July 24, 2022

“Where Is Your Church Going?” Series from I Timothy

Lesson Six: “What’s A Pastor To Be?”

I Timothy 3:1-7

Conquerors Sunday School Class – Sunday, July 24, 2022

Our Lesson’s Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…

“Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:”

I Thessalonians 2:10

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Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this one Statement…

“God’s Standards For His Men Are Set High For A Purpose!”
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Lesson: ‘What’s A Pastor To Be?’

I : A Man of Compulsion

    A: From His Heart
        - I Timothy 3:1, Psalm 37:3-4, Psalm 119:10, Psalm 119:2

    B: For the Office
        - I Timothy 3:1

    C: To The Work That Is Involved
        - I Timothy 3:1


II : A Man of Character

    A: A Disciplined Life
        - I Timothy 3:1-2
          - 1: He Must Be Blameless
          - 2: He Must Be The Husband of One Wife
          - 3: He Must Be Vigilant
               (I Timothy 3:1-2, I Peter 5:8, Genesis 3:1-5, Deuteronomy 8:4, Matthew 4:4)
          - 4: He Must Be Sober in His Thinking and Ways of Doing Things

    B: Godly Leadership Skills
        - 1: Good and Godly Behaviour
              (I Timothy 3:2, I Corinthians 9:14, Romans 14:7)
        - 2: To Be Given To Hospitality
              (I Timothy 3:2)
        - 3: Apt To Teach
              (I Timothy 3:2)
        - 4: Not Given To Wine
              (I Timothy 3:3, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:29-30, Isaiah 5:11, Habakkuk 2:15)

    C: His Relationship Skills
        (I Timothy 3:3-7)
           1: No Striker (Romans 14:12-13)
           2: Not Greedy of Filthy Lucre or Covetous (Matthew 6:19-21, 24-33, I Timothy 6:10)
           3: To Be Patient, Not Covetous (Luke 23:34)
           4: Not A Brawler (I Timothy 3:3, Romans 12:18-19, I Corinthians 14:33)
           5: To Rule His Own House Well (I Timothy 3:4-5, Ephesians 5:22-25)
           6: Not A Novice (I Timothy 3:6, Proverbs 16:18)
           7: Must Be of Good Report (I Timothy 3:7, Proverbs 16:7)


Conclusion:
May we never forget that the best of men are but mere men at best, but it is God who qualifies the called, and enables them to be what God would have them to be for His honour and glory!

Invitation:
Dear child of God, take time today to pray for your pastor and ask God to fill him with His Power from on high to be the spiritual leader, guide, and example that you and I need today!

And if you do not yet know Christ Jesus as your Saviour, please come to Him today and ask Him to save you before it is eternally too late! As I told you at the beginning of this lesson, ‘God’s Standards For His Men Are Set High For A Purpose’, and that purpose is that YOU might hear the truth of the Gospel and see your need to be saved today!

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