1 Timothy 3:4–5 · March 26, 2023
Healthy Leadership
Jason Lock · Series: Standalone Sermons
The big idea
Trust in authority is pretty low these days. There’s no shortage of data to prove this. Scripture describes the church as God’s house and God has given elders authority in it. What does that look like? How should authority in the church work in a healthy way?
Sermon notes
Healthy authority furnishes God’s house with goodness and beauty.
His Ability: Lead Well
… with conviction
… with integrity
… with vigour
… with faith
His Aim: Dignified Obedience
“I must be prepared to marvel. This face before me, its loveliness scored with stress, is in the image of God, This fidgety and slouching body that I am looking at is a temple of the Holy Ghost. This awkward, slightly asymmetrical assemblage of legs and arms, ears and mouth, is apart of the body of Christ., Am I ready to be amazed at what God hath wrought, or am I industriously absorbed into pigeon-holding my observations… My basic orientation as a pastor is that the significance of what I see before me is not what I see before me but what Christ has said and done. Far more relevant than that I feel or think, or what this person feels or thinks, is what Christ has said and done. This is a person for whom Christ died, a person he loves: an awesome fact!” - Eugene Peterson
His Approach: Merciful Care
… it is compassionate
… it is patient
… it is gracious