Church Family (1 Timothy 5:1-2)
By App Region Preaching Team Member Jeremy Cummings Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. (1 Timothy 5:1-2) Honoring the Elderly This passage directly flows from the preceding verses, in which Paul is exhorting […]
Above Reproach: Not a Lover of Money (1 Timothy 3:3)
Because the task is noble, the overseer must be above reproach in all the ways that the false teachers in Ephesus were not—including in regard to money.
Above Reproach: Not Violent (1 Timothy 3:3)
Violence and gentleness are parts of two opposing dispositions toward people.
Above Reproach: Not a Drunkard (1 Timothy 3:3)
We and those we are training to become overseers must be noble in our relationship to wine and other potentially intoxicating drinks.
Above Reproach: Able to Teach (1 Timothy 3:2)
An overseer must be able to grasp scriptural truth and communicate it effectively to the people under his care.
Above Reproach: Husband of One Wife (1 Timothy 3:2)
Because this task is noble, we must be above reproach regarding our marriages.