Elders- Positive Qualifications

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Elders- Positive Qualifications

Review Of Previous Lesson Must Be A Man Must Desire The Office Blameless (KJV) or Without Reproach (ASV) Of Good Behavior (KJV) or Orderly (ASV) Patient

Review Of Previous Lesson Vigilant Sober (KJV) or Sober Minded (ASV) Temperate (KJV) & Self-controlled (ASV) Just Holy

Review Of Previous Lesson Have A Good Report Of Them That Are Without

Given To Hospitality 1 Tim. 3:2 Titus 1:8 “Elders should be courteous, friendly, , and kindly disposed” “A lover of strangers” Rom. 12:13

A Lover Of Good Men (KJV) Or A Lover Of Good (ASV) Titus 1:8 “ a lover of good deeds, good things, good people, good in general” 2 Tim. 3:3 Phil. 4:8

Apt to teach 1 Tim. 3:2 “skilled in teaching” “This demands a knowledge of the word, plus the ability to convey the message to others.” James Boyd

Husband Of One Wife 1 Tim. 3:2 Titus 1:6 They are to be family men married to one woman Heb. 13:4

Rule Well His Own House Or Family 1 Tim. 3:4-5 Titus 1:6

Elders-positive qualifications lesson 2 Faithful, Able, Willing Titus 1:9-11 Must be men who are firm in what they know to be true-men who are “sold” on the gospel They must use their knowledge and wisdom to defend the truth Organization of the church