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BIBLICAL OBLIGATIONS TO ELDERS

!! 1 Timothy 5:17-21

 

*   The Church must:*

*I.

HONOR THE ELDERS APPROPRIATELY*

A.        It *STARTS* with an *ATTITUDE*

*v:**17* The */elders /*who */rule well/* are to be considered */worthy/*

*ELDER* speaks of *MATURITY*

~*        Pres-buteros = Spiritual maturity and eternal dignity

*/Acts 20:17/*/ he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church/

*BISHOP* speaks of *AUTHORITY*

~*        Episkopos = Administrator, manager, over-seer

*/Acts 20:28/*/ Holy Spirit has made you over-seers/

*PASTOR* speaks of *MINISTRY*

~*        Pol-maino = Shepherd is the verb and Pastor is the noun form

*/Acts 20:28/*/ …to shepherd the church of God/

worthy . .

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~*        *RULE* = To stand first, first in terms of leadership, first in terms of responsibility (Heb 13:17)

~*        *WELL* = Unusual excellence (1 Tim 4:6-16) ~*Serve, warn, study, reject, disciplines, commands, etc.

*WORTHY* = A value of someone based on the position or rank that he holds

B.         It is *SUPPORTED* with an *AMOUNT*

                       *v:**17* . . . of double honor

*                        DOUBLE* = twice the amount something is worth

 

                        *HONOR* = translated “price” and “wages”

 

 

*II.

PROTECT THE ELDERS INTENTIONALLY*

*~*~*Some accusations must be:*

!!!!! A.     *REJECTED* and *IGNORED*

*5:19 *Do not receive an accusation against an elder…

 

!!!!! B.     *RECEIVED* and *INVESTIGATED*

*5:19 *...except on the basis of two or three witnesses

1.

The *WITNESSES* must be *AVAILABLE* */(v:19)/*

2.      The *SIN* must be *HABITUAL* */(v:20)/*

 

*~*~*A former Church distributed an unsigned letter to the membership: *he loves black people more than white people, he has been slain in the spirit and he speaks in unknown tongues, he deceived the pastor search committee . . .

~*~**David’s confession*

*~*~*There is a third thing obligation to the Elders: The Church must:

 

*III.

REBUKE THE ELDERS OPENLY*

*~*~*How does a Church rebuke an elder?*

A.     *TRUST* the *PRINCIPLE*

*5:20* those who continue in sin rebuke

*5:21 *I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias . . .

B.     *FOLLOW* the *PROCEDURE*

*5:20* …Rebuke in the presence of all

*In 1 Cor 5:1-13 Paul gives us the biblical procedure: We must:*

1.      *MOURN*

*5:2 *You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead . .

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2.      *JUDGE*

*5:3 *For I, on my part . . .

have already judged him who has committed this sin . .

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3.      *PURGE*

*5:7 *Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump

 

4.

*REBUKE*

*1 Tim 5:20 *Those who have been continuing in sin, REBUKE in the presence of all

 

C.

*REMEMBER* the *PURPOSE*

*5:20* …that the rest also may fear

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*~*~*REBUKE David in love:*

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*~*~*David’s Exhortation to deal with our sin*

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*~*~*Invitation*

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*~*~*Song: “One Touch”*

*~*~*Dance~/ interpretation: Veronical Shelton*

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*~*~*Yvette’s testimony:*

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*David’s request for forgiveness:*

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*~*~*Observe the Lord’s Supper*