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The Bottom Line
If you boil down the priorities of a business, the reason for its existence, the measure of its success, and it’s primary driving factor is profit.
Even if that business has at it’s root a desire and commitment to philanthropic work, it is still measured by whether or not it is profitable.
This is a good measurement.
A business that does not make money is by nature a detriment to everyone involved, from the lowest level employee to the high stakes investors.
In the end, that profit is what matters most.
If you look at the church through the same lens, you have truly misunderstood what the church is and why it exists.
If you boil down the priorities of the Church, the reason for its existence, the measure of its success, and it’s driving factor is the Gospel.
This is the message of salvation that transforms lives and helps people reconcile, draw close to, and walk with God.
If the church is not focused on and living for the Gospel this will have negative impact from the person sitting in the pew to the pastor who oversees the flock.
This is why leadership is held to a higher standard in the church than anywhere else.
A business needs good leaders but in most cases the personal lives of those leaders are not an issue to a company unless it begins to impact profits.
In the church, leaders personal lives are the key criteria to determining whether or not they can be trusted to lead God’s church.
The Gospel is to be transformative and an Elder who is not living in a Christlike manner cannot lead the church by example.
This is why Elders have a whole list of qualifications.
In today’s passage we are going to talk about the crucial role Elders play in the church and how the church ought to relate to them.
The church is a family and not a business.
Like a family it has to manage resources and money but those resources and money are not our goal.
Change lives are our goal.
So we live as good stewards of God’s blessings as we pursue the ultimate goal of seeing lives transformed by the Gospel.
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We come again to the theme of honor within the household of God.
At the beginning of this section of Paul’s letter to Timothy he reminds Timothy how to honor Older Men and Women and Younger men and women.
He then discusses the importance of taking care of widows and as we discussed last week this includes all those who are truly unable to care for themselves.
Now he turns his attention to the Leaders of the church, the elders.
Elders Who Deserve Double-Honor
They rule well
This made me think of the fruit of the Spirit:
You see these qualities within their leadership.
Those that Teach
Sustained and Rewarded
It is important that the church take good care of it’s leaders.
How do they do that?
Respect and Esteem
Obey and Submit
Make sure they are Payed well.
Accusation and Discipline of an Elder
Jesus Model of discipline:
Leaders who do not respond are to be addressed before the Church.
The goal is a healthy church.
Leaders are always an example.
No Partiality
Selecting Elders
Be Patient
How do you relate to the Elders of your church?
Do you:
Respect and Esteem them?
Obey and Submit to them?
Pay them well?
As you search your heart over these matters, know that this sermon is a hard one to preach because as an Elder it feels self serving but don’t forget:
Ask yourself today, Do I look at the leadership of God’s church the way I am supposed to?
If not, how can I grow.
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