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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.&#160; (1 Timothy 3:7)

 Again Paul refers to the pastor&#8217;s reputation and character.&#160; But that character isn&#8217;t always viewed from within the church walls, through a prism of grace.&#160; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.&#160; (1 Timothy 3:6)

It is sad that the apostle must make this statement.&#160; There is much to be said of age. How many young folks have been pushed too quickly into ministry only to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),&#160; (1 Timothy 3:5)

 This is a very powerful and straightforward remark by the apostle.&#160; A pastor unable to manage his own wife, will be unable to hand out advice to other husbands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:4</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/18/notes-1-timothy-3-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (1 Timothy 3:4)

 Few things reflect so great on a pastor as his family.&#160; Those in the church are as guilty as those outside for watching a pastor&#8217;s children, expecting them to fail.&#160; A pastor must take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:3</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/17/notes-1-timothy-3-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. (1 Timothy 3:3)

 The pastor should be one who is sober minded, filled with the spirit and not wine.&#160; He should not be quick to fight or brawl, but should be gentle and peaceable.&#160; He should aspire to this higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:2</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/16/notes-1-timothy-3-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,  (1 Timothy 3:2)
The word &#8220;then&#8221; very clearly ties this verse to the previous verse.  Because the office of overseer is a fine work:
Must be above reproach
The pastor&#8217;s character must be such that any hint of impropriety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 3:1</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/15/notes-1-timothy-3-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.&#160; (1 Timothy 3:1)

Having just finished with his instructions regarding men and women in worship, the apostle now begins to lay out the organizational structure of the church.
He wants to make sure that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 2:15</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/12/notes-1-timothy-2-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint. (1 Timothy 2:15)

As punishment for exceeding her authority and disobeying God&#8217;s command, woman was punished.&#160; She was to bear children via much pain (Gen 3:16).
But the curse also came with promise. It was through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 2:14</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/11/notes-1-timothy-2-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.&#160; (1 Timothy 2:14)

Eve placed herself in a position to be tempted, and sinned, by engaging in a theological discussion with Satan.&#160; Instead of following the model set forth by God himself in the creation, she stepped outside her role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes: 1 Timothy 2:13</title>
		<link>http://www.feather.us/2008/04/10/notes-1-timothy-2-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Feather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.      (1 Timothy 2:13)

As mentioned earlier, God had ordained a certain order of authority in life.&#160; This model was first shown in Genesis with the very creation of mankind.&#160; Adam was first.&#160; He was given authority and responsibility.
Then God created [...]]]></description>
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