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All right, happy hump day, fellas. This week we were doing a deep dive into the qualifications

for overseers as described by the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 3, verses 1 through 7. I'll read it again

here. The saying is trustworthy. If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble

task. Therefore, an overseer must be above

reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own

household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders so that he may not fall into disgrace into

the snare of the devil.

Now, today we're focusing on verse three, but before we get to that, let me remind you

the question that you should be considering all week, do I have what it takes to be an overseer?

So back to verse three here, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

All right, so let's dig in.

Paul says an overseer is not a drunkard.

So some translations say that an overseer is not given to wine or not addicted to wine.

So is this saying that an elder or pastor at your church can't ever drink alcohol?

I mean, no, not at all. That's not what this is saying. So let me remind you that our Savior

Jesus drank alcohol. I know, breaking news to Baptists and Church of Christers out there,

but Matthew says in chapter 11, verse 19 of his gospel, the son of man came eating and drinking.

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