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 Alright, well, as we come to God's Word, we're continuing on with our series in 1 Timothy.

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 And we're picking things up in chapter 5.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to 1 Timothy chapter 5.

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 And we'll be at verse 17 today.

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 Last Sunday, we did the first half of this chapter.

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 And we heard Paul give instructions about how we should relate to one another in the household of God.

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 And the general principle is that we should relate to one another as to family.

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 We heard Paul talk about how the neediest members of the family should be provided for.

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 Widows.

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 And now Paul goes on to discuss another group in the church who should be honored or provided for.

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 Which is the elders.

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 And Paul will have more instructions in this passage that we're looking at today.

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 Concerning elders in the church.

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 Let's start by reading the passage.

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 Paul writes,

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 The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor.

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 Especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

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 For scripture says,

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 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

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 And the worker deserves his wages.

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 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.

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 But those elders who are sinning.

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 You are to reprove before everyone.

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 So that the others may take warning.

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 I charge you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus.

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 And the elect angels to keep these instructions without partiality.

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 And to do nothing out of favoritism.

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 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands.

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 And do not share in the sins of others.

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 Keep yourself pure.

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 Stop drinking only water and use a little wine because of your stomach.

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 And your frequent illnesses.

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 The sins of some are obvious.

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 Reaching the place of judgment ahead of them.

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 The sins of others trail behind them.

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 In the same way, good deeds are obvious.

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 And even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.

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 So the majority of these instructions that Paul gives to Timothy here

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 have to do with how elders should be treated in the church.

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 And we see and hear Paul say several things.

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 First, that elders should be honored.

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 That's verse 17 and 18.

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 Then that elders should be trusted.

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 Verse 19.

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 That elders who sin should be rebuked publicly.

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 That's 20 and 21.

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 That favoritism should not be shown to elders.

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 That's verse 21.

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 And that elders should not be appointed hastily.

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 That's verse 22.

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 Then in verse 23, we get Paul giving a little advice for Timothy

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 regarding his health.

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 And then he ends in this passage, this section,

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 with a word of wisdom for evaluating people's character

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 in verse 24 and 25.

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 So let's just work our way through these instructions,

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 starting at the top.

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 How should elders be treated in the church?

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 Verse 17.

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 The elders who direct the affairs of the church well

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 are worthy of double honor,

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 especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

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 For scripture says,

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 do not muzzle an ox

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 while it is treading out the grain,

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 and the worker deserves his wages.

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 So this idea of honoring elders

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 is really connecting

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 back to what came before.

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 Paul urged that widows be honored.

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 Same word, back up in verse 3.

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 And what he meant by that, we saw last week,

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 was not just that people say some nice things about them,

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 but that they be looked after

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 and provided for by the church

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 in cases where they're really in need.

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 The Greek word for honor that's used here

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 has several meanings.

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 It can mean price or value.

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 It can mean to show reverence or respect.

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 And it can also refer specifically

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 to compensation that's paid to someone.

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 And in this case, it would have a meaning

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 similar to our English word today, honorarium.

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 An honorarium is a voluntary payment

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 for professional services rendered

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 without the normal fee.

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 That's from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.

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 Nowadays, honorariums are typically given to

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 teachers, coaches, guest speakers,

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 people who officiate ceremonies,

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 musicians, performers.

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 And in these cases,

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 it's often a one-time thing

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 between the giver and the recipient.

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 But what seems to be described here by Paul

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 for the elders in the church

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 is a regular thing.

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 As elders continue to do the work

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 of leading and preaching and teaching,

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 they are to be regularly compensated

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 and provided for.

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 Not unlike how the widows,

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 who are really in need,

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 were to be honored or provided for.

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 Now, as you can imagine,

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 these verses are the subject of much debate.

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 Some will say that giving the elders honor

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 does not mean giving them money.

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 Others say,

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 or ask,

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 rather,

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 what does double honor mean?

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 Is this talking about wages

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 and salaries,

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 like for an employee?

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 Or is this talking about

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 more of a regular honorarium

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 or stipend?

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 The questions

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 that we have for Paul here

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 are many.

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 And the best that we can do

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 to answer these questions

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 is simply to look carefully

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 at what he has said right here

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 in the passage.

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 Paul gives two supporting quotations

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 from other places in Scripture

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 to undergird this instruction

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 and to explain a little bit more

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 of what he means and why.

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 Verse 18, he says,

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 Scripture says,

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 do not muzzle an ox

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 while it is treading out the grain.

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 Now this is a quotation

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 from Deuteronomy 25,

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 verse 4,

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 a passage in the Old Testament law.

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 And we're not going to go back

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 and look at that,

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 but it's worth noting

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 that Paul uses these same words

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 in another of his letters,

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 his letter to the Corinthians.

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 Let's look at that.

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 1 Corinthians 9,

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 verse 9 and 10.

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 Paul says there,

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 for it is written

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 in the law of Moses,

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 do not muzzle an ox

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 while it is treading out the grain.

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 Is it about oxen

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 that God is concerned?

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 Surely he says this for us,

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 doesn't he?

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 Yes,

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 this was written for us

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 because whoever plows

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 and threshes

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 should be able to do so

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 in the hope of

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 sharing in the harvest.

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 So here in 1 Corinthians 9,

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 Paul is defending his rights

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 as an apostle.

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 And one of those rights,

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 according to Paul,

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 is to have his needs met,

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 his expenses paid for

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 by the people he is serving

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 as an apostle.

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 In other words,

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 Paul was saying

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 that it was good,

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 it was right

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 for the apostles

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 to receive material

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 and financial compensation

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 for what they were doing.

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 And Paul defended that right,

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 even though he himself

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 chose to pay for all his own expenses

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 and needs

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 out of his earnings

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 as a tent maker.

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 And so,

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 as he is defending

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 that right

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 to be provided for

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 out of the work

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 that he does

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 as an apostle,

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 he quotes this instruction

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 in the Old Testament law

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 about oxen.

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 Do not muzzle an ox

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 while it is treading

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 out the grain.

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 And his point here

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 to the Corinthians

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 is that this thing

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 God said about oxen

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 is something of a proverb

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 that applies

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 all the more

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 to people.

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 So,

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 we just have a look

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 at the picture here

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 on the screen.

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 Here you have

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 a picture

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 of what this

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 setup might have

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 looked like.

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 You've got the ox

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 kind of tied together,

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 yoked together,

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 tied to this post

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 and they're kind of

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 walking around

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 and around this thing

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 and then they would

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 throw the grain

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 into the spot

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 where they're walking on

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 so that they would

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 trample it

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 and it would separate

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 the wheat from the chaff.

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 And

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 all of this is

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 the idea here

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 making the work

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 easier for the man

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 but often times

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 they would muzzle

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 these oxen.

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 And the point

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 of this instruction

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 is simply this.

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 Let the ox

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 have something

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 to eat from the grain

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 as he does his work.

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 You ought to be kind

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 and caring

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 toward the animal

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 who's providing

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 this great service

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 and not

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 stingy

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 and cheap

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 so much

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 that you put a muzzle

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 on him

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 and then expect him

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 to work for you

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 for who knows

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 how many hours

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 of the day

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 and then go find

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 his own food

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 later on

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 after hours.

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 And so here

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 in 1 Timothy

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 Paul applies this

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 to elders

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 in the church.

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 Let them

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 get something

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 for their living

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 from the work

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 that they're doing

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 for you

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 for the service

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 that they're offering

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 you in the church.

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 And Paul's second quote

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 to reinforce this

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 is likely a quote

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 from the gospel

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 of Luke.

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 Luke chapter 10

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 verse 7

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 Jesus is talking

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 to his apostles

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 here

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 his disciples

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 and he says

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 he gives them instructions

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 he says

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 stay there

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 eating and drinking

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 whatever they give you

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 for the worker

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 deserves his wages.

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 And

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 if you know

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 the story

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 from Luke there

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 Jesus

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 is about

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 to send

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 his disciples

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 out to towns

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 all over Israel.

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 How will they

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 be provided for

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 in the midst

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 of this?

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 Jesus tells them

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 to eat and drink

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 whatever the people

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 give you

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 at the first house

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 that you come to

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 and welcomes you

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 in the town

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 he says

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 for the worker

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 deserves his wages.

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 And so here

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 Paul seems to

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 quote Jesus

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 himself

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 and use those

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 very words

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 to describe

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 how the elders

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 should be honored.

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 Now some people

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 argue

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 after all that

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 that this doesn't

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 refer to money

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 because in the

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 context of both

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 of these quotes

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 it has to do

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 specifically

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 with food.

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 Some suggest

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 that maybe

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 the elders

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 had been given

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 a larger portion

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 at regular

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 church meals

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 rather than

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 money.

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 Or that if

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 there was a

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 distribution

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 happening

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 regularly for

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 widows

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 that the elders

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 were also

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 included in

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 that distribution

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 and maybe

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 they got

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 double the

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 portion.

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 But on the

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 other side

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 of the discussion

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 I mean

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 wages

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 is a money

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 word.

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 It has to do

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 with earning

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 money.

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 money.

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 And in our

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 day and culture

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 money is

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 needed to

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 cover the

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 costs of

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 living.

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 It wasn't

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 just food

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 that the

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 widows would

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 have needed

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 in Ephesus.

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 In some

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 cases

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 housing

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 clothes

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 medicine

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 doctor's

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 fees.

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 Furthermore

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 when we look

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 at Peter's

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 instruction

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 to the elders

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 notice what

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 he said

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 1 Peter

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 chapter 5

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 he commands

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 the elders

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 to be

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 shepherds

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 of God's

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 flock

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 and to

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 look after

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 them to

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 take care

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 of the

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 people that

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 have been

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 entrusted to

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 their care.

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 But then

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 he says

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 something about

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 how they're

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 to do

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 that.

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 He says

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 not pursuing

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 dishonest

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 gain but

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 eager to

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 serve.

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 And the

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 word for

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 gain here

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 has to do

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 with greed.

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 Not

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 greedily

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 eager

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 to make

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 money

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 to get

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 money.

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 And it

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 seems implied

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 from Peter's

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 comments that

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 elders were

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 compensated

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 financially.

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 And so

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 there was a

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 right motivation

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 and a

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 wrong motivation

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 to serve as

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 an elder.

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 If you're just

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 doing it for

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 the money out

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 of a greedy

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 heart well

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 that's the

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 wrong

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 motivation.

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 Do it

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 in order

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 to serve

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 eager to

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 serve

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 just like

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 you should

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 not

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 do it

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 to be

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 in control

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 to lord

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 it over

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 those

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 entrusted

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 to you.

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 That's

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 the wrong

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 motivation.

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 So it

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 seems that

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 what Paul

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 means here

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 in 1 Timothy

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 is that

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 elders are

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 worthy

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 of being

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 compensated

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 financially

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 for the

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 work that

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 they do

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 in the

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 service

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 of the

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 church.

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 For

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 directing

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 the

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 affairs

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:32.960
 of the

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 church

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 well

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 and

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 especially

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 for those

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 whose

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 work is

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 preaching

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 and

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 teaching.

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 But what's

00:14:41.780 --> 00:14:42.480
 not entirely

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 clear here

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 is how

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 much.

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 What does

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 double

00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:48.900
 honor

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 mean?

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 Does it

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 mean double

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 the average

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 salary of a

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 worker in a

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 similar kind

00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:56.800
 of role

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 outside the

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 church?

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 like a

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 teacher?

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 Well some

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 people see

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 it as

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 that way.

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 Or does

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 it mean

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 the amount

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 that the

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 widows on

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 the list

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 up in

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 verse 3

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 and 9

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 would get

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 but double?

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 Are we

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 talking a

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 sort of

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 living

00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:16.160
 expenses

00:15:16.160 --> 00:15:17.560
 stipend?

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 Or is

00:15:24.140 --> 00:15:24.540
 this just

00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:25.160
 a salary?

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 something that

00:15:29.140 --> 00:15:29.620
 would help

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.300
 provide for

00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:30.860
 their needs

00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:32.280
 and perhaps

00:15:32.280 --> 00:15:32.940
 more?

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 And that

00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.600
 discussion is

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.080
 still going

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.300
 on.

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.560
 I don't

00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:36.860
 know that

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.140
 we can

00:15:37.140 --> 00:15:37.760
 really find

00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:38.280
 too much

00:15:38.280 --> 00:15:38.960
 more clarity

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.980
 than that

00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.300
 here.

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.000
 And perhaps

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.340
 the Lord

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.920
 has left it

00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:43.280
 this way

00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:43.660
 for a

00:15:43.660 --> 00:15:43.940
 reason.

00:15:45.260 --> 00:15:45.660
 Perhaps

00:15:45.660 --> 00:15:46.100
 it's the

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.500
 principle

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.040
 that's

00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:47.860
 most

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.360
 important.

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 Are we

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:50.840
 giving

00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.740
 adequate

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.420
 care

00:15:52.420 --> 00:15:53.340
 and

00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:53.860
 compensation

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:55.340
 to the

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.640
 elders

00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:56.480
 of the

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:56.820
 church?

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.879
 like with

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.000
 the

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.340
 widows

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:00.680
 who are

00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:00.840
 in

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.120
 need

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.940
 are we

00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.400
 ensuring

00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:03.440
 that our

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:03.879
 elders

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.360
 many of

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.640
 whom will

00:16:04.640 --> 00:16:05.040
 be older

00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:05.360
 men

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.700
 are well

00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.180
 honored

00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:08.660
 adequately

00:16:08.660 --> 00:16:09.680
 compensated

00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.540
 for the

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:10.840
 work

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.500
 they are

00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:11.860
 doing

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:13.160
 in service

00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:14.240
 of the

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.600
 church?

00:16:16.540 --> 00:16:17.280
 Now at

00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:17.720
 this point

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.140
 I want

00:16:19.140 --> 00:16:19.520
 to say

00:16:19.520 --> 00:16:20.640
 thank you

00:16:20.640 --> 00:16:21.340
 to all

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.720
 of you

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.180
 for how

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.840
 you have

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.460
 been so

00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.200
 generous

00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.160
 to God

00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:28.420
 and

00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:29.080
 together

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.520
 have been

00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:29.860
 generous

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.420
 to me

00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.200
 and my

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.640
 family

00:16:31.640 --> 00:16:32.740
 providing

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.180
 for our

00:16:33.180 --> 00:16:33.600
 needs

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.700
 both

00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.300
 monetarily

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:35.780
 through the

00:16:35.780 --> 00:16:36.420
 wages that

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:37.000
 I'm paid

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.560
 by the

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:37.879
 church

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.980
 and in

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.460
 other ways

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.160
 through the

00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:40.620
 gifts that

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.040
 you have

00:16:41.040 --> 00:16:42.140
 given us.

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.860
 Thank you.

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 I feel as

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.220
 though I

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.700
 have been

00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:46.400
 doubly

00:16:46.400 --> 00:16:46.860
 honored

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:48.259
 and maybe

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.680
 more

00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:49.700
 in my

00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.300
 time here

00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:50.920
 in service

00:16:50.920 --> 00:16:51.280
 of the

00:16:51.280 --> 00:16:51.600
 church.

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.040
 The only

00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.639
 question I

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.360
 have on

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.879
 this matter

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.340
 is whether

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:57.720
 we should

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.080
 be doing

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.680
 something to

00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.240
 honor our

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.320
 other elders

00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.659
 for what

00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.060
 they have

00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:02.560
 been doing.

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.940
 So this

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.480
 is Paul's

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.259
 first instruction

00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:08.900
 about how

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.599
 elders should

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.000
 be treated

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.339
 in the

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.680
 church.

00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:11.720
 Elders

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.140
 should be

00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:12.519
 honored

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:12.980
 for the

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.400
 work they

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.400
 do in

00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.440
 service of

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.940
 the church.

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.960
 Next

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.539
 Paul says

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.160
 that elders

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.740
 should be

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.160
 trusted.

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.319
 Verse

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.879
 19

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 Do not

00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.839
 entertain an

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 accusation

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 against an

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 elder unless

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 it is brought

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 by two or

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 three witnesses.

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 So if we

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 have listened

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 to Christ's

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 instructions about

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 the kind of

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 men who

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 should be

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 serving as

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 elders back

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 in chapter

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 three,

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 these are

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 already men

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 who have an

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 excellent

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 reputation

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 and a

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 proven track

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 record of

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 goodness and

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 faithfulness in

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 their conduct

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 and their

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 words.

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 And so

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 naturally

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 then if a

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 lone individual

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 rises up with

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 accusations or

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 allegations against

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 an elder,

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 we ought to

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 give the elder

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 the benefit of

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 the doubt.

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 Being in

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 leadership in

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 the church

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 makes one a

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 greater target

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 of the devil.

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 Jesus said,

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 strike the

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 shepherd and

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 the sheep of

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 the flock will

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 be scattered.

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 And there's

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 nothing more the

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 devil wants than

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 to make that a

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 reality among

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 Christ's people.

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 And so we can

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 expect that from

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 time to time the

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 devil will work

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 against the elders

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 by sowing

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 division and

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 deceit.

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 trying to get

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 the people in

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 the church to

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 take aim at

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 the elders,

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 to slander

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 them.

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 And people will

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 arise at times to

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 falsely accuse and

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 bring down the

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 good reputation of

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 leaders with

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 malicious intent.

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 And so this is

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 to be a

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 safeguard against

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 that in the

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 church.

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 Paul says,

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 don't even listen

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 to someone

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 speaking ill of

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 one of the

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 elders unless the

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 thing has been

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 witnessed by two

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 or more people.

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 By default,

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 the elders should

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 be trusted.

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 But the elders

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 are not perfect.

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 They too can

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 still stumble and

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 fall, give into

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 temptation and

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 sin.

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 And when that

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 happens, they

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 should be quick

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 to repent.

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 And just like

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 every other member

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 of the church,

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 they should be

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 reminded again

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 of the good

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 news, the

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.519
 gospel of

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 Jesus, and

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 shown grace and

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 mercy.

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 But, in the

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 case where an

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 elder is sinning

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 repeatedly, or

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 continually, or

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 in an especially

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 grievous manner,

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 Paul gives

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 instructions that

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 an elder should be

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 rebuked publicly.

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 verse 20, but

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 those elders who

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 are sinning, you

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 are to reprove

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 before everyone,

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 so that the

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 others may take

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 warning.

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 So yes, the

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 elders are held

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 to a higher

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 standard.

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 They're not

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 permitted by their

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 position to sin as

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 much as they want

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 and get away with

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 it.

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 Jesus has put a

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 clear instruction

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 in here, by

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 which the rest of

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 the church, all

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 together, can

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 hold an

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 unrepentant

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 elder to

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 account.

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 And Paul is

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 absolutely serious

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 about this.

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 In the next

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 breath, he

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 says, I

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 charge you in

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 the sight of

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 God and

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 Christ Jesus

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 and the

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 elect angels

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 to keep these

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 instructions without

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 partiality, and

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 to do nothing

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 out of

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 favoritism.

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 So do you

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 hear the

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 seriousness of

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.559
 these instructions?

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 This charge to

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 Timothy is so

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 serious that

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.480
 Paul calls

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 God and

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 Christ Jesus

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 both as

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 his witnesses

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 while he writes

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 these words to

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 Timothy.

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 It's as though

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 he's saying,

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 God and

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 the Lord

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.960
 Jesus have

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 seen me

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 pen this

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 charge to

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 you,

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:29.480
 Timothy, and

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.980
 they will

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.559
 hold you

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 accountable to

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 carrying it

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.700
 out there

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.880
 in Ephesus.

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 And at this

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.140
 point we need

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.900
 to notice that

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.700
 this charge,

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:42.079
 these instructions

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.240
 concerning elders

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.799
 are given

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:45.319
 specifically to

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.700
 Timothy.

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.539
 I charge

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.519
 you, that's a

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.200
 you singular,

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:48.819
 not a you

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.660
 plural as in

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.180
 the church,

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.100
 but you

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.779
 Timothy.

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.399
 Let's

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:54.959
 remember that

00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.619
 Timothy was

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.599
 an apostolic

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.359
 delegate

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.599
 assigned to

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.519
 Ephesus by

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.240
 Paul for

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.639
 the time

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:00.980
 being.

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.279
 And so

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.079
 as we apply

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.839
 these things

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.439
 to our own

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.059
 church today,

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.139
 who is it

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.619
 that should be

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.199
 doing these

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.679
 sorts of

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.019
 things?

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.980
 We're talking

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.459
 about rebuking

00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.119
 an elder who

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.699
 is sinning

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.619
 before everyone.

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:17.079
 we don't

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.479
 have apostolic

00:22:18.479 --> 00:22:19.199
 delegates still

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.859
 around today,

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.439
 and so

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.259
 naturally it

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.099
 would fall to

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.859
 one of the

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.659
 other elders

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:26.079
 who are in

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.059
 authority in

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.279
 the church to

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.599
 do this in

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.539
 the case of

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.500
 an elder who

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.919
 has been

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.359
 sinning.

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.439
 And this is

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:35.879
 where this

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.539
 charge given

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.079
 to Timothy

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.059
 matters so

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.479
 much.

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.979
 For

00:22:40.979 --> 00:22:41.419
 Timothy,

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.919
 these men

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.439
 who are

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:43.919
 elders,

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.379
 are like

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.819
 brothers.

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.619
 They're like

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.539
 comrades in

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.059
 the trenches,

00:22:50.219 --> 00:22:51.199
 co-workers in

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.719
 the field,

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.719
 friends and

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.500
 brothers at

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.939
 the deepest

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:56.459
 levels.

00:22:58.219 --> 00:22:58.439
 And so

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:59.179
 that's, I

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.599
 think, why

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.359
 Paul charges

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.659
 Timothy like

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.039
 this.

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.419
 It may be

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.359
 exceedingly

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.299
 difficult if it

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.799
 should ever

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.639
 happen that an

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.419
 elder in the

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.339
 church falls

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.039
 into a

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.559
 continuing sin

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.399
 or a pattern

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.259
 of unrepentant

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.559
 sin.

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.939
 It may be

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.680
 exceedingly

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.120
 difficult to

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.539
 do what

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.200
 needs to be

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.000
 done and

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.779
 drag that

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.940
 brother before

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.380
 the whole

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:22.160
 church and

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.960
 rebuke him

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.759
 publicly.

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.680
 The fear

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.440
 may be high,

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.400
 but Paul

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.220
 reminds Timothy

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.680
 that there's

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.299
 someone far

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.960
 greater that we

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.559
 need to fear

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:34.059
 in these cases.

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.559
 We need to

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.340
 fear God.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.680
 We need to

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.120
 fear the

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.900
 Lord Jesus

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:39.180
 to whom we

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.820
 must give

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.620
 account.

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.779
 don't.

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.179
 We cannot

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:45.279
 let sinning

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.179
 leaders go

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:47.199
 on sinning

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.339
 and get

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.799
 away with

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.019
 it.

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.500
 It doesn't

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.000
 matter how

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.379
 good of

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.799
 friends we

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.299
 become.

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.599
 Paul charges

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.899
 Timothy to

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.639
 keep these

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.619
 instructions about

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.519
 rebuking a

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.599
 sinning elder

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:02.359
 publicly without

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.399
 partiality or

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.079
 favoritism.

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.519
 It doesn't

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.179
 matter if in

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.679
 your heart you

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.419
 want that

00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.739
 brother to be

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.940
 innocent or

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.640
 you want that

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.240
 brother to be

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.319
 spared humiliation

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.160
 or disgrace.

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.319
 You're not to

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.000
 allow your

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.079
 personal feelings

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.859
 to interfere

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:20.400
 with your

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 duty as a

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.279
 leader in

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 the church.

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.339
 God is

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.700
 watching to

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.000
 see that you

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.059
 carry this out

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.660
 and fulfill

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.480
 these instructions

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.559
 in your church

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.460
 Timothy.

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 I hope that

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.180
 you who are

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.680
 elders are

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.900
 trembling right

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.240
 now.

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 I know I

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 am.

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 But notice

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.820
 here that it

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.420
 does not say

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.080
 that in all

00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.880
 such cases

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 elders who

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:51.900
 have been

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.700
 caught sinning

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.220
 like this

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.660
 should be

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.660
 excommunicated

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.100
 from the

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.500
 church.

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 It says

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.620
 rebuke them,

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.539
 correct them,

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.420
 expose what

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.960
 they are doing,

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 bring it to

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 light,

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.840
 reprimand

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.340
 them in

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.779
 front of

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.420
 everyone.

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.480
 sin.

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 But then it

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.920
 seems to

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.279
 leave it

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 open to

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 one of

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 two

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.920
 possibilities.

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 Either

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.420
 they receive

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.100
 that rebuke

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.600
 well and

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:21.120
 repent and

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.539
 acknowledge their

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.019
 sin and

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.460
 confess it and

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.320
 earnestly seek

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:26.200
 God's forgiveness

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.980
 and the forgiveness

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.880
 of anyone in the

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.600
 church that they

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.580
 have wronged.

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:31.720
 will be

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 or the

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.579
 alternative would

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.099
 be that they

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.980
 do not receive

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.619
 that rebuke

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.939
 well.

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.220
 They refuse to

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.599
 repent.

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.740
 Perhaps they

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.319
 continue to

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.179
 deny or

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.740
 minimize.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:46.460
 They fail to

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.500
 accept responsibility

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.139
 for their

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.720
 actions.

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 Or maybe they

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.659
 do apologize

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.599
 but they prove

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.059
 in the days

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.579
 that follow

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.720
 that that

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 wasn't sincere.

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 It was only

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.399
 made to save

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.299
 face but that

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.919
 there was no

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.960
 real change

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.059
 of heart and

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 that the

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.720
 behavior continued.

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.519
 Well in the

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.399
 first case of

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.839
 genuine repentance

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:11.619
 do we believe

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.460
 that Christ's

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.700
 death has

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.639
 made atonement

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.740
 for that

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.460
 elder's sin?

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.279
 Will we

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.599
 forgive that

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.259
 brother of the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.879
 wrong that he

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.680
 has done just

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.539
 as Christ has

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.460
 forgiven us

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.799
 of our sins?

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.799
 Now if it's

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.259
 something that

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.899
 many of us are

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.560
 quite prone to

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.180
 struggling with

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:32.700
 say he gets

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.200
 into a pattern

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.080
 of losing his

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.420
 temper.

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:36.980
 The church may

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.680
 even agree to

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.680
 have him continue

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.820
 on as an elder

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:41.040
 with the other

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:42.060
 elders holding him

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:42.780
 accountable and

00:26:42.780 --> 00:26:43.640
 perhaps some sort

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.600
 of plan to help

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.780
 this brother address

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:47.040
 this issue in his

00:26:47.040 --> 00:26:48.200
 life right away.

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:52.059
 but in most cases

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.980
 if he has been

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.100
 committing ongoing

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:56.120
 sins such that he

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.000
 needs to be rebuked

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.900
 publicly he should

00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:00.100
 be removed from

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.779
 his position

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:03.000
 and time should

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.660
 be given as

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.279
 much as it

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.880
 takes for him

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.779
 to restore his

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.000
 reputation and

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.120
 prove his

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.720
 repentance

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.580
 genuine.

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:15.099
 in such cases

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.679
 he has

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.639
 disqualified

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.079
 himself from

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.039
 being an elder

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.619
 but not from

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.319
 being a brother

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.399
 in Christ

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:25.740
 for we are all

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.599
 sinners.

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:30.059
 In such cases

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.740
 he may in the

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.659
 future become

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.639
 qualified again

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:35.299
 by the grace of

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.019
 God even

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.179
 reputations can

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.839
 be restored

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:40.059
 over time.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.919
 Let's not forget

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.899
 what Jesus said

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:45.459
 with the measure

00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.240
 you use

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.639
 it will be

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.439
 measured to you.

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.259
 We're not a

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.299
 perfect family

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.240
 and at times

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.799
 in the Lord's

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.279
 household

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.439
 sin happens

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.500
 dysfunction

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.279
 happens

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.019
 and the Lord

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.720
 has given us

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.659
 these means of

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.519
 grace in his

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.679
 word to address

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:04.000
 those times

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.720
 and correct

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.399
 those times

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.139
 when it comes to

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.619
 leadership in the

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:07.959
 church

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:09.239
 but sometimes

00:28:09.239 --> 00:28:10.000
 it will take

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.239
 great courage

00:28:12.239 --> 00:28:14.099
 and strong

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.839
 love

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.859
 to see

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.879
 dysfunction

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.899
 restored

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.819
 to see

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.799
 brokenness

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.139
 healed.

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.559
 Elders are

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.159
 entrusted with

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.939
 real authority

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.879
 in the church

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:28.739
 but two or

00:28:28.739 --> 00:28:29.319
 three witnesses

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.000
 in the family

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.039
 may at times

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.219
 need to come

00:28:32.219 --> 00:28:32.779
 forward

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:34.879
 holding an

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.339
 elder to

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.799
 account

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:39.700
 and if a

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.139
 pattern

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:41.879
 or continual

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.220
 sin

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.200
 is exposed

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.700
 elders

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.919
 must be

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.680
 rebuked

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.240
 in front of

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.759
 the church

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.960
 by the other

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.359
 elders

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.839
 and there must

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.319
 not be

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.059
 favoritism

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.079
 shown to

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.619
 elders in

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.399
 these situations

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.139
 to shield

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.700
 them from

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.480
 God's means

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.700
 of discipline

00:28:57.700 --> 00:29:00.919
 but

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.759
 the good

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.200
 news is

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.659
 that we can

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.460
 avoid having

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.259
 these kinds

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.700
 of things

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.380
 happen more

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.880
 often than

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.220
 not

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.620
 simply by

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.680
 taking our

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.279
 time

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.319
 when we

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.600
 appoint and

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.799
 approve elders

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.700
 to the

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.180
 position.

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.299
 Verse 22

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.360
 Paul says

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.180
 do not be

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.420
 hasty in the

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.019
 laying on of

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.440
 hands

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.600
 nor sharing in

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.160
 the sins of

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.539
 others

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.880
 keep yourself

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.539
 pure.

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:29.000
 virtually all

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.639
 scholars and

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.460
 commentators see

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.839
 this laying on

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.559
 of hands

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:34.259
 to refer to

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.480
 appointing

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.259
 someone to

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.779
 the position

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.299
 of elder.

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.240
 The context

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.740
 of this whole

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.519
 passage is

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.920
 elders

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.019
 it's not

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.579
 healing

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.460
 and this

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.159
 language was

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.920
 used to

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.539
 describe what

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.379
 happened when

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.279
 Timothy received

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.420
 his gift

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.059
 by the

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.379
 spirit

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:52.740
 and when a

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.139
 word was

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.079
 a prophecy

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.859
 was spoken

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.359
 over him

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.819
 about the

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.479
 special work

00:29:57.479 --> 00:29:58.199
 of leadership

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.919
 that God

00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.559
 had for him

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.000
 to do.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.719
 And so

00:30:01.719 --> 00:30:02.779
 do not be

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.579
 hasty in the

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.159
 laying on of

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.439
 hands.

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.279
 Don't be in a

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.279
 rush to fill

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.000
 the position

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.719
 of elder

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.679
 in the church.

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.259
 Slow down.

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.359
 Take time.

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.979
 Know the

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.879
 character of a

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.959
 man first.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.399
 Is he

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:19.399
 qualified to

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.939
 serve as an

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.479
 elder in the

00:30:20.479 --> 00:30:20.839
 church?

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.079
 As we

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.659
 heard that he

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.240
 should be in

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.899
 chapter 3.

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.939
 And Paul

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.259
 sort of

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.719
 tacks a

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.219
 couple other

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:28.759
 imperatives

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.399
 onto all

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.699
 this.

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.059
 He says

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.639
 do not be

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.299
 hasty in the

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.859
 laying on of

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:33.240
 hands nor

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.119
 sharing in

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.719
 the sins of

00:30:34.719 --> 00:30:35.099
 others.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.879
 We got two

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.759
 imperatives there

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.319
 in the same

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.479
 breath and I

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:40.059
 think that these

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.659
 ideas are

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.159
 connected.

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.759
 The idea here

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.459
 seems to be

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.839
 that rushing to

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.919
 put someone in

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.779
 leadership in the

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.359
 church without

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.439
 first knowing the

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.379
 kind of man they

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.679
 are may lead to

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.679
 you, Timothy,

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:53.799
 sharing in their

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.279
 sins, their

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.740
 guilt.

00:30:55.859 --> 00:31:00.459
 Or, still

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.039
 looking at the

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.740
 context here,

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.559
 perhaps you do

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.219
 know the man and

00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:03.759
 he's a close

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.259
 friend and

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.479
 favoritism or

00:31:06.479 --> 00:31:07.639
 partiality leads

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:09.000
 you to recommend

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.599
 him for the

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.179
 position of

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.759
 leadership even

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.219
 though you know

00:31:12.219 --> 00:31:12.779
 there's something

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:15.379
 about going on

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.339
 in his life that's

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.159
 not above

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.839
 reproach.

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:21.599
 or also looking

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.599
 at the context in

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.399
 the case where an

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.459
 elder is sinning

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:26.339
 and you know

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.779
 about it,

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:28.179
 Timothy, but

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.099
 fail to follow

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.059
 this instruction

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.959
 and rebuke him

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:32.439
 publicly, you

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:33.379
 then may share

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.740
 in his guilt

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.639
 like an

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.659
 accomplice helping

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.639
 to cover it up.

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:41.640
 keep yourself

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.580
 pure, Timothy.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.320
 Don't be a

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.400
 participant in the

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:47.040
 sin of others by

00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:47.860
 putting people in

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.460
 leadership who

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.380
 aren't qualified

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:52.540
 or by failing to

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.240
 rebuke men

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:55.060
 publicly who now

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.960
 hold the position

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.940
 and are sinning.

00:31:56.940 --> 00:32:02.320
 So these are the

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.140
 instructions that

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.539
 Christ has through

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.539
 Paul about elders

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.940
 in the local church.

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.960
 Elders should be

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.440
 honored, elders

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.340
 should be trusted,

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.080
 elders who sin

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.180
 should be rebuked

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.720
 publicly,

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.660
 favoritism should

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.580
 not be shown to

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:18.299
 elders, and elders

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.360
 should not be

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.660
 appointed hastily.

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.759
 Next in verse 23

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.519
 Paul gives some

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.440
 brief advice to

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.299
 Timothy about his

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.480
 frequent illnesses.

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.559
 He advises Timothy

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.279
 to use a little

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.319
 wine and not to

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:32.599
 drink only water.

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.740
 We don't have time

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.639
 this morning to

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.319
 talk about the

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.579
 various speculations

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.759
 on this and its

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.480
 relevance to the

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.339
 issue of alcohol,

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.220
 so we're just going

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.220
 to pass right by

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.500
 that and go on to

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.500
 the final words of

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.240
 wisdom that Paul

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:47.059
 gives in verse 24

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.700
 and 25.

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.480
 Paul says,

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.399
 the sins of some

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.279
 are obvious,

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.940
 reaching the place

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.180
 of judgment ahead

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.519
 of them.

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.299
 The sins of others

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.480
 trail behind them.

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.579
 In the same way,

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.119
 good deeds are

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:03.019
 obvious, and even

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.799
 those that are not

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:05.259
 obvious cannot

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.539
 remain hidden

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.579
 forever.

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.700
 These words remind

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.419
 me of what Jesus

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:13.899
 said about how to

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:15.460
 recognize false

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.180
 prophets.

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.980
 Jesus said in

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.960
 Matthew chapter 7

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.460
 that you will

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.480
 recognize them by

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.139
 their fruit.

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.180
 fruit.

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.080
 Whether they are a

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:25.320
 good tree, a true

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.020
 prophet of the

00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:27.440
 Lord, or a bad

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.420
 tree, a false

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:30.380
 lying prophet, the

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.400
 stuff that comes

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.120
 from them in time,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:35.480
 the fruit, will show

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.259
 beyond the shadow

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.020
 of a doubt what

00:33:37.020 --> 00:33:39.180
 kind of person they

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.500
 are.

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:41.820
 Time will tell.

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.460
 And that's what

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.980
 Paul is saying

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.280
 here.

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:46.160
 There are some who

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.920
 are sinning so

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.780
 visibly and

00:33:47.780 --> 00:33:49.259
 obviously that there's

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.620
 no question about

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.199
 whether or not

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:51.799
 they're Christians,

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.379
 or there's no

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.059
 question about

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.719
 whether they are

00:33:54.719 --> 00:33:56.339
 qualified to be an

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.719
 elder.

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.559
 Even before the

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.419
 moment of judgment

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:00.419
 comes, everybody

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.319
 knows that the

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.759
 verdict is guilty,

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.579
 or everybody knows

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.559
 that the verdict is

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.399
 unqualified.

00:34:08.339 --> 00:34:09.199
 But there are

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.119
 others whose sins

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.299
 trail behind them

00:34:11.299 --> 00:34:12.179
 to the place of

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.259
 judgment, says

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.579
 Paul.

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.199
 They get to the

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.059
 moment of judgment

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.980
 and that moment

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:20.380
 where everybody's

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.099
 looking at them

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.640
 and wondering

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.240
 about them.

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.579
 They're under

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.440
 the scrutiny of

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.440
 everybody and it's

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.280
 not until a bit

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.180
 later as the

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:27.079
 proceedings of the

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.780
 trial unfold that

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:31.519
 the facts begin to

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.460
 emerge of some of

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.280
 the wrongs that they

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.900
 have done in the

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.059
 past, the things

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.539
 that they have

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.940
 said.

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.099
 Now the flip side

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.280
 is also true,

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.980
 says Paul.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.119
 In the same way,

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.480
 good deeds are

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:48.300
 obvious and even

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:49.140
 those that are not

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.139
 cannot remain hidden

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.119
 forever.

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.659
 Time will tell.

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.219
 Now in the

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.500
 context, this

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.480
 wisdom applies to

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.440
 discerning whether a

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.319
 person is qualified

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:02.339
 to become an elder

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:04.359
 or whether discipline

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.619
 is needed for a

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.299
 sinning elder.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.500
 Don't be in a

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.819
 rush.

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.719
 Don't be hasty.

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.299
 Let a careful

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.699
 examination be made.

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.460
 And time has a

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.539
 way of bringing out

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.059
 the truth.

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.940
 But these words are

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.159
 also helpful for our

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.900
 own everyday

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.199
 discernment.

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.940
 Let's not be hasty

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.679
 to judge the

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.679
 character of others

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:29.480
 or the sincerity of

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:31.639
 others by words

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.539
 that they say or by

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.320
 things that they do,

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.159
 whether good or bad.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.679
 Time will tell.

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:39.899
 this is a

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:41.000
 wonderful warning to

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.000
 any of us who may be

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.579
 drifting in our

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:46.839
 faith or who may be

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.460
 giving ourselves

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.460
 regularly and

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.579
 knowingly to sinful

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.199
 behaviors.

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.519
 The truth will come

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.659
 out eventually.

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.699
 Far better to

00:35:58.699 --> 00:36:00.599
 humble ourselves and

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.139
 repent now.

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:05.179
 this is also a

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.920
 wonderful encouragement

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.739
 to those of us who

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.500
 may be serving the

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.679
 Lord tirelessly and

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.559
 doing good and yet

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.980
 maybe your good deeds

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.319
 have gone unnoticed.

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:15.039
 Be encouraged.

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.099
 Your good deeds will

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.119
 not remain hidden

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.839
 forever.

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:21.379
 You will receive your

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:22.359
 reward and your

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:24.480
 commendation in time.

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.900
 So these are Paul's

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.539
 instructions concerning

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.739
 elders in the local

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.199
 church.

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.139
 elders should be

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.480
 honored.

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.079
 Elders should be

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.519
 trusted.

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.500
 Elders who sin

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.980
 should be rebuked

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.500
 publicly.

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.079
 Favoritism should not

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.079
 be shown to elders.

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.939
 Elders should not be

00:36:43.939 --> 00:36:44.919
 appointed hastily.

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:47.059
 And as we work in

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.899
 this last word of

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:48.199
 wisdom,

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.299
 patience,

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.739
 time,

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.379
 and care

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:54.039
 should be given as

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.019
 we appoint new

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:56.679
 elders and as we

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.599
 examine current

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.079
 elders.

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.199
 elders.

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.480
 Now I know that

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.400
 these words are all

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.480
 about elders and how

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.420
 we should treat them.

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.259
 May we give good

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:07.340
 consideration and

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:09.059
 reflection to these

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:10.360
 things as they pertain

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.219
 to our church.

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.599
 But I also know that

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.500
 most of these things

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.299
 are not everyday

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:16.000
 things.

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.559
 These are things that

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.900
 happen occasionally in

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.519
 the life of the

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.860
 church.

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:19.900
 church.

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.420
 One of the

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.640
 undergirding truths of

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.559
 all this is that

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.880
 elders ought to live

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:28.400
 lives that are

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.380
 worthy of the

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.640
 calling and

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:32.260
 position they have

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.760
 received.

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.740
 But let's not go from

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.559
 here today thinking

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.720
 that it's only the

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.800
 elders who must live

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:40.420
 this kind of exemplary

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.400
 life devoted to

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.800
 Christ.

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:41.840
 Christ.

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.120
 As Paul wrote to the

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:46.380
 entire church in the

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.300
 city of Philippi.

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:50.360
 Philippians chapter 1

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.800
 verse 27.

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.360
 He said whatever

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:55.140
 happens conduct

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:56.240
 yourselves in a

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:58.539
 manner worthy of the

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.620
 gospel of Christ.

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.480
 Conduct yourselves in a

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:05.120
 manner worthy of the

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:06.820
 gospel of Christ.

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.220
 We are all called to

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:09.860
 live lives worthy of our

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:12.500
 king and worthy of his

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.780
 glorious good news.

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:17.019
 Let our elders lead the

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.340
 way.

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.440
 But may we not hesitate

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:23.500
 to follow and to do

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.960
 the same.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.360
 Let's pray.