The NXR Podcast - November 25, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - Being Above Reproach


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Length

5 minutes

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167.19

Word count

954

Sentence count

56

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Toxicity

1

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3

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Summary

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What does it mean to be a good overseer? What are the qualifications for such a person? How do they differ from those who are already qualified? What do they need to do to be above reproach? How can they fill in the cracks in the wall of the fortress that the enemy is trying to create in order to attack them?

Transcript

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00:00:19.620 Jesus said,
00:00:20.740 Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25.380 You're listening to Daily Truth.
00:00:30.640 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach.
00:00:34.560 In your notes, I've written this.
00:00:35.440 This particular qualification is the top.
00:00:38.000 It's at the very top.
00:00:39.220 Not the very top because I just gave one other so that it's, you know, you get it.
00:00:41.840 It's in the top five, top two, whatever.
00:00:43.900 It's in the top of both a list for qualifications for elders in 1 Timothy 3,
00:00:47.780 our particular text today, and Titus 1, another list of qualifications for elders.
00:00:53.720 This is not a requirement of perfection.
00:00:57.640 We've got to be careful.
00:00:58.220 What does it mean to be above reproach?
00:01:00.000 We spoke of some of this last week.
00:01:01.680 Let's look at it a little bit more in detail now.
00:01:04.320 The Greek word conveys the idea of not possessing anything in one's life
00:01:08.540 that Satan might be able to use against you.
00:01:12.160 Simply put, an elder must not be living a double life.
00:01:15.940 He must be a man of integrity. 0.97
00:01:18.080 He cannot be a hypocrite.
00:01:20.020 When he sins, because above reproach does not mean sinless perfection,
00:01:24.560 only Christ is sinlessly perfect, so an elder will sin.
00:01:28.360 He's a qualified man, but not a sinless man.
00:01:30.680 So when he sins, he judges himself.
00:01:33.780 An elder is qualified when at those times where he does, in fact, sin,
00:01:40.440 the first person to confront him on his sin is him.
00:01:46.340 That's a wonderful sign of a man being qualified.
00:01:51.860 To brag on our other four elders,
00:01:54.260 It is a rare occasion when I or someone else has to go to them and cause them to understand, bring to their attention a failure on their part that they have not already been made aware of by the conviction of the Holy Spirit in their own hearts, in their own lives.
00:02:19.640 there's very little correction on our elder team
00:02:24.740 because there's very much conviction on our elder team
00:02:29.140 that's not to say that we do not disagree
00:02:31.760 that's not to say that we do not correct when necessary
00:02:35.160 but often there's not as much correction
00:02:38.020 because there's much confession
00:02:39.900 there's much confession among the pastors of this church
00:02:45.040 as we meet together, as we talk together, as we pray together
00:02:49.860 And so to be above reproach is not to be sinlessly perfect,
00:02:53.400 but it is to be a man who ultimately, at the end of the day,
00:02:56.120 does not have a crack in the wall of the fortress.
00:02:59.200 There is no weak point that the enemy might exploit
00:03:02.520 in order to bring him down and ultimately do the church much harm.
00:03:07.720 And one of the ways that he fortifies the walls,
00:03:11.120 spiritual maturity as a defense,
00:03:14.020 not just for himself, not for his own reputation,
00:03:17.220 but for the protection and safety of the people
00:03:18.960 of God, one of the ways that he fortifies that wall, one of the ways that he fills in
00:03:23.840 the cracks is through constant, continual, careful confession.
00:03:30.860 A man who has to be corrected regularly is probably not quite ready to be an elder. 0.95
00:03:35.900 But a man who still is a sinner but confesses regularly. 0.92
00:03:40.480 Do you see the distinction? 0.50
00:03:42.140 There is a difference.
00:03:43.900 So to be above reproach is not to say a man who is sinlessly perfect, but it's a man who
00:03:47.540 recognizes his sin quickly and doesn't always have to be have to be corrected because he's
00:03:54.480 he's quick to announce to present to confess his sin to the appropriate parties he is above
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00:04:37.120 and kids 10 and under get in free.
00:04:39.400 You can bring the whole family.
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00:04:43.420 The problem is we're going to run out of tickets
00:04:45.120 and we're going to run out pretty fast.
00:04:47.360 Again, we've got about 100 seats or less.
00:04:50.740 450 people six months out are already registered for this conference.
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