Episode 319 - Succession - Part 3 (1 Peter 5)

Succession - The Core Values of the Church

Part 3 (Elders) 

 

Christology Missiology Ecclesiology

 

Who are they? (1 Timothy 3:1-7)

 

1Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 

2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 

3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 

4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 

5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) 

6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 

7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.

 

What they do? (1 Peter 5:1-2)

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: 

2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;

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How they do it? (1 Peter 5:2-5)

 

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