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As Nicholas mentioned, we're in the book of Titus,

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the letter of Paul to Titus, and today's exposition

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will be focused on verses 5 through 9, but I'd

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like to start by reading from verse 1 all the

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way through verse 9. I'd like to read this aloud

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as you please follow along, and remember that

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this is God's fully inspired and inerrant word.

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Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of

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Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of

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God and the knowledge of the truth which is according

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to godliness, in the hope of eternal life which

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God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

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but at the proper time manifested, even his word,

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in the proclamation with which I was entrusted,

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according to the commandment of God our Savior.

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To Titus. my true child in a common faith, grace

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and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus

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our Savior. For this reason I left you in Crete,

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that you would set in order what remains and

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appoint elders in every city as I directed you,

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namely, if any man is above reproach the husband

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of one wife, having children who believe not

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accused of dissipation or rebellion. For the

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overseer must be above reproach as God's steward.

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not self -willed, not quick -tempered, not addicted

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to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

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but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible,

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just, devout, self -controlled, holding fast

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the faithful word which is in accordance with

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the teaching, so that he will be able both to

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exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those

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who contradict. Let's pray. Gracious Heavenly

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Father, as we come to your word yet again today,

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we ask that you would give us understanding.

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Your word is truth, and through it you instruct

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us in righteousness and reveal how your church

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is to be ordered and led. Help us to see clearly

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what you require of those who shepherd your people.

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Guard our hearts from pride and from worldly

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definitions of leadership. Instead, Lord, please.

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Shape us according to the wisdom of your word.

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May Christ be honored as the true shepherd of

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the church. And may your spirit, the author of

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scripture, give us ears to hear and hearts ready

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to obey. These things we ask in the name of Jesus

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Christ. Amen. Please be seated. I literally took

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a pink post -it note and a black sharpie and

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stuck a note on the first page of my... sermon

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notes that said something to the effect of no

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tangents. It's important, I think, to handle

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a larger swath of Scripture like this in an efficient

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manner, and I know it doesn't seem all that big,

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verses 5 through 9. You've got a mere five verses

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there, but there is so much truth packed into

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these verses, so much instruction, so much teaching

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that we can absorb. that we need to do it in

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an efficient manner. So I'm going to try and

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have some self -control here today as God's steward

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and get through the message in a timely fashion.

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I did make the joke to Nick that I forgot my

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phone this morning, and that's usually what I

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use to tell time, so you guys may be at a disadvantage

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when it comes to that. As we continue our study

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of Paul's letter to Titus, we now arrive at a

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foundational passage that is so important for

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us to understand how the church should be ordered

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and led. Now, in some ways, this is going to

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sound a little bit like preaching to the choir

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today because the particular type of biblical

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church leadership that is described here in Paul's

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letter to Titus. also happens to be the type

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of church leadership that we prescribe to here

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at Grace Fellowship Church. One might argue that

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the reason for that is because we simply see

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it as being biblical. In the previous verses,

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and when we spent time there in verses 1 through

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4, Paul's salutation, his greeting to Titus,

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his true child in a common faith, Paul introduced

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the purpose of his apostleship and reminded Titus,

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that the gospel message was entrusted to him.

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Paul, in his apostolic authority, has delegated

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some of that to Titus as he ministers in Crete.

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But now Paul turns to a very practical matter,

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the organization and leadership of the churches

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that have been established on the island of Crete.

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These congregations were young. The gospel had

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taken root. But the work of establishing healthy,

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ordered churches was not yet complete. So Paul

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left Titus on the island with a clear task, to

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finish what had been started and to ensure the

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churches were properly structured. This passage

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explains why Titus remained there in Crete, and

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it also explains what kind of men must lead Christ's

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church. I want to get right into the meat of

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the matter. So Paul first describes the purpose

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of Titus' assignment, and then he lays out the

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qualifications for elders who will lead these

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congregations. So we'll begin first with just

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that, the purpose. Why did Paul leave Titus in

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Crete? The answer to that question is found in

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verse 5. He says there, for this reason I left

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you in Crete, and then notice what he says next.

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that you would set in order what remains. You

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know, we serve a God of order. Just as Paul writes

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to the Corinthian church to order their worship

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service in a particular way, in 1 Corinthians

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chapter 14 and verse 33, he writes, For God is

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not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all

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the churches of... Now, most of you know that

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passage in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. Most of

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you are very familiar with the book of 1 Corinthians,

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and most of you know that it was very much intended

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to correct bad behavior in the church. And in

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that particular chapter, that whole section there

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in the middle toward the end of 1 Corinthians,

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Paul is dealing with the abuse of spiritual gifts

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and the chaos that that had created in the churches

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at Corinth. Namely, that they desired to use

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those gifts, speaking in tongues and prophesying,

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as a way to bring attention to themselves. Many

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people in that church had fallen prey to a desire

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to make much of themselves, and this was causing

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chaos in the church. It led to disorder. But

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order is a hallmark of Christian ministry, particularly

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in the church. God has prescribed the manner

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and the means by which his church should be ordered.

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Paul goes on in verse 5 here in Titus to tell

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how to attain and maintain order in the church,

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and that is to be done through elders. Note what

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he says, for this reason I left you in Crete,

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that you would set in order what remains and

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appoint elders in every city as I directed you.

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Building on this notion of orderly churches,

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Paul tells Titus to appoint elders to lead the

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various congregations that have been established

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in those cities on the island of Crete. Elders,

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how do you maintain order in the church? You

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maintain order in the church through the ministry,

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through the work of elders. Between Paul's command

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here and what we find elsewhere in Scripture,

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it's clear New Testament churches, early New

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Testament churches, were led by elders. In fact,

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they were led by multiple elders, multiple elders

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within the same congregations. And that should

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be the case for us today as well. The New Testament

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consistently supports the notion of what we commonly

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refer to as a plurality of elders. And of course,

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elders are also called overseers, pastors, shepherds,

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and so on. These folks are intended to lead local

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churches rather than a singular leader. Rather

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than having just one elder in a congregation,

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it is clear from the Testament of Scripture that

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there should be multiple elders. And you know,

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if you're taking notes, you can write these references

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down. It had kind of been my intention to look

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at each one of them, but I think it would just

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take up too much time to do so. But there are

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several biblical passages that you can turn to,

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lest you question what I'm saying right now about

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the need for multiple elders or a plurality of

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elders in the local church. In Acts chapter 14,

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verse 23, Paul and Barnabas appointed elders

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in every church. In Acts chapter 15, during the

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Council of Jerusalem and leading up to those

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events, Acts chapter 15 in multiple places in

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verses 2, 4, and 6 and verses 22 and 23, there

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is the mention of a plurality of elders at Jerusalem.

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In Acts chapter 20, Paul calls for the elders

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of the church at Ephesus. Kyle just preached

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through Acts chapter 20 not that long ago and

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went through that whole conversation that Paul

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has with the elders as Paul leaves from Miletus.

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In Philippians chapter 1, Paul greets the overseers

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and deacons, plural, in Philippi. In 1 Timothy

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5 .17, there is a reference to elders in the

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plural form who rule and labor in preaching.

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In James chapter 5 and verse 14, James, who was

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an elder in the Jerusalem church, James, the

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half -brother of our Lord, tells sick believers

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to call for the elders, plural, of the church.

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In 1 Peter 5, Peter addresses the elders to shepherd

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the flock. In 1 Thessalonians 5, verses 12 and

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13, it mentions that those who labor among you

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and are over you in the Lord. This implies that

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there was a group of them, those who labor among

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you. There is significance to the notion, to

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the idea of a plurality of elders, and there

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are benefits. that come along with it. Just from

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a practical standpoint, having a plurality of

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elders allows for mutual accountability. It prevents

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a single individual from having unchecked authority.

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We hear much about fascism in our day, don't

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we? That is kind of an en vogue word to use.

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And fascism, while I don't believe we live in...

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a state of fascism quite yet here in the United

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States. Fascism is something that can work its

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way into even the church. Authoritarian rule

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can work its way into the church, and there have

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been instances throughout the church age where

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this has happened. And it happens even in churches

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today, though it may not look like it. like it

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did in the past. We may not have a supreme pontiff

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or anything like that, but in the churches today,

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this is still a danger that can occur in the

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churches. But having a group of men who lead

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the church, who are equally accountable, mutually

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accountable to one another, prevents that one

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singular and gifted person from attaining unchecked

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authority. Another benefit of a plurality of

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elders is shared responsibility. It allows for

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shared oversight, protecting the church from

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errors in judgment. Shared responsibility is

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good not only for the elders themselves in that

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it spreads the load across many shoulders, but

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it's also good for the congregation. It allows

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them to be more efficient and more effective

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in dealing with the needs of the congregation.

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It is a representative form of leadership, and

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we see this in the Old Testament with the elders

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of the Old Testament. But when you have multiple

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elders who have the opportunity to fit into the

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church and to be among the people of the church,

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it gives the people a voice when those elders

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meet together. How often have you had one of

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the elders of this church call you and ask you,

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how can we be praying for you? We'll be praying

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for you tonight at our elders meeting. Is there

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anything that we need to remember for you tonight

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as we pray? Those are good things. Good things

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for the elders themselves and good benefits for

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the church. And of course, there is the focus

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on pastoral care. This enables pastors to focus

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on teaching and prayer while others help manage

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church affairs. There is no question in our own

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church, Kyle does the lion's share of the preaching

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and we're grateful for that. Kyle's title actually

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is Elder, Pastor for Preaching. It doesn't mean

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that Kyle's function in the church is somehow

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more important or more prominent, but it does

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mean that that is the task which he has been

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assigned. Though Nicholas doesn't really bear

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a title, he is an elder of our church, and I

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would argue that in many ways he is an administrative

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pastor for our church. Then there's Josh and

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I, and we just kind of float around. There is

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some truth to that. But it does allow for a focus

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on pastoral care. So there are benefits. This

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is a significant thing for us to note, that there

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is, in God's design for the church, meant to

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be a plurality of elders. not just one singular

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individual. I don't know if you're aware of it

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or not, but many pastors who serve in churches

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where they are the only pastor, maybe there's

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a board of deacons, or there are men who have

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the title elder, but they really don't serve

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in the biblical function as an elder, oftentimes

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those singular pastors struggle with burnout.

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Oftentimes they leave congregations because they

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just can't meet. all of the expectations that

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are placed upon them. So what a blessing and

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a benefit it is when elders come together as

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a group of men to share the load. And it's good

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for the church as well. So we understand the

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purpose of elders to help order the church, but

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also we must understand that elders should meet

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certain qualifications. Now, this passage is...

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one that is a little bit harder to preach because

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there are things that are contained herein that

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oftentimes I myself struggle with, and I know

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many other men who serve as elders in their church

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feel the same way. Verses 6 through 9 really

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lay out the qualifications, and I would just

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ask the question, how do we identify elders?

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How do we identify elders? There's no doubt.

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we are constantly looking for opportunities to

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see men in our own church who might well serve

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as elders. And I can tell you that Titus chapter

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1 and 1 Timothy chapter 3 are the two most prominent

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passages on those qualifications. And we look

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to those to try and understand who might best

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serve our church at some point in the future

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as an elder. So these questions are here, or

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this question. is here answered. How do we identify

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elders? Frankly, and this is going to seem very

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basic, frankly, a biblically qualified elder

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must be, I hope I don't get in trouble here,

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must be a man. A biblically qualified elder must

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be a man, a dude, a guy, a bro, right? I was

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just trying to use some Gen Z language to be

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contextual. This is something that we need to

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do. We need to get it out of the way quickly.

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But in every instance in the New Testament, when

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discussing the leadership of the church, the

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office of elder is reserved for men. Notice how

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Paul says in verse 6, if you look there again,

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Namely, if any man, if any man. Look back at

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all the references that I gave you earlier if

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you're making notes. Put a little question mark

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there. Were there any ladies included in these

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references?