Deacons and Their Wives (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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“Well done, good and faithful servant.” Aren’t these the words that every Christian longs to hear from God? Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg examines the role of deacons and considers whether it’s biblical for women to serve in this role.
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| 0:00.0 | Can a woman serve as a deacon in local church? |
| 0:29.3 | Many churches have different practices and there are Bible teachers who disagree on this |
| 0:33.6 | subject, but today on Truth for Life. |
| 0:36.6 | Alistair Begg takes us to the book of 1 Timothy chapter 3 to help us understand how |
| 0:42.4 | we should look at this important question. |
| 0:45.7 | Looking today at verses 8-16. |
| 0:53.9 | What are the requirements necessary to serve as a deacon? |
| 0:57.4 | Number 1, a deacon is to be serious. |
| 1:00.8 | Secondly, these individuals are to be sincere. |
| 1:05.0 | Not only are they to be serious in their outlook, but they are to be sincere in their conviction. |
| 1:10.1 | Thirdly, sober. |
| 1:13.7 | Fourthly, these individuals are to be satisfied individuals. |
| 1:17.0 | In other words, they're not pursuing dishonest gain. |
| 1:23.2 | In other words, it is wrong for us to think that the service ministries of the church are |
| 1:32.3 | to be exercised by people who are simply good at claiming ladders or doing things like |
| 1:37.9 | that, and provided they are functionally okay, it really doesn't matter if they're |
| 1:42.1 | very spiritual or not. |
| 1:44.2 | That is the height of stupidity. |
| 1:48.1 | Just in the same way as the fact that there are no menial tasks within the kingdom, there |
| 1:53.2 | are no unspiritual tasks within the kingdom. |
| 1:56.5 | The way in which we do everything, it will convey that which is the very bedrock of our |
| 2:02.5 | existence. |
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