For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
I’m not going to get to it too soon, but I would like to take the time to consider deeply each of the qualifications found here and in the letter to Timothy. The difference I see between the two is that Paul was teaching the qualifications from the point of introspection in the letter to Timothy, a self-examination, if you will. Paul was telling Titus the sort of men he should be looking for.
They would be stewards of God.
Men of the highest quality ought to be sought out for this work.
- It’s not business.
- It’s not a humanitarian effort.
- It’s not even religion.
Almighty God chooses to use men as ministers of His Word and in His churches. As God is holy, pure, and undefiled, those who are the stewards of His Word must be of exceptional quality.
Not that man is perfect as God is.
But these men ought to bear evidence of the greatest degree of sanctification.
It’s not a matter of calling out everyone who is willing. It’s a matter of discerning those in whom God has so worked that they are uniquely prepared, probably even before they were saved.
Oh, the harm that has been done to souls and the cause of Christ by carelessly[1] ordaining men into the ministry!
[1] And, in some cases, cavalierly.
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