Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin

and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

All right, guys, let's wrap up the week. This week we are doing a deep

dive into the qualifications for overseers as described by the Apostle Paul in 1st Timothy 3

versus 1 through 7. I'll read it for the last time here. The saying is trustworthy. If anyone

aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Therefore, an overseer must be above her approach, 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, 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 a snare of the

devil. Now, today we're going to wrap up with verses six and seven, but before we get to that,

let me remind you of the question that you should have been considering all week into today.

Do I have what it takes to be an overseer? So back to verses six and seven, 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.

So not a recent convert, okay? So not a novice. So it literally means that you are not newly planted.

So if you are new to the faith, our reaction should be welcome to the team, not welcome to the leadership

team, right? Why not? Because you're definitionally immature. You just have not been tested yet, right? I mean, there's a reason in the corporate world why someone coming straight out of college with a business degree isn't added to the C suite of a Fortune 100 company. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that you need to be an older guy, but it is probably a good idea if you are. I mean, old dudes have been around the block. They've seen some things. And, you know, as Joby says, you can't be an elder if you've never elded anything. But ultimately, whether the overseer is a little younger or significantly older, they just can't be spiritually green. Okay. So another good way to look at it is it's not how many years the person's been a Christian,

but how many hours, you know, that's going to be reflective of their sanctification process and their level of maturity. So again, the role is just too important and too and heavy. It's just too heavy for, you know, a baby deer believer, right? Now back to verse six, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. So guys that are young in the faith,

you know, kind of the devil.

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