Sermon Tone Analysis

Let me invite you to take your Bibles this morning and turn to 1st Peter chapter 5. 1st Peter chapter 5.

This morning as we have the opportunity to look at the word of God.

We're currently have been looking at 1st Peter 5:1.

Which says, therefore I exhort the elders, among you as your fellow Elder in witness of the sufferings of Christ.

And a partaker.

Also the glory that is to be revealed.

And as we've been looking at what Peter says here in verse 1, we have been introduced to the subject of Elders and church leadership.

And we've been looking at the big picture from scripture about this office in the church.

That's identified by the terms of Elder Pastor overseer Shepherd.

All these terms are used interchangeably for this one office in the church, which we normally identify as pastor.

And I don't know if you know this, but scripture only identifies, two offices in the church and that is overseer.

Her Pastor Elder.

And deacons.

That's Philippians 11.

Overseers feed the flock, deacons serve the flock.

And all pastors are Elders, all pastors our overseers, all pastors are Shepherds.

And that's what we've been looking at.

And we've been seeing that for the past three weeks and we're looking at it again today.

And then our last time together, we were looking at versus two and three of 1st Timothy 3. As we've been answering a question how our elders qualified.

So, just take your finger and hold it in 1st, Peter 5, and just flipped over the 1st.

Timothy Chapter 3, 1st Timothy Chapter 3 and as a said, we've already looked at the first three verses.

We're looking at Verses 4 through 7. Now because verses 1 through 7 is dealing with the office of overseer.

The office of Elder.

Pastor verses 8 through 13 deal with the office of deacon.

But right now, we're just looking at the office of Elder since Peter has mentioned that.

Just take a moment and read what we have here in 1st Peter.

Our first Timothy rather chapter 3.

He says it is a statement, If any man aspires to the office.

An overseer did must be above reproach.

The husband of one wife temperate prudent.

Respectable hospitable able to teach not addicted to wine or pugnacious but gentle free from the love of money.

He must be one who manages his own household.

Well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

A man does not know how to manage his own household.

How would he take care of the Church of God?

And not a new convert so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil Now, if you hold your place there, you can remove your finger from 1st Peter 5 and I'll have all your fingers spread out right in the New Testament and go over to Titus one, but to hold your place in 1st Timothy 3 because in Titus 1 verses 6 through 9, we find the qualifications again.

Summer overlapping 1st, Timothy Chapter 3 but there are also a few others that are mentioned here.

So when you take both sections together, you end up with about twenty sticks qualifications.

Play begin a fight.

He says, for this reason, I left you in Crete that you would set in order, what remains in a point elders and every City's I directed you Namely If any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife having children who believe or are faithful not accused of dissipation of rebellion for the overseer must be above.

Reproach is God, Steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to Wine, Not pugnacious not fond of sordid game, but hospitable loving, what is good sensible just about self-controlled holding fast to face will work, which is in accordance with the teachings.

He will be able to go to exhort and sound Doctrine.

and to refute those who contradict Again, 26 qualifications for the overseer, Pastor Elder Shepherd.

Again, this is one office and as we pointed out the last couple times, when you compare this to the office of Deacon day of qualifications as well.

And 1st Timothy 3, 8 through 13 in the major difference between the office of Deacon and the office of Elder in the qualifications is really in one area.

This theory of teaching, Elders are required to have skill in teaching, they are to be teachable as well as Court skilled trained in the teaching of the word of God, so that they might train others in the word.

And as far as deacons are not told to be skilled in teaching, but they are totally holding the mystery of the face with a clear conscience.

They need to know what they believe.

They need to know how to defend what they believe to be able to share that with others.

I don't know if you've heard.

That after 100 years, the perfect Pastor has been found.

He's the church Elder who will, please everyone.

He preaches, exactly.

20 minutes and then sit down.

He can denim spend but never steps on anybody's toes.

He works from 8 in the morning to 10 at night, doing everything from preaching, sermons to sleeping.

He makes $400 per week.

Gives $100 a week to the church drives a late-model car by buys, lots of books wears fine clothes and has a nice family.

They always stands ready to contribute to every other good call to in to help panhandlers to drop by the church on their way to somewhere.

He's 36 years old and has been preaching for 40 years.

Call Eastside heavyset in a thin sort of way and handsome is eyes of blue or brown to fit the occasion.

And where is his hair?

Parted in the middle left side, dark and straight right side Brown and wavy.

Is a burning desire to work with youth and spend all this time with the senior citizens.

He smiles all the time, while keeping a straight face because he has a keen sense of humor Defiance him.

Seriously, dedicated to make 15 calls today on church members, spent all of this time and is always found in his study if he is needed.

Unfortunately, he burned himself out and died at the age of 32.

Yeah, that's humorous.

And it's meant to be but there is some sarcasm is some truth there.

Because it's some places that our pastors are treated.

But as we've been looking at this, we're getting the biblical view, the biblical understanding of Elders.

And as I said, we have already answered the question.

What is an elder?

And what do they do?

And now we're looking at what qualifies them miss you go to chapter 3 and verse 1 and 1st Timothy, we saw several things that qualified them

The holy spirit is the one who calls Elders into that office at 2028, says, be on guard for yourselves.

And for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to Shepherd the Church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

That's the first thing.

The holy spirit is the one who decides who has this gift, or who's been given to the church by Christ himself according to Ephesians 4. And it was also been given by the holy spirit in 1st Corinthians, 12:11, And now it's we come to 1st Timothy 3:1.

We see that there's some other things than one of those things is that he must have a desire for the office.

It says, it is a trustworthy statement, If any man aspires, or desires or more specifically reaches fourth toward the office of overseer, it is a fine work, which he has a past.

All those who are truly called, by the spirit of God, to be in this office reach for the office and they have a passion for the office.

But, you know, that's not enough.

Because what happens now is you get into the qualifications, do we need to see if this person?

This man has truly been called to this ministry.

We've also pointed out that they certainly have to be men.

If he's has 48 talks about Christ giving gifts to men.

And then it tells us in verse 11 of chapter 4 of Ephesians that these men were Apostle, Prophet evangelist and Pastor teachers from 1st, Timothy 3 and 2. It says here that he is to be the husband of one wife.

or more, literally a one woman, man, and I think the holy spirit gives us

where you have homosexuality and lesbianism, and And you have two women that are married and they call each other their wife, or you have two men that are married and they call each other.

Their husband And here we find that the word for man is used a one woman man.

You know, I find it very interesting that the white house as well as many of our politicians are refused.

Define define.

What a woman is That's the craziest thing I've ever heard, now, they're calling them the birthing parent.

That's all I wanted to find and now they're even saying that men can have babies.

That's really Off the Wall right there, right.

Men cannot have babies in or what I want to have a baby.

This is the part where we men went out and we go, go honey, go White Superwoman.

Super mom to be able to go through that.