9:30am traditional service

Feb 23, 2025    JJ Cox

·       Paul lays out 15 qualifications in 1 Timothy that should be evident in the lives of men who hold that position.

o   Above reproach

o   Husband to just one wife

o   Sober-minded (good judgment)

o   Self-controlled

o   Respectable (men of honor)

o   Hospitable 

o   Able to teach 

o   Not given to drunkenness

o   Gentle

o   Not quarrelsome

o   Not a lover of money

o   Manages his own family well and as a result his children reflect his leadership (they obey him)

o   They are not young in their faith

o   They have a good reputation with outsiders