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Presbytery: What and Why

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Gateway Church

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🗓️ 12 August 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This weekend, Pastor Robert shares a message titled “Presbytery: What and Why” where he defines presbytery and discusses why we have presbytery services.

Transcript

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0:00.0

As you heard, this weekend is presbytery, and normally we have candidates Sunday night through Tuesday morning.

0:06.5

We'll still have that, but I wanted to have at least one candidate in each service at every campus and then have some words in due season on the weekend.

0:15.9

So you could see it if you can't come during the week and you could experience it.

0:20.8

So I'm going to do my best to take about 10 minutes and explain

0:24.9

presbytery to you and then we're going to do it. All right? And sometimes I say

0:28.8

presbytery, rather than presbytery, the Texas pronunciation of it because I traveled in the

0:35.8

United Kingdom and all them they would say presbytery

0:38.8

presbytery they'd also call me a missionary you know we'll just, so whatever the word is, you just know that's

0:45.6

the word he's talking about, that word that I've never heard of. Okay, so let me show you a scripture.

0:50.7

First Timothy four, you don't need to turn if you want to but

0:53.2

first 74 14 says do not neglect the gift now this is Paul talking to

0:58.6

Timothy spiritual father to a spiritual son do not neglect the gift that is in you. I'm trying to emphasize it so we

1:07.3

don't read over this, which was given to you by prophecy with the lane on of the hands of the eldership.

1:19.0

And the word there in the Greek is Presbyterian, which means elders, plural or council of elders.

1:26.0

Presvature Ross is singular, that means elder, just so you know,

1:31.0

aus singular on plural.

1:33.5

When you're reading your Greek Bible,

1:35.1

now you'll know, okay, the difference, all right?

1:38.3

Let me show this see in the old King James

1:40.3

just because this is where we see the word,

1:41.9

the English word presbytery.

1:43.0

It says neglect not the gift that is in thee, you know, old King James, which was

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