Instructions for the Church (2)

Thank you. You come this evening. I'll have to consider further than the law section of the chapter 5 of 1 Timothy and it's under the section considered to be pools instructions of full of the chance. And so we can send you in that for some reason.

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Put last week's readings. Sorry about that myself. That's my fault. I'm just delete the fortunes reading. I could actually probably get free time. I know we go with white ones, office 17th, I read from 5:17 fruit to the 25.

Let the elders, who rule well be considered worthy of double honor. Especially those who labor in preaching, and teaching. For the scripture says, you should not muscle, and when it turns out the Grain on the labor, has his wages. Do not submit a charge against an elder except only evidence of two, or three Witnesses. As for those who resist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of old. So that the rest May stand in fifth, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and angels, I don't want you to keep these rules without free charging doing nothing from the functionality. Do not be Hasty in the laying on of hands. No, tight pulse in the sins of others. Keep yourself, pure. No longer drink only water but you said that the wine for the sake of your stomach and for you, LOL frequent ailments. The sins of some people are conspicuous and going before then to judgment. But the sins of others, a lighter and even those that's a no. Cannot remain hidden for Andy. At the Lord will bless his way to our house this week. Come to consider this passage this evening.

Remember last week and I'll be reading the U versus Prime and pull or in his writings to Timothy highlights and and Shay is how we may correct. One another, how a pasta am I taking Trinity to correct those within his church? And what was cleared within what he shared with us on those passages was the front but we are supposed to approach people with love. Remember that say he reminded us that we're dealing with those who are older than us to treat them like parents and those who are younger than us to treat them like brothers and sisters. If I take it, he spoke with both men and women separately to really hard lesson to really drive this point forward, that we are on to be taking care of going to pay for and dealing with is a challenging difficulty. I but we in needs to be done when not to care away from it, but we had to approach people in love and care for them. We're not looking to cause the problems were not looking for them to leave. The check for the wrong mother, we're trying to bring them into other phone but helping to make them more pure before going. I'm protecting Purity within the trunk, we want some good outcomes for the, we want them to remain, pumps the family. We want them to know that, we love them and we cat for the a continuous and goes on and talks about the widows and he talks about the need to look after widows. And he talks about the true with us on the responsibility of the church has to look off the true widows who are old on the on the anybody. It may be that responsibility to do what they should be doing before the person concerned. And those who actually just to treat those who have no family, those who are unable to look after themselves. But also garnering gone staring individuals, that they must be looked after mowing the church and the church needs to face that responsibility.

as we look how platypuses we see that, we all too, Look after our elders within our trash talkin about old men. That's not what is being referred to hear. This is a continuation of that letter, that's out loin. So clearly for the establishing of the church that they will be those who are set aside as eldest, and those who'll be set aside as deacons. And it is those Elders that all being referred to in these lost versus double honor. Especially those who labor in preaching and teaching lost. Are we recognized means to take consideration or two to look after. And consideration is even be to support them financially to help them to in the nether. And that is the correct thinking here that is being referred to the eldest should be Luke talks about the trash. I am supposed has, or will they open a loaner if they ruled? Well. Who is a God-fearing? And is it come out there at the latest? All the check should be held in high esteem as I just honestly but I actually full cab full them. There was also a problem that actually occurred in the early church which continues to have so many people think the elders and especially those who pastas are preaching on Sunday against of an easy lunch. That's all I have to do is answer, do some work and everybody else in the church is having to go to work to earn that income. For people. Say Austin is a bit of a cushy right and don't realize the importance of the work, they took out the book. If that's a do that job promptly and pulled all the Believers at this time, that they are good and doing that job properly in harvesting and the those who Labour specifically and studying God's word, and then preaching that would and teaching. God's people that they should be also held in high esteem and clear passages of scripture. The first one is actually from the Old Testament and quotes from Deuteronomy chapter 25 and the full muscle an AUX when it is treading out the grain to be different from everybody else in the world. And when an animal that was trading out, the grain with rounds, pulling the cart behind zit thrashing out that grain. Are all the other nations around. I would actually muzzle the ox. So, the ox couldn't eat some of the food that was being shredded Oz and go said, that's wrong. You should not be doing that. And you should be taking that muzzle off of an ox. Green. If they need to, and dealing with several practical aspects of making, sure that we are not abusing animals fundamentally, they are doing a work for us and we care for them and we want the best for them. The world has a different to a purpose and they see the only eating what they think of as their own possessions. And so they muzzle the ox and don't like that is entirely wrong and who brings us to their minds at this point because Important. If we know how to treat animals, surely we should know how to treat Elders of the church. Text Ashley quote from Jesus is our own words and he quotes we have written in Luke chapter, 10, and verse 7, these woods and remain in the same house eating and drinking. I want they provided at the full of the labor for the laborer, deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house the heat Beyonce engage someone in what that that person is actually worthy to be paid the worthy to have the opportunity, to be able to feed themselves, and to have a roof over their head. And was in this, if we know how employees, if we know how to treat those who work for us correctly, surely, we should also be able to teach I treat my oldest correctly as well as she writes this in 1 Corinthians 1, chapter 9, and verse 14, in his teaching. And that those who proclaim, the gospel should Play living by the gospel with indoor pool teaches that those who must be looked after buying the trench, they must, they must be treated equally with the labourer who carries out the work. I did indeed Becca. Then we was that we would use for all work, as well. So we need to view looking after in our churches. I pull continues to go on to a different slightly different topic. With regards to a, notice he recognized in the alliance and there are times that there are problems, that may occur because of that thing. And it needs to be well-balanced within the church, how we do with such difficulties with do not admit a charge against and sets, only evidence of two or three Witnesses,

For those of you who are students and know your Bible, well you'll realize that there was only two areas that I actually apart from this. That actually is governed by, if this particular will be evidence or two or three Witnesses 17:6, putting to death people. Surfing other girls. They come the commands that God has given us. So we are to talk to wash it. Any other going to come on was given to the assurance that there will be those who would be put to death of Disobedience and situation required for someone to lose their only require the evidence or two or three Witnesses did or did not. I'm not quite as serious as the equation on that is being used to. The second. One is from Numbers chapter, 35, and verse 30. Stop cichlid passage deals with those who have committed murder on God, made it very clear that those who have committed murder would have that lines. The taken from them, I never quite misplaced, the phone in that situation was that they would only be able to be found guilty where there was evidence from two or three witnesses. To what we see here is pool, bringing in to this particular section that understanding of the need for two or three Witnesses, angle of the reality, that pool knows that was dealing with the situation with an individual's life was to be taken from them and pool thing for us as members of the church to realize that I actually when we bring an accusation against the pasta, That in many respects, we are actually putting that pasta to death the devastation on such an accusation against the Foster can obviously that he is removed from office. He is disgraced within the community. Is normally expelled from the church. And the devastation that Danica's full them for the rest of the lines can be quite substantial and sorry for us that pasta safe from such accusations knowing full. Well that there are individuals out there who would be willing to make a false accusation. You don't really accept an understanding the devastation that sucks. And I can station can cause there are no end of people who wants the road for themselves and would speak against another individual of how they must recognize that we are actually required to also keep to the same behavior as is listed for deacons and Elders. That is the requirements. Those requirements of special for us as members of the church to be in obedience to

in this particular criteria of an accusation must not be taken off or entertained. If one person comes forward and says that pasta has done this. Well, that's unless there's somebody else who is actually a Kroger 18-count eggs, at least two or three Witnesses, then it should never be listened to. It should never be never be discussed by the church membership. The reputation of the older must not be unnecessarily damaged and his work must not suffer, unnecessary Interruption because of such an accusation. It is important. And it is a rule that is laid down for us within what pool is describing here. What pools are? There are those who indeed there is opportunity that people can actually say to this system sin. Rebuke them in the presence of all. So that the rest May stand in fifth, What we noticed any of this particular verse is not concept of persisting in send who has an understanding from scripture that we are supposed to actually go and speak to the individual on a one-to-one basis. Initially, if not, I can solve the problem with go to the eldership of the church and wait to share that with him, for them to also be able to speak to the individual concerned. This is a situation where I saw this particular individual irons. That person is unrepentant. They will not recognize the send that I have committed and they continue in sin. That is what it means to assist in sin. And for those individuals who have committed wants needs to be dealt with. They need to be this problem needs to be addressed and the trench off, seen by everyone. I know how you feel, and it's always say that the Elder of that pasta continues in that particular about how you do. It makes us that behavior is acceptable before the Lord, when is his notes and said that the public has been seen publicly and therefore they need to be rebuked publicly. Unstuck public is in the presence of everyone in the church but isn't just one or two individuals. There isn't some form of secrecy where we deal with this behind-the-scenes. I mean off The Fosters leave. No one knows why it has to be dealt with publicly and in the presence of everybody dressed and stand in fear full size, they need to have a fear of God. They need to have a fear of the consequences of continuing and Disobedience to God. I'm so humble is made of the elder or pasta where this time place so that we may truly know and understand the behavior is not acceptable before God and that it must not appear amongst the congregation. Pool continues and he says in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus. I know the air light angels, on Sean tree to keep these rules. That was quite a statement today reported seen clearly in the presence of God and Jesus. And his heavenly host that he challenges us to keep these rules. We must absolutely. It is of great importance and what he's sharing that with us he wants us to know then actually God knows that. We have been told to keep to this. I'm not God will hold us accountable for that.

Prejudging is not having that problem. Anticipated tree decision, we've heard the accusation being made and we've already decided in our heads. What the outcome is going to be on posters that is wrong. We also listen to what is actually occurred as often as every single situation. We are. So listen, carefully, with the way things are with her doing an investigation into those accusations is not just good enough. For one person, to say something and consequence to follow the house, to be two or three witnesses, that I was witness things have to be white up. The whole situation has to be weighed up before a decision is made. I'm not preposition needs to be a proper one before God doesn't and that these things need to be weighed up and he says, also, do nothing from partiality.

Reference to one side or the other may be a preference. Or we don't believe people, because we like, being with a sexy noise, or leaning towards the accuser in a given situation, and that somehow, the Elder must have done something wrong to have such an accusation made against inside the very Incarnation as being night creates a partiality. We're just the accusation of line would be seen to be enough to be pretty Johnson and posts. Don't do that way to listen to both sides, do not lean towards one person or another. We need to be balanced. We need to weigh these things up in the appropriate way. So we need to make sure we know what the fox song. We need to know that there is a concrete case. And we need to fully investigate, and we must be fully established before a decision is made in many respects. A whole court system is based on a very, very same concept or is recognizable. The that is what we would expect in any normal situation. And if someone had a grievance against, we would see the same process being use there as well. And so, we need to ensure that we all keep me in line with these things. The Lord is being established based amazingly on God's word in the statutes. In this country was actually created from God's word. And we have that privilege in this nation, that that is the case and saw these things. It is within the church itself.

Some mornings whole situation. He says, do not be Hasty in the laying on of hands. What he means is they do not be quick to appoint someone to be an elder or a deacon and they expect over the criteria that has been established. Bowling would mean that we would Overlook a maybe the sin, that is clearly, we weren't interested, we didn't investigate the person. We didn't make sure as they are expected to with in that position. And also says, do not park in the sins of others. Now this could be covering all aspects within the context. That is actually the going tip, it may well be. But so boring appointing, someone rapidly, and then supporting them in that role against all the excavations that come that we're actually taking in the Sin, all that individual week, trying to cover up our own a mistake, we try and support them, no matter once and we find ourselves drawn into the sin that they have committed frequently, ignore the other one and then, actually, the individual who's making the accusation is committing sin. It is a false accusation being underhanded in the way they're behaving and I have made a false accusation against the elder or the pasta.

How do you use in the trash pumps hiking in the sins of that individual is keep yourself? Pure why all these things are making sure the foremost that you are invited to go to us that you are being kept here in this situation. And you're not being tainted by what is a plea has maybe taking a place or has not taken place for the accusation has been made in correctly and so that's need to make sure that we are careful in that now, we have this next version verse 23, which is often quite a puzzlement for many people, we have in Brackets, in our churches, and our Bibles. And this particular advice was given by people specifically to Timothy into brackets for us. But there is a truth that we To acknowledge as well. Timothy was on trying to a Bagon keeping himself. Pure making sure he wasn't getting involved at all. The things that people got involved with one of those suspects was he decided to be teetotal know, there's nothing wrong in that particular aspect and we can certainly understand why he chose to do. That is very hard often to get the bounce with things. Like a particular an era where alcohol is so much stronger than it was in that time. And Timothy, I thought he wanted to make sure that he kept his wife from that particular Temptation Hawaii from alcohol. Because if we had so we end up doing things we shouldn't inside. We just easier to make sure he never has alcohol at or who has taken to address that problem. Timothy is incurring. Timothy is Suffering from a little stomach problems, that particular decision that took place at diseases that went round and the only people who would not affected with those who only drink alcohol at the main reason was was because the water itself became contaminated. And we know you from living, I know you from living abroad. That is so-called often to get a good quality water in the UK, we can turn on a tap scan and take only the quality of the water is coming through. I know full well if it was turned on the Taps and we had Brown water coming through. That would be an awful lot of complaints to the local water. You don't you fail to do your truck. Probably went out drinking. That's the reality is even in that situation is probably quite safe for you to drink.

We make complaints but when were abroad and other countries where we haven't got such a good to water system as we have in the UK, there are many problems that can actually occur. And this was the problem. Send Timothy was just picking up one stomach problem after another, but he was dedicated to the decision that he made no longer drink only water but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach. And for your frequent elements that we hold to what we believe the Bible teaches. We want to make sure we get the extra mile to make sure that way we don't get yourself caught in a particular sin. We do that to the detriment of our own health in a given situation and this was what Timothy that I'm posed to be balanced. Yeah, yeah, it's good. What you have decided to do, but remember that I actually they're all. There is a genuine problem here that actually having this wine will help the stomach beside your stomach. And he gives not unique Medical Weight Loss to Timothy at this point in time. Don't use this as an excuse. Now to go and drink as much alcohol as you like. Because clearly Timothy did not do that and they had a very difficult to imagine him having a teaspoon or something over it because he did not want that problem. And he was going to persist in not, but he took my advice and he listens to Walpole had to share. So we take that in balance as well. I lost li-po says the sins of some people are conspicuous going before, then to judgment, we know what he's only, we know those situations where somebody sent is. So obvious in that life is almost wanted to send arrives in the room before they do. We know, everyone knows what they're up to the office. So they might think that no one that she is aware of it, but everyone is very much aware. And the problem is is the judgment and so we are able to recognize the clearly. They're not living there lions in the wild I should do, and it's obvious that we should appoint them to being either a deacon or an elder in the church. But he also says the sins about this is a pet license and respects. You know, you want the trouble that I have in the airlines is and what I find difficult and how they finding a video of two gold ones, who all making sure. Everyone thinks everything is wonderful. That they know somehow, any former Senator that those sins will eventually appear. We will recognize and we will see them but it will just take time for them to relax around. People may be to not be watching themselves on occasion met with a lighter.

When somebody does what they should do when they are an obedient to God, we recognize those good works. We need to recognize that probably many Goods elders and pastas who have been dedicated to the church and going to work. I found themselves. Very, very small things. So actually being breech of going slow and we need to recognize the good words and individuals put individual, who is not

34 individuals who all who are working truthfully in angles, work, and somebody makes an accusation against them. We see the good works that I actually do. Good works admit, we recognize the good, right? We can see that. It's obvious and clear. We need to be careful that we're not just willing to listen to the latest Bill gossip or the latest against a particular Elder. The website notes. And then he says, and even those are that's a note, cannot remain hidden. And that's the crucial thing. If we are going slow. That's what compounds they will not remain hidden. And so we need to be careful with in this. In recognizing what pool is sharing here? We need to be very very careful when we was eating with elders. There is so much consequence, to even the smallest of accusations. Does that work? And within the church, that commitment to go into work and his life reaching can be obsolete, devastated by a false accusation of wrongdoing. But equally if there is a genuine wrongdoing, there is a right way of dealing with that problem. And it needs to be secretly behind closed doors. Not hoping that no one's going to find out what we need to have it very clearly out in the open so that all may know what is actually taking place. We need to protect Apostles and Elders in the joints way and we need to make sure that we are protecting their soul as well. So we're not looking for the death of a pop star, Nelda effectively in the trench, but we want to restore them to God's grace. And so we need to approach when we dealing with a very difficult situations such as what pool has described In this passage of these things, probably are too many days and look at how these things are to be implemented.