Higher Still pt 4: 1 Timothy 3:4-7
- (1Ti 3:4 ESV) He must ______________ his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children ______________,
- The elder in the Christian church is ordered by God to be a ______________. While women are not given a pass from work in the church it is men who are called to lead the people of God under the authority of ______________.
- Titus 2:6-8
- Leaders are called out as ______________ for the younger men to follow. What is your example setting for the younger men in your proximity?
- (1Ti 3:5 ESV) for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for ______________ church?
- It is so vital that we remember the church belongs to God.
- It does not belong to elders
- To deacons
- To members
- To the community
- Or the government.
- The church is always and only an institution built by ______________ according to His will.
- This makes leaders in the church mere stewards of ______________ resources.
- We do not own or control these things, we simply ______________ them on behalf of God.
- This role of management might be best filled by someone with life experience in managing a household, family, and people. The elder does well to have real ______________ in life outside of the church.
- (1Ti 3:6 ESV) He must not be a recent ______________, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the ______________.
- Recent is a relative term to the life of the Christian church and the people who are invested there.
- An elder must be proven out in time so as to establish ______________ who can handle the load this role brings.
- Ezekiel 28:1-19, Isaiah 14:11-15, Revelation 12:3-17
- Satan was the more glorious of all God’s angels and given a very important job
- But he wanted more.
- He sought to lift himself above where God called him to be.
- And he was cast down.
- Pride came before the fall. It was ______________ that began Satan’s downward spiral. He sought to take the glory due ______________ and usurp God’s throne. He was cast out of ______________, condemned ______________.
- The man of God must heed this warning to not let ______________ for position consume him. He must always and only reflect ______________ glory back to God.
- (1Ti 3:7 ESV) Moreover, he must be well thought of by ______________, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the ______________.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11-15, Romans 12:4-10
- (Rom 12:6 ESV) Having ______________ that differ according to the ______________ given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our ______________;
- (Rom 12:7 ESV) if ______________, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his ______________;
- (Rom 12:8 ESV) the one who exhorts, in his ______________; the one who contributes, in ______________; the one who leads, with ______________; the one who does acts of mercy, with ______________.
- All of us working ______________ we find that the glory of ______________ is magnified
- He is pleased with our ______________
- His ______________ is fulfilled in our lives
- Our supreme joy is found in ______________.
