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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
The blamelessness that the minister must hold is tied to the statement of one wife. Since he is to have one wife they believed he would have a household.
This household would be an indicator to how he would oversee the church. Now, the second indicator is that his children obey him. No children? Then the indicator that Paul set up is missing some ingredients. So, how much of this outline is to be kept and how much of it do we use. Religious liberties aren't be pushed by me. I'm just reading the epistle. So, are these suggestions or are the commands by the apostle on finding qualified ministers?
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The problem as I see it is just where does Paul direct this to ministers. What is a minister in the first place?
Paul specifically uses the term "Overseer" not one of the gifts of ministry as given in
Ephesians 4. What does a overseer over see? And while we are at it, who does a deacon serve. As the office means "waiter". How doe we jump to the conclusion that Paul is speaking of spiritual oversight, instead of administrative over sight of the church, such as a deacon board would serve in our day and time.
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