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As we've been doing each week we
also begin with the passage 

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found in the book of Titus. 
You remember very briefly. 

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Now this was the Apostle Paul 
telling Titus the reason that he

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left him increase found in Titus
Chapter 1 and verse 5. 

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And here it is for this reason. 
I left you in Crete that you 

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should set in order, the things 
that are lacking and appoint 

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ordain Elders in every city as I
commanded you now very, very 

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briefly sometimes people think 
because Creek was so large and 

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it was over a million people 
there and ancient historians say

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that there were over 100 cities 
there. 

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And the Apostle Paul told Titus 
to ordain Elders in every city 

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or in every church that they 
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Divine help or miraculous help 
from God. 

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But not so these were qualified 
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how Who was it that they were 
qualified. 

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And today, we struggle trying to
find a plurality of men that 

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would fit the qualifications to 
be an elder in various 

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congregations, in the body of 
Christ. 

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For example, in our country, I 
think the answer is very simple.

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If you go back to Five Lessons, 
to the very first one, I made 

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this point, many of those that 
were converted early on were 

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Jews. 
They had lived their life, they 

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had worship, they have served 
God under under the law of 

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Moses. 
In other words, these were men 

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that were already spiritually. 
Minded. 

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In other words, they didn't have
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qualified to be Elders. 
So, what's the answer today? 

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The answer today is we need more
men in this begins. 

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When they're young, we need more
men that are spiritually minded 

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and work toward the end of being
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One day now, The word elder or 
the term Elder the office of an 

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elder? 
Is described in three ways of a 

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very brief. 
He is called an elder because 

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the word Elder means older. 
And with experience now the very

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definition of the word 
eliminates, a young man that is 

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full of, or not full of 
experience, he is also called a 

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bishop and why is that? 
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the congregation which is he is 
an overseer, he is also referred

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to as a pastor and pastor's 
Pastor is not preacher. 

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Pastor is an elder. 
And this man is referred to as a

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pastor because he is a Shepherd.
Describing the task to feed the 

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flock of God. 
Now, All that being said. 

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There's a lot of qualifications 
that a man must feel and a man 

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must be able to qualify in these
very briefly. 

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We've noticed these so far 
number one, he must desire, the 

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office. 
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office, if he's going to do 
that, if he's going to desire 

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the position or title or office 
of an elder, he must eagerly or 

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earnestly. 
Desire the work. 

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He must be a man. 
Not certainly a This man 

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nobody's a sinless man but he is
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Another words there's no 
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he's a one-woman man. 
In fact Paul simply calls that 

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the husband of one wife he is 
faithful and true to his one. 

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Bride just as Jesus Christ is 
faithful and true to his bride. 

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And that being the church 
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he has. 
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What is relevant is all of his 
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And need to be faithful 
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He needs to be as the King James
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man. 
Then the the new King James says

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temperate, the Old King James 
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means he's calm and his demeanor
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He is sober minded. 
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self-control in both his 
premeditated actions and his non

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premeditated. 
Reactions. 

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This is a guy that's a 
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He's a guy of good behavior and 
what that means is his outward 

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behavior in his life. 
Simply is a luminary of the life

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that's already inside and that 
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In other words, he reflects 
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What else? 
He's a lover of strangers. 

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He's a man of hospitality. 
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Also one that is skillful and 
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And not just exclusive to the 
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also inclusive of a private 
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And one that gives good advice 
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Last time we noticed these six, 
he's not to be given to wine and

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literally means not beside wine.
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It means he total abstinence. 
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What else? 
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He's not a violent man. 
He doesn't do those things. 

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He's not greedy for money. 
He is not a mind. 

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Loser. 
He's gentleman what that means. 

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Doesn't mean timid. 
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Is talking about somebody that 
is reasonable somebody, that 

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allows for the other person to 
speak somebody that allows the 

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other person's feelings and 
thoughts to that's a gentle man 

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or simply a gentleman, what 
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He's not quarrelsome. 
He's not an argumentative person

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and finally he is not Covetous, 
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money, one scholar just simply 
said, that money is not his God.

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God, these are 15 that we've 
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Here's number 16, this morning, 
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He rules his own house. 
Well, Now, in 1st, Timothy 

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Chapter 3 and verse 4, the 
passage reads one who rules his 

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own house. 
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submission with all reverence. 
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Sometimes people misunderstand 
the word rule, one scholar said,

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it simply is this and I love 
this when you describe somebody,

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that is ruling his own house. 
Well, you are describing a man 

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that stands before his family 
and and not stands above his 

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family. 
That's that kind of a man. 

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What am I saying? 
I'm saying he's not a dictator. 

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I'm saying he as a Shepherd 
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So as Jesus Christ is our Good 
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Now, picture this, the Bible 
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the bishop of our souls. 
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When it says he's the bishop of 
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That means he is the overseer of
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What else he is? 
Also a Shepherd, what's a 

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Shepherd do? 
Do there's a Shepherd stand 

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above to the shepherd bark out 
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It has a Shepherd, yell out, 
commands know a Shepherd good 

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does. 
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leading and he leads them and 
they follow. 

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He leads and he guides. 
The point is this if an elder 

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trains his children with 
discipline proper discipline, 

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discipline and love, he will use
the exact same qualities to 

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train discipline and encourage 
members of the household of God.

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Now more about rules. 
Ruling. 

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Well, and ruling over. 
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In an additional sense? 
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Rules by showing the way not by 
shouting, the orders that I just

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mentioned. 
He is not one that does that 

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that shouts out and gives 
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He is somebody that leaves by 
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He leads by faith and not by 
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got to tell you. 
If a person is in a position of 

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leadership, please hear me. 
I don't care what aspect of life

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that it is. 
I don't care. 

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If you're a teacher, I don't 
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care if you're a parent, I don't
care if you just have people in 

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your job that you are over. 
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people that are under you, that 
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something sadly wrong with your 
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house that I say, I've heard 
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probably ridiculously did so in 
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at some point in time, you say 
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I should never have to make 
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I should never have to make that
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I should never have to utter 
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house because I am standing 
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them, they should know by my 
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behavior that I am the head of 
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for somebody that kept saying, 
I'm the boss? 

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I'm your boss really? 
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If you have to keep saying, if 
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your leadership skills and your 
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Now, let's talk more about the 
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I think it's very important. 
Some translations actually just 

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render it managed. 
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You're a manager, you are 
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guiding. 
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That comes from a Greek word is 
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as rules and in other 
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But it comes from this Greek 
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demise and it means to be that 
head to direct to be concerned 

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about and care for. 
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the word boss in there at all. 
It's the same work. 

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Now that word effect is found in
a number of passages. 

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It's found in first 
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verse 12. 
And it's also found in first 

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Timothy 5:17. 
Remember this? 

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We mentioned it last time that 
an elder who rules well is 

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worthy of double honor. 
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doesn't mean he gets to chicks, 
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being an elder. 
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that is teaching the word of God
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full-time commitment. 
He's worthy of support financial

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support, just like just like a 
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In fact Paul says those that 
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rules. 
Well, what are we talking about?

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We're talking about somebody 
that is managing, well, somebody

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that is leading well in the 
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There's another passage to 
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this works found there too. 
It says he who exhorts in 

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exhortation, he who gives in 
liberality, he who leads? 

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Same word with diligence. 
Now, in this verse Paul, 

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discusses those who serve in the
church in various capacities and

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although Paul does not mention 
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is referring to them. 
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lead, he's talking about, An 
elder. 

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No Doubt. all right, first of 
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word Pro histamine I It's 
obvious that Elders. 

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Have a measure of authority. 
That's true. 

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But you remember, we mentioned 
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about Desiring the office number
when we studied that the very 

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first lesson that those words, 
desire are there two different 

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words. 
The first word desire means you 

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have the desire for the 
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The second word desire means you
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work. 
Now why is that important? 

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That's important because when 
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leadership or you have a 
position of authority, you need 

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to be the kind of a person that 
realizes that my influence is 

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more important than my 
authority. 

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My influence is more important 
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Authority here, derives from our
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responsibility as an elder to 
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The example of the family is 
used to describe the work of an 

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elder. 
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Please understand, a good. 
Father does not practice 

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authoritarian rule in the home. 
I'ma say it again. 

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A good father, does not practice
authoritarian rule in the home. 

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A good father. 
Manages a good father directs. 

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A good father is concerned about
a good. 

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Father is one who cares for a 
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Father is a man that stands 
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his family. 
I read this from a so-called, I 

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don't know, expert so-called I 
guess it's worth what you pay 

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for. 
It was nothing was free but I 

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want to share it with you. 
He said this the authoritarian 

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form of family government with 
Its emphasis on total Conformity

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and submission is one of the 
least effective ways for a 

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father to manage his family. 
Now, a father can still be the 

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head of the family without being
authoritarian. 

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Now. 
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What do I mean by that? 
What do I mean by authoritarian?

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It's defined really is this? 
Someone who shows a lack of 

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concern. 
For the wishes and opinions of 

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others. 
He is one that has a domineering

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and dictatorial, attitude and 
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That's a dictator. 
That's not a good father. 

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You know, what happens too many 
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approach. 
It very. 

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Sadly often provokes family 
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Rebellion. 
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obey your parents in the Lord 
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Notice what he says he says, and
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commandment with promise, which 
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on the earth. 
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may live long on the earth. 
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Now, I'll tell you something. 
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responsibility to be that. 
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faithful children, I have the 
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trying to bring up my children 
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must train my children in that 
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wrath but bring them up in the 
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Don't disqualify your father. 
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ago and I mean this, but really 
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that. 
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approach, though, the home is 
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forgiveness is its, where 
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So, a man that manages his 
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That's the whole point. 
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one man said, Emotionally 
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wise in his life will provide 
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All right, so not only is he to 
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Well, but number 17 and I have I
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they go together but I've 
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qualifications. 
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he's to rule his own house, 
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his children in subjection, Now.
I got to say, when Paul gives a 

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qualification to Titus, And then
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Timothy. 
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and the qualifications to Titus.
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and So I make this point when he
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children in submission or 
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he can have young children in 
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He said, you have to have 
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All your children are. 
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Christians. 
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Same Christians that Our 
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or submission with reverence. 
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other first, Timothy three and 
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two different qualifications 
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One who rules? 
Well his own house doing what 

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other now? 
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father who rules or manages or 
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And again, the point is this, 
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should be one rather than 
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The children know their father's
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voice. 
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concern, a voice of fairness and
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and Elder knows each member of 
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And by the way, when working 
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that wants to have elders, One 
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evangelists great gain, I is we 
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ears for their family to fill 
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I thought that was really wise 
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words, their questionnaires, 
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your wife and kids. 
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But when the doors are shut and 
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sees who we really are. 
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respects me based on what I do, 
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Then that's who I really am. 
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guy that needs to be an elder if
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loving kind caring family, man, 
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He will do the same thing in the
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So the reason for this 
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reason, verse 5, watch this for 
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rule his own house. 
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Church of God? 
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But then, there's the next one. 
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He is not a novice. 
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Timothy Chapter 3 and verse 6. 
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Not a novice. 
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novice lest being puffed up with
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condemnation as the devil. 
Now, this Greek word here, Nia 

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Foo Tous is a compound word and 
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word that was taken from two 
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So when we try to figure out 
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talk about that. 
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Talking about something that is 
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Tous is simply one, that is 
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He is a new convert. 
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Now I'm going to tell you, 
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get from Nia frutos. 
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It's the word that means 
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tell you something. 
I'm saying these words an 

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exaggeration but here's the 
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chronological age by itself. 
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chronological age. 
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man. 
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He is a man that has Audience, 
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That is an elder, okay? 
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about where he is spiritually 
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be a novice. 
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baptized at 80 years old. 
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He is a novice, he's brand new 
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So it doesn't just mean a man 
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age and therefore he should be 
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He's an elder, if he fits the 
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be a brand-new convert Can't be.
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have the spiritual maturity and 
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good Elder. 
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experience in the faith. 
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period of time and all of our 
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we are available, we are babe in
Christ. 

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There is a period of time. 
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beginning in verse 12, listen to
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verse 12. 
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By this time you ought to be 
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teach you again. 
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Oracles of God and you have come
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for everyone who partakes, only 
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of righteousness. 
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For he is a babe, but solid food
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age. 
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use have their senses, exercised
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First one, and I Brethren could 
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spiritual. 
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in Christ, when someone is 
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authority before he's able to 
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It's very dangerous and you can 
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the devil who was puffed up with
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the work. 
Sometimes people want to get get

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any kind of position because 
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And in charge instead of being a
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humble servant he leads in a way
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That is out in front. 
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way that he demonstrates, the 
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Therefore, he has the Spect of 
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of the body of Christ can see 
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That's how he's living his life.
Not a novice, a humble servant 

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that is not new in the faith. 
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what lest he being puffed up or 
some translations say, lifted up

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with pride. 
Now Kenneth wuest said, this 

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about the phrase being lifted up
with pride, he It's being blind 

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with pride or conceit. 
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you're a novice, when you're new
in the faith, when you don't 

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have the wisdom and experience 
what happens, you can be puffed 

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up or you can be blind with 
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And fall under the same 
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You know, a long long time ago, 
the Bible records that there was

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an angel named Lucifer and he 
was in heaven. 

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He's also called Satan. 
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called the dragon, he's called a
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Lucifer was in heaven as one of 
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And a third of the hosts of 
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Because of pride. 
Paul said this don't put a man 

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that is a new convert or a 
beginner in a position of being 

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an elder or he runs the risk of 
what being puffed up with pride 

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and fall into the same 
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now, a brother who desires to 
become a church leader, I think 

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must have plenty of time and 
opportunity to test his own 

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faith and be shown among those 
that are around him and to give 

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and to give others time also to 
see evidence of his spiritual 

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growth and maturity now folks, 
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We have to have a good 
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Now, do you remember when I have
said, periodically through these

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sermons, that many of these 
things, apply to every Christian

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Do you know when it talks about 
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It's talking about every 
Christian to I will have 

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absolutely no influence at all. 
If I don't have a good 

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reputation based on my behavior 
All the things that we've talked

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about so far, is the reputation 
that a man that wants to be an 

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elder must have in his family 
and the reputation in the 

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church. 
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And that's the reputation among 
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That's those that are in The 
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Timothy 3 and verse 7. 
Moreover, he must have a good 

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testimony among those that are 
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those that are without in other 
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world, So I have to have a good 
reputation among my family among

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the church, and I need to have a
good reputation as a 

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qualification to be an elder. 
If I wanted to be one. 

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One day, I must have a good 
reputation among those that are 

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in the world, too. 
This phrase here actually means 

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this having a good testimony 
among those who are outside one 

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scholar said, it means that he's
a man of General acceptance by 

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reputation. 
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verse 32 is talking about 
reputation and safeguarding your

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reputation among those that are 
in the world. 

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First Corinthians, 10:32 says 
this? 

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Give no offense either to the 
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Church of God, Philippians 2 and
verse 15. 

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Paul advises this he said that 
you may be blameless and 

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harmless children of God without
fault in the midst of a crooked 

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and perverse generation among 
whom you shine as Life's in the 

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world. 
One more, passage Colossians 4 

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and 5. 
Walk in wisdom toward those who 

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are outside Redeeming the time 
now, you know, it's interesting 

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in the new English Bible. 
It renders this passage very 

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clearly watch this. 
This is how the new English 

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Bible. 
Renders this passage He must 

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have a good reputation with the 
non-Christian public so that he 

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may not be exposed to Scandal 
and get caught in the devil's 

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snare. 
Interesting phrase isn't it and 

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be caught in the devil's snare. 
In other words as, as possible 

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as it could be Elders, need the 
shine as lights in the world. 

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Not compromising their Christian
position their In suppose, and 

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their practices. 
Now remember, this, Jesus is the

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chief Shepherd. 
We showed the world Jesus in our

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Behavior. 
That's what we do. 

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We are moral. 
We are committed. 

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We are honest. 
We are sincere. 

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You know, if we really want 
people to know about our 

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reputation and I'm just going 
to, I'm just going to use me, 

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I'll just use me. if you want to
know whether I have a good 

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reputation or not, And you need 
to go and talk to kids on coach.

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You need to go talk to my 
family. 

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You need to go talk to the 
people. 

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I play golf with haven't played 
in a long time. 

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Love it. 
Want to get going again. 

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Love it. 
But the way that I behave 

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outside, Really determines my 
reputation. 

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So, if we were at a point in 
time where we are looking at 

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this qualification for an elder,
we need to have a man that 

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shows, a good reputation in his 
family in the church. 

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But also in the world among 
those that see him at his job, 

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how about that? 
What if you were a businessman? 

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It'd be great to go talk to 
people that you do business 

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with, or employees or whatever. 
And why does it matter, why does

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it matter? 
If the world sees us, living a 

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good life with a good 
reputation, and we are the real 

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genuine article. 
The real deal. 

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As the common vernacular would 
say, you know what happens? 

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God gets the credit and God is 
glorified for the reason or the 

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purpose that you are the Way You
Are. listen to this quote, 

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please I got this from a 
commentary, listen to this 

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quote. 
The reputation of the 

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congregation. 
Is only as strong as the 

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reputation of its leadership. 
And that's a fact. 

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Now, Paul says this, you got to 
have a good testimony among 

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those that are outside less. 
He fall into reproach of the 

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devil. 
Now, the word reproach according

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to w, evine means defamation. 
Disgrace slender. 

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Blame for a ques accusation. 
The point that he's making is as

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Satan himself fell with pride, 
he greatly longs to see church 

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leaders fall into the same 
snare. 

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He was cast out of Heaven 
because of Pride, you know what 

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he wants? 
He wants other people in the 

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church that fall into the same 
disgraceful. 

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Snare of pride. 
That's why we have to have a 

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good reputation among those that
are around us. 

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Paul mentions the snare of the 
devil in 2nd, Timothy 2:26 And 

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that they may come to their 
senses and Escape The Snare of 

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the devil having been taken 
captive by him to do his will 

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now Satan, because of Pride came
under judgment, and that's 

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exactly what he wants. 
That's exactly what Satan wants.

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He wants people of God to come 
under the same judgment. 

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But here's the point, an elder 
must have a good reputation and 

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not be open to an easy attack 
from the Devil. 

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Now, by the way. 
We've just finished the 

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qualifications in the book of 
1st Timothy. 

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Do you see something that 
happened here in verses 6 and 7?

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It sums up the reputation or 
sums up where he began. 

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Do you remember the first thing 
that he said after? 

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He said you have to design the 
office. 

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The very next thing in the very 
beginning, he said you got to be

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blameless. 
You know what he says at the end

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7 verses later got to be 
blameless. blameless in the 

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church and blameless outside no,
sustainable charge against Let 

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me ask you this. 
If you were a person that was a 

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sister in Christ, you can't be 
an elder can't qualify to be an 

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elder. 
We know that, but I guarantee if

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you had a good reputation among 
those that are within and those 

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that are without, you be a 
better person to be a better 

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Christian. 
We all would every one of us, we

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would all be blameless. 
And the reason that this is 

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important is because those that 
are outside of the body of 

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Christ, they will judge the 
church B leaders. 

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Okay in conclusion, here's the 
qualifications that we noticed 

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and the in the introduction I 
went over. 

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These will not do that. 
Again, these are 15 

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qualifications. 
Here's what we've noticed today.

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An elder must first rule or lead
or manage his own house. 

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Well why if you can't manage his
home how's it going to manage 

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the family of God? 
Number two, he must have his 

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children in subjection. 
In other words, they are 

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respectful children. 
They not only are listening and 

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obeying but they are honoring 
their parents and they have to 

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be faithful Christian. 
So we're talking about faithful 

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Christians that are in 
subjection with respect to their

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father. 
He must not be a novice. 

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He can't be a new convert. 
And finally, he must have a good

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testimony, or he must have a 
good reputation among those that

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are in the world. 
Now, that's first Timothy. 

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That's all the qualifications 
given in first Timothy, the 

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remain qualifications from Titus
and this will be next time. 

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Here they are. 
Must not be self-willed or 

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error. 
Get must not be. 

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Quick-tempered must be a lover 
of what is. 

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Good must be Justin. 
Upright must be holy and devout 

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and must hold fast the faithful 
word. 

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