PPT-Above Reproach:

What Can The Righteous Do Text Ps 11 Scripture Reading Phil 21416 Intro Above Reproach What Can The Righteous Do King David had great successes in his life I Sam 17 but he also had failures that rocked his . Three of these uses refer to one of the requirements of an elder 1 Tim 32 Titus 16 or a deacon 1 Tim 310 Those are fairly well known The other four are not so well known One refers to widows Honor widows who are really widows But if any widow has ch HOW GOD DEFINES . “BLAMELESS”. . IN. 1 TIMOTHY 3:2-7. NECESSARY QUALITIES TO BE BLAMELESS IN CHARACTER AND COMPETENCE. 1 Timothy 3:2-7. The husband of one wife . (literally . “of one woman a man”. 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9. 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9. The approach many churches take to these passages. Take . the lists from . 1 Tim. 3 . and . Titus 1. to make . one . comprehensive checklist. Blameless (Above Reproach). Timothy - . anepilamptou. :. one against whom no evil charge can be sustained; one who is above an established charge of evil. (Phillips). Never caught doing wrong, irreproachable. (Greek New Testament). . John Bunyan. John 15:18-20:.  . “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. . 19 . If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. . by poets THE REPROACH OF THE CRETANS. 403 could be set up by themselves against the proofs, clear and sufficient as it seems to us, of the Pauline character and authorship of the Letter. Still the pa (n) disapproval. I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common. that he might be worthier of my society and less. open to Estella’s. Great Expectations. --Charles Dickens. reproach.. Part . 4. God Has Always Called Leaders to . Lead. 1 Peter 2:5,9. 5 . you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be . a holy priesthood. , to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Proverbs 14:34. Proverbs 14:34 (ESV. ). “. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” . Proverbs 14:34 (ESV. ). “. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. 1 TIMOTHY 3:1-13, TITUS 1:5-11. Who Are to Be Elders?. Take the lists from . 1 Tim. 3 . and . Titus 1. to make . one checklist. Disqualify a man for any instance of violating any qualification. Focus on the quantifiable qualifications (. Titus 1:5-9. ESV. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. . If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instructions in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.. eclipse. To surpass; to overshadow; to excel. expedient. A means to an end; that which is advantageous. ferocity. Savageness; wildness. infernal. Devilish; like a fiend; also, pesky or detestably. ingenuity. Characters, characterization, characteristics, characterized, . characterizing. Characterize, v.. To intensify, intensification, intense. intensity, n.. Lucidity, lucidly, lucidness . Lucid, adj.. Obscures, obscured, obscuring, obscurely . 4. Chapter 1 vss. 5-8. The Path to Wisdom. James 1:5–8 (NASB95) . . . But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. .