The Deep End - Leaders Who Serve - 1 Timothy 3:8-13 - Mike Maglish

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Leaders Who Serve
1 Timothy 3:8-13
Mike Maglish

Part of The Deep End
A Study in 1 & 2 Timothy

October 13, 2024

8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, 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 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 Holy Bible: English Standard Version (1 Ti 3:8–13). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

DEACON means SERVANT

43 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Mk 10:43–45). (2016). Crossway Bibles.2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. 6 These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. 7 And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Ac 6:2–7). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

SERVANTS allow for the GOSPEL to be SPREAD
(See Exodus 18:14-26)

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There are MANY ways to SERVE

8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, 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 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 Holy Bible: English Standard Version (1 Ti 3:8–13). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

It is IMPORTANT we serve WELL

Takeaway: SERVE