 5:16 

582
00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:10,300
which was written to the church 
at galatia to the men and women,

583
00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:13,000
the boys and girls there who 
were serving the lord. 

584
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,400
He says, but I say walk by the 
spirit and you will not gratify,

585
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,100
the desires of the flesh for the
desires of the flesh, are 

586
00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:21,300
against the spirit and the 
desires of the spirit are 

587
00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,200
against the flesh. 
For these are opposed to each 

588
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,600
other there to keep you from 
doing the things you want to do.

589
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,600
But if you are led by the 
spirit, you are not under the 

590
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,300
law. 
Now the works of the flesh are 

591
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:38,200
evident or sexual immorality. 
Impurity, sensuality idolatry 

592
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,300
sorcery, enmity, Strife, 
jealousy, fits of anger, 

593
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:48,100
rivalries dissensions divisions 
Envy drunkenness orgies, and, 

594
00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:51,900
and things like these Paul 
saying, this list isn't even 

595
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:54,500
complete there, more. 
That could be here. 

596
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,700
He says, I warned you as I 
warned you before that, those 

597
00:36:57,700 --> 00:37:00,700
who do such things will not 
inherit the kingdom of God. 

598
00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,200
Again he's describing 
characteristics of the world 

599
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,100
here. 
Those who follow the Flesh and 

600
00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:12,200
then he says but the fruit of 
the spirit is love, it's Joy, 

601
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:16,800
it's peace, patience, kindness 
goodness, faithfulness, 

602
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,800
gentleness self-control, against
such things. 

603
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,000
There is no law. 
If you'll notice the difference,

604
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,600
the first list is about the 
actions of the person. 

605
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,900
It's not merely describing their
characters, describing their 

606
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:31,200
actions, but the second list is 
about to transform character. 

607
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:35,000
The man or the woman the boy or 
the girl who's now in love with 

608
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:39,300
the Lord Jesus. 
He says, those who belong to 

609
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,900
Christ have crucified, the flesh
with its passions and desires. 

610
00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:46,700
So again the traits laid out 
here for Elder are just simply 

611
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:51,100
that you're observing mature men
in the Lord. 

612
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,800
Before you say, hey, let's call 
this man. 

613
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,000
To become an elder candidate and
potentially an elder in our 

614
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,900
church, right? 
But how do you dessert? 

615
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:06,900
Observe it if men and the church
are not having these things as 

616
00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:10,500
their characteristics. 
For not pursuing the Lord in 

617
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:12,900
such a way that it produces 
godliness in their life. 

618
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,600
Then there's few men to choose 
from and so the pastor has his 

619
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,900
work cut out for him. 
I must calm into repentance calm

620
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:24,500
into value godliness devalue, 
the gospel. 

621
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:30,200
So as Christians men women boys 
and girls we need to pursue 

622
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,600
these things. 
The second thing I think that it

623
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,100
reveals is that you should 
affirm future pastors who have 

624
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:41,200
these characteristics Make sure 
that the men that are put before

625
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,500
you as Elder candidates. 
Exemplify these things. 

626
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,000
And if you're not sure ask 
questions, the second thing is 

627
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,900
holds your current pastors 
accountable to these things if 

628
00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:59,400
You observe in us the lack of 
these come to us. 

629
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:13,600
And please pray for us, often. 
It would be unloving not to do 

630
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,500
so, because pastors are going to
give an account as Hebrews 13 

631
00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:21,300
says, for the way that they LED 
God's people. 

632
00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:27,800
So, please understand the 
standard of godliness here, 

633
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,000
strive for it yourself and 
courage, it and others affirm 

634
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,900
Godly aerial to elders and pray 
for them and one another 

635
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:38,400
concerning these things. 
Now having seen the character of

636
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,800
the man, let us now. 
Look at his responsibilities and

637
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,800
verse 9 Elders are pacesetters. 
We just looked at now. 

638
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,300
We're going to see that Elders. 
Are pastors verse 9. 

639
00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:53,400
He must hold firm to the 
trustworthy word as taught. 

640
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,400
The he may be able to give 
instruction in sound Doctrine, 

641
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:59,200
and also, to rebuke those who 
contradict it. 

642
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,600
So, in verses 6 through 8, we 
see that the man's commitment to

643
00:40:02,607 --> 00:40:07,000
Godliness must be present. 
It must be discernible 

644
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,800
observable in his life. 
And now we see his commitment to

645
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:15,000
the Gospel of Jesus. 
He must be a Godly overseer and 

646
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:20,500
a major part of his role in 
oversight is to be a pastor It's

647
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:25,600
to Shepherd, God's people. 
Paul lays out here, three 

648
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,000
responsibilities of Elders. 
The first is he holds fast to 

649
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,200
the trustworthy word is taught 
he holds fast to, it says he 

650
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:38,300
must hold firm or hold fast to 
the trustworthy word as taught 

651
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,600
That's goes hand in hand, with 
the idea of stewardship that we 

652
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,400
saw earlier Church. 
Elders, are to Steward God's 

653
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,000
word. 
No, to take what God has said. 

654
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,800
And to give their lives to his 
word. 

655
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,000
They're to live their lives and 
submission to it there to live 

656
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,600
their lives and study of it 
there to live their lives. 

657
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,800
In such a way that they're not 
adding to God's word by adding 

658
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,000
extra commands on God's people 
would be one way. 

659
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,500
We observed in scripture 
Pharisees were really good at 

660
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:13,000
that. 
But they're also not to take 

661
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:17,800
away from it or to know it in a 
way that they're sure that 

662
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,100
they're not adding to it or 
taking away from it that they're

663
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:23,900
holding fast to God's word as it
was taught, that means as they 

664
00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:28,100
received it. 
Now, this is even clearer today 

665
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:32,000
than it would have been in first
century Christianity, but 

666
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,000
because we have a completed 
Canon of scripture, we have a 

667
00:41:35,008 --> 00:41:37,500
new testament, which has been 
finished. 

668
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,100
We don't have to wonder what was
taught when it says, hold fast 

669
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:42,500
of the trustworthy word is 
taught. 

670
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,300
We don't have to say, well, what
was it? 

671
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:47,800
We have it from Matthew to 
revelation. 

672
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,500
We have it from Genesis to 
revelation. 

673
00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:58,000
We know what is God's word? 
It's written plainly for us. 

674
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:02,500
It's in Black and Whites. 
Let the Elders of God's Church. 

675
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:06,200
They must hold fast to his where
they must settle themselves on 

676
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:07,600
it. 
They must labor with the Holy 

677
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,700
Spirit to know God's word must 
labor with the Holy Spirit to 

678
00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:14,500
live, according to God's worth 
both personally, especially and 

679
00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:17,100
pastorally. 
I'll add especially to that. 

680
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:22,000
Also, both are extremely 
important. and I would argue you

681
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:30,300
cannot do this pastorally if you
are not doing it personally, the

682
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:33,400
apostles in Acts 6, had a 
dispute arise among them. 

683
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:34,900
The church is just getting 
going. 

684
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:40,900
And there was a massive moment 
of Salvation and acts to after 

685
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:45,800
Peters. 
Sermon The church has grown and 

686
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:50,700
there are hellenists which were 
Greek Jews. 

687
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:52,700
Essentially. 
And there are Hebrews which were

688
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:57,100
Jews. 
And that there's a dispute 

689
00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:58,700
between them. 
The hellenists are not being 

690
00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:02,400
cared for their widows are not 
receiving the daily portion of 

691
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,200
food and so they're like, hey 
Apostles. 

692
00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:08,900
We've got a problem. 
There's no, they were basically 

693
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:15,100
accusing the Jews of being 
favoritest of ignoring Their 

694
00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:19,000
widows. 
And so the apostles response to 

695
00:43:19,008 --> 00:43:24,500
this was We can't go all. 
We can't be the one to serve all

696
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:28,700
these tables and so they chose 
seven deacons to serve tables 

697
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,500
and the apostles who were 
functionally, the pastor's of 

698
00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:34,100
the church in that time because 
it was so new. 

699
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:37,700
They said, we must do this so 
that we can devote ourselves to 

700
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:41,700
prayer and the ministry of the 
word, there was a role that 

701
00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:45,200
Elders must observe. 
This doesn't mean I never serve,

702
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:46,900
physically doesn't mean any of 
that. 

703
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:48,900
That's not what they were 
saying, or not saying, we're way

704
00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:51,400
up here. 
It just means the A first 

705
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:55,400
importance is not whether or not
someone eats bread. 

706
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,400
The matter of first importance 
is whether or not they eat God's

707
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,900
word, they have it, they know 
it. 

708
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:06,200
And they're following you when 
the world begins to demand that 

709
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,700
church has, softened their 
language concerning sin, 

710
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,900
masculinity femininity, holding 
this hell, Grace forgiveness. 

711
00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:17,400
Mercy gathering on Sundays 
marriage, gender. 

712
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,900
And love. 
Church Elders, are the kind of 

713
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:25,000
men who stand up and say not on 
my watch. 

714
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,000
But hold fast to the trustworthy
word is taught. 

715
00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:36,300
Even if it costs them their job 
or their life for their security

716
00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:42,200
or trusting in Christ alone. 
They're bound to him, they're 

717
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,400
slaves to him as we saw Paul say
last week. 

718
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,800
I pray with the changing with 
the way the cultures and 

719
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,100
hyperdrive and its 
transformation right now. 

720
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:59,400
I pray that God grants me the 
courage. and the conviction to 

721
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:05,100
hold fast to his word as long as
I am pastoring, as long as I'm a

722
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:10,100
Believer, even, and the same for
whoever goes after me and 

723
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:15,700
pastoring this church, and the 
pastor's after them, But it's on

724
00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:18,200
the elders. 
Now, in this church to establish

725
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:22,200
that sort of culture here, and 
it's on the members of this 

726
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,400
church to make sure that kind of
culture is established here. 

727
00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:28,600
So, we must understand these 
things, we must give ourselves 

728
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,800
to these things. 
The second thing we see about an

729
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,200
Elders that he must be able to 
give instruction in sound 

730
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,400
Doctrine. 
This means he's a kind of expert

731
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,900
in God's word and I don't mean 
that he knows it 100% that 

732
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:42,100
there's nothing more for him to 
learn. 

733
00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:45,900
That's not what I'm saying, but 
that he knows God's word. 

734
00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:49,100
Well enough to teach sound 
Doctrine and part of being able 

735
00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:52,700
to teach some doctrines able to 
recognize false Doctrine. 

736
00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:59,600
This has in mind more than 
teaching though, teaching would 

737
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,200
be Jasper. 
Did a great job of this this 

738
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:03,800
morning. 
He taught us the attributes of 

739
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:08,200
God and Sunday school, and he 
said but God is love and he even

740
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:12,800
got to what makes teaching 
teaching is what is our response

741
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,700
to this? 
These truth that we've learned 

742
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:16,800
this morning is that we worship 
God. 

743
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:22,400
That's what a pastor does. 
It would be wrong to say, God is

744
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,900
love and then to never explained
to The Listener, what that means

745
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:30,300
for their life, that would just 
be mere transformation of facts.

746
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,400
That's not helpful for the 
Christian Life. 

747
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,800
So the pastor must urge his 
listeners to turn away from 

748
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:44,100
their sin, which, which makes 
them unable to love God to turn 

749
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:47,200
to God by faith that they might 
know his love. 

750
00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:54,100
The pastor says God loved the 
world enough to send his own son

751
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:58,600
to die, for your sins, to be the
propitiation for your sins, the 

752
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:02,300
payments for your sins to take 
on himself. 

753
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:07,500
What was your debt? 
So that whoever believes in, 

754
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:12,200
Jesus Christ will be saved. 
They will have eternal life. 

755
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:16,600
They will not perish. 
Pastors are men who hold fast to

756
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,500
the word of God, who given 
instruction in sound Doctrine. 

757
00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:23,400
And that instruction is 
persuasive in nature. 

758
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:28,400
It's an active pleading with the
listener to turn from the world 

759
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:34,400
and turn to God. 
Instruction is supported by a 

760
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,900
call to action. 
It's not simply. 

761
00:47:35,900 --> 00:47:39,400
Here is the truth of God's word.
It's here is what God's word 

762
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,900
says. 
And here is a right response to 

763
00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:46,300
hearing God's word repentance 
and faith. 

764
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:52,300
Men and women boys and girls. 
What this means is as long as 

765
00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,100
the Elders of the church are 
teaching sound Doctrine. 

766
00:47:56,500 --> 00:48:03,000
You were wise to listen to it. 
You're wise to hear it and to 

767
00:48:03,008 --> 00:48:07,600
Bear the fruit of obedience. 
If it's God's word, they teach, 

768
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,600
then your obedience is not to 
those elders, but to God 

769
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:16,500
himself, This is what I'm trying
to teach to my own children. 

770
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:19,400
Obeying mommy and daddy is good 
and right. 

771
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,500
The Lord says to do that. 
And because the Lord says to do 

772
00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:26,400
that, if you obey me, As I'm 
teaching, you correct, things. 

773
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,800
Then you're really your 
obedience is to God, and that's 

774
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:33,700
a matter of first importance. 
The same is true for the 

775
00:48:33,700 --> 00:48:37,900
congregation. 
Finally, we see that he must be 

776
00:48:37,900 --> 00:48:42,000
able to rebuke those who 
contradict sound Doctrine, the 

777
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:46,000
Elder must not, let unsound 
Doctrine, upset individuals or 

778
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:49,400
whole families. 
He must be on the lookout for 

779
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:54,100
false teachers and teachings. 
The things that his congregation

780
00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:58,200
may be prone to. 
And then he with laser focus 

781
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:03,100
with gentleness and with 
conviction and boldness is able 

782
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:06,900
to rebuke the teachers and the 
teachings, the call them to 

783
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:12,100
repentance if they believe such.
the idea of rebuke here in Titus

784
00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:16,000
is that of argumentation, which 
is not the Facebook version of 

785
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:21,500
argumentation, It's debating. 
Its reasoning with its talking 

786
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:25,100
out things. 
It's an attempt to convince the 

787
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:29,200
person of their false teachings 
or to convince a person of their

788
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,400
false beliefs from false. 
Teachers. 

789
00:49:33,300 --> 00:49:36,600
The pastor is the shine a light 
on faulty Doctrine, he's to 

790
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,800
expose it as it is all for the 
purpose of helping, someone find

791
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:45,500
the gloriously life-giving 
doctrine of God as God as 

792
00:49:45,500 --> 00:49:47,900
revealed in his word, you see 
the elders. 

793
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:51,700
Not interested in propping 
himself up as the, sole faithful

794
00:49:51,700 --> 00:49:53,200
teacher. 
That's, that's not what. 

795
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,600
Laughter. 
He's saying there are people out

796
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,300
there who believing things that 
are upsetting whole families and

797
00:49:58,300 --> 00:50:02,400
their teaching as good, what is 
really meant for their own 

798
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:06,000
greed. 
Rebuked them. 

799
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,600
Why? 
Because there's a life-giving 

800
00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:12,800
transforming gospel that exists 
and we need to get that into the

801
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,800
hearts of men and women. 
And so an elder sees that as his

802
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,400
conviction, he commits himself 
to it. 

803
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:26,900
If I ever stand up here and I 
say something like I'd I declare

804
00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:29,400
you'll say this with me. 
I declare that you are Healthy 

805
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:34,400
and Wealthy and strong. 
In Jesus name, please. 

806
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,400
Instruct one of the deacons with
tasers to take me out. 

807
00:50:39,900 --> 00:50:41,600
Tell me you're like wait is that
a thing? 

808
00:50:42,300 --> 00:50:46,200
Tasers deacons act foolish and 
find out. 

809
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:53,800
It's all I know to tell you. 
Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan 

810
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,800
Pastor in colonial America, in 
the early 1700s. 

811
00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:05,600
He was a really kind of a leader
of the Great Awakening. 

812
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,900
But many of you read his sinners
in the hands of an Angry God and

813
00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:15,200
we're told in high school how 
terrible that service least. 

814
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:19,600
That's how I remember it. 
It's a bit of an unfair 

815
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,200
treatment of Jonathan Edwards, 
but he has this thing to say 

816
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:25,300
about pastors. 
He says there are two ways of 

817
00:51:25,300 --> 00:51:28,700
representing and recommending 
True, Religion, and virtue to 

818
00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:32,900
the world, which God had made 
has made use of. 

819
00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:36,200
He said, the one is by Doctrine 
and precept. 

820
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:42,500
The other is, by instance, and 
example, This is what I'm laying

821
00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:45,500
before you as pastors, Elders 
should be pastors and 

822
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:48,400
pacesetters. 
They are to know the doctrines 

823
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,600
and precepts of God and teach 
those things. 

824
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,300
Well, But they ought to be 
examples. 

825
00:51:55,700 --> 00:51:57,800
Of that belief in their 
godliness. 

826
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,500
Brothers and Sisters. 
Jesus Christ is the head of the 

827
00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:06,400
church. 
Not me, not Alan Garrett, not 

828
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,400
Jasper, Jack. 
We have a couple of Elder 

829
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,400
candidates right now who just 
begun their candidacy process. 

830
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,800
James Jones, we introduced them 
at the last members meeting 

831
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:19,900
James Jones and Steve Atkinson. 
We are not the head of this 

832
00:52:19,900 --> 00:52:22,700
church Christ is the head of 
this church. 

833
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:29,200
I've joked recently. 
Looking back to when I was hired

834
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:34,400
which my first Sunday will be 
seven years ago next month or 

835
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,500
next week. 
Sorry, thank you. 

836
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:39,500
That's one happy person 
appreciate it. 

837
00:52:43,700 --> 00:52:46,200
But I've made the comment that I
wouldn't hire me now. 

838
00:52:48,900 --> 00:52:54,000
But I praise God. 
That he went us together in this

839
00:52:54,000 --> 00:53:00,000
way. 
And I thank you for your 

840
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,400
kindness toward me. 
And they seven years. 

841
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:09,900
I've failed you multiple times 
the ones that really hurt are 

842
00:53:09,908 --> 00:53:11,800
the ones I filled that are no 
longer here. 

843
00:53:14,500 --> 00:53:16,400
Those are the ones that keep me 
up at night. 

844
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:27,800
But my comfort is that Christ is
the only perfect, man. 

845
00:53:30,500 --> 00:53:34,200
He is our example, he goes 
before us. 

846
00:53:35,500 --> 00:53:37,700
And he calls us his own by his 
own blood. 

847
00:53:39,900 --> 00:53:43,600
He equips Us by his spirit, for 
the work of eldering. 

848
00:53:47,100 --> 00:53:51,300
It's his church and we're humble
slaves and service to him. 

849
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,600
Being an elder requires mileage 
and that's why I say I wouldn't 

850
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,300
have hired myself. 
Then I had to 0 mileage on me. 

851
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,100
I was just getting drove off the
lot. 

852
00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:09,700
I was eliminate times. 
Being an elder requires years of

853
00:54:09,700 --> 00:54:13,900
faithful service to God. 
It requires fruit from it and 

854
00:54:13,900 --> 00:54:15,500
requires knowledge of God's 
word. 

855
00:54:15,500 --> 00:54:18,800
It requires the ability to teach
others what God's word says and 

856
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:22,000
does it say requires a 
commitment to counsel others? 

857
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:27,800
According to God's work. 
It requires courage and more. 

858
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,700
It's not for the weak at heart. 
It's not for the new Christian. 

859
00:54:32,700 --> 00:54:34,200
It's not for the people 
Pleasers. 

860
00:54:35,900 --> 00:54:39,500
Man, if I messed up in that area
from Tom and Gore time and time 

861
00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:43,300
again, even though it is for men
who will lead the local church 

862
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:50,400
as a steward is for men who will
set themselves on Pace for 

863
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:54,100
godliness and then become 
pacesetters for others. 

864
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:59,300
It's for men who will oversee 
with a submission to the lord. 

865
00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:03,000
It's for men who will Pastor 
others by teaching God's word 

866
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,000
and rebuking those who 
contradicted. 

867
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,400
It's for men who are pacesetters
and pastures. 

868
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:11,900
Brothers and sisters, I beg of 
you this morning to store these 

869
00:55:11,900 --> 00:55:18,100
truths in your heart. 
So that you may pursue this kind

870
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:21,500
of Godly character alongside 
your brothers and sisters here 

871
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:24,600
today. 
That all of us together can say 

872
00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:27,900
we've been transformed by the 
Gospel of Jesus Christ, and 

873
00:55:27,900 --> 00:55:34,700
we're moving onward. 
Toward maturity and him, hide 

874
00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:36,200
these roots in your heart. 
So that you may be able to 

875
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,100
protect the role of Elder at 
this church by holding Elders to

876
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:45,000
the biblical standard. 
And also by affirming, men who 

877
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:49,800
meet the standards. 
Hide the truth in your heart 

878
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,500
that you might pray for your 
elders. 

879
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:57,000
Pray for your Elder candidates, 
according to this list of 

880
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,200
qualifications and 
responsibilities. 

881
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,600
Have I asked you to pray for us.
Please, pray for us. 

882
00:56:09,300 --> 00:56:14,500
If I end with these, these two 
groups of people, Believers my 

883
00:56:14,500 --> 00:56:17,800
brothers and sisters here today.
And what way is God speaking to 

884
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:22,900
your heart concerning? 
This passage this morning. 

885
00:56:24,700 --> 00:56:26,800
Is it a conviction for a new 
belief? 

886
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,600
Is it the revealing of some 
sinfulness that needs 

887
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,800
repentance? 
Is his in urging toward 

888
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:39,000
spiritual maturity. 
Is it something else? 

889
00:56:41,300 --> 00:56:44,100
I encourage you to respond 
Faithfully to the Lord this 

890
00:56:44,100 --> 00:56:48,900
morning, and if you're an 
unbeliever in here, know this, 

891
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:52,600
that Christ Jesus died for your 
sins. 

892
00:56:53,900 --> 00:56:56,100
And if you will repent of your 
sins, if you will place your 

893
00:56:56,100 --> 00:56:59,700
faith, your belief in Christ. 
Jesus for your salvation, 

894
00:56:59,700 --> 00:57:03,000
meaning you will follow him as 
the one who has saved you, then 

895
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:09,700
you will be saved today. 
And I urge you, I implore you do

896
00:57:09,700 --> 00:57:15,600
not wait until a future time but
commit your life to Christ now. 

897
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,200
Would you stand to your feet as 
we pray? 

898
00:57:21,300 --> 00:57:25,100
Heavenly father, I thank you. 
For this word today. 

899
00:57:25,100 --> 00:57:26,900
I thank you. 
Lord, for this church. 

900
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:30,900
Thank you, Lord, for what we've 
seen today. 

901
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,700
Lord, would you help us to 
believe it with all our heart. 

902
00:57:34,700 --> 00:57:38,300
Would you help us to follow you 
and godliness? 

903
00:57:42,100 --> 00:57:46,600
UPS, the value sound Doctrine, 
has to turn away to be aware of.

904
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:54,700
Have an eye looking for false 
teaching false beliefs, father, 

905
00:57:54,700 --> 00:57:59,000
help us today as we're asking, 
we are desperately dependent on 

906
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:02,500
you as as members of your body 
together. 

907
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:10,100
Lord, would you let this be a 
place where Godly Elders lead? 

908
00:58:11,900 --> 00:58:16,600
Protect us father from ungodly 
Elders now and in our future. 

909
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:22,900
Keep Us Safe. 
Lord, grant to us, men who have 

910
00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:25,800
a conviction of being an Under 
Shepherd of Christ. 

911
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,700
That these are your people not 
his people that this is your 

912
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:37,200
kingdom not his kingdom. 
It's your word, not his word. 

913
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:42,500
Father, would you help us all to
Aspire? 

914
00:58:43,700 --> 00:58:46,500
The traits of godliness that we 
see here and so the book of 

915
00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:50,900
Titus just over and again, make 
so playing for us to see. 

916
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,100
At the fruit of the Gospel is 
godliness. 

917
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:00,600
Help us to be Godly men and 
women Godly boys and girls as we

918
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:05,000
pursue you. 
Lord, if there's anyone in here 

919
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:10,400
who is an unbeliever father, 
would you grant to them 

920
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:14,300
salvation now Would you save 
them from their sins? 

921
00:59:14,300 --> 00:59:17,000
Would you give them a conviction
weighs heavy on them? 

922
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:20,100
A burden, which they have to 
unload at the foot of the cross?

923
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,000
They would Place their faith in 
Christ and be saved. 

924
00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:33,700
Begin living a new life. 
Father, we love you. 

925
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:36,900
We thank you for your son Jesus 
Christ. 

926
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,800
We thank you for your Holy 
Spirit, which resides in its now

927
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:46,800
and helps us to live for you. 
We ask all these things in the 

928
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,300
name of your son. 
Jesus, hang them.