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. Those in the church are as guilty as those outside for watching a pastor’s children, expecting them to fail. A pastor must take [...]
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. He should not be quick to fight or brawl, but should be gentle and peaceable. He should aspire to this higher [...]
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 “then” very clearly ties this verse to the previous verse. Because the office of overseer is a fine work:
Must be above reproach
The pastor’s character must be such that any hint of impropriety [...]
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. (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 [...]
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’s command, woman was punished. She was to bear children via much pain (Gen 3:16).
But the curse also came with promise. It was through [...]
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