Deacons: Gods Special Servants

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Deacons Gods Special Servants

• 1 Timothy 38-13

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Who are these Deacons?

• Matthew 2025-28
• Greatness measured in terms of service.
• Word for servant is diakonos often translated
  deacon.
• Acts 61-8
• Word for serve is verb form of diakonos.
• Why meet certain qualifications?

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Qualifications of a Deacon

• 1 Timothy 38-13, NKJV
• Reverent
• Not double tongued
• Not given to much wine
• Not greedy for money

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Qualifications of a Deacon

• 1 Timothy 38-13, NKJV
• Holding the faith in a pure conscience
• Husband of one wife
• Ruling their houses well
• Wives

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Some Observations

• Not junior elders
• Must be given responsibility and authority to do
  task
• They need support and assistance for each of us

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Some Observations on the process

• No Biblical pattern of the process
• Process not a popularity contest
• 1 Timothy 310
• Word tested means to examine