His Time – Music at St. Paul’s, “Qualifications for Overseers”

1. Music at St. Paul’s: Hymn Festival

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Dr. Mark Bender, Minister of Music at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri, and guest organist Kevin Hildebrand, Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, talk about the upcoming Hymn Festival at St. Paul’s. This is the 25th Anniversary Season for the Music at St. Paul’s yearly music series. Learn more about St. Paul’s and the Hymn Festival at stpaulsdesperes.org.
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2. Daily Lectionary

Rev. Michael Morehouse from Catalina Lutheran Church in Tucson, Arizona, studies 1 Timothy 3:1-16.

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3. Morning Prayer Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is given by Rev. Michael Morehouse from Catalina Lutheran Church in Tucson, Arizona.
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“The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid.” – Martin Luther

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Qualifications for Overseers

3 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer[a] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[b] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Qualifications for Deacons

8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,[c] not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 Their wives likewise[d] must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

The Mystery of Godliness

14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

He[e] was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated[f] by the Spirit,[g]
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

Footnotes:

1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1

1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12

1 Timothy 3:8 Or devious in speech

1 Timothy 3:11 Or Wives likewise, or Women likewise

1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which

1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified

1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.