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Pray the Word with David Platt

#871 – Praying for Pastors (1 Timothy 3:1)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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πŸ—“οΈ 28 December 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Paul tells Timothy that there are qualifications to be a pastor. Let's pray that these characteristics will be true of our pastors in Christ's church.

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1st Timothy chapter 3 verse 1

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says the saying is trustworthy

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if anyone aspires to the office of overseer saying is

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trust worthy.

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

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And then what happens right after this

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in First Timothy chapter 3 is Paul lists out the qualifications of an overseer or an elder or a pastor.

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So these are words that are used interchangeably in the New Testament,

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pastors, elders, overseers, those whom God has entrusted with the

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responsibility to shepherd his people under his shepherding care.

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So we are under shepherds, those of us who are

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pastors, elders, overseers in the church

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that we have been entrusted by Jesus the Chief

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Shepherd with a responsibility to care for the people in local churches that he has entrusted us to lead.

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And so what I want to do is I want to lead us just to pray.

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So from 1st of the chapter 3,

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verse 2, all the way down to 7 we see these qualifications and I want to

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lead us to pray these things for pastors elders overseers so some of you listen to this maybe a pastor, elder, overseer in your church and so it would be something you pray not just for yourself but for others and for those who may not be pastors

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elders overseers in your local church that this would be a guide straight from

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the word to how to pray for your pastor, pastors, elders,

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overseers in your church. And as we pray these things for those who lead us, so think not just,

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