{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies","author_name":"Jeff Gulleson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/author\/jgulleson\/","title":"I Tim. 3:2-7 - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wLJbgrQ2Yo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-3\/i-tim-32-7\/\">I Tim. 3:2-7<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-3\/i-tim-32-7\/embed\/#?secret=wLJbgrQ2Yo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;I Tim. 3:2-7&#8221; &#8212; Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson\" data-secret=\"wLJbgrQ2Yo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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(Loving God, fellow Christians, the non-Christian world) 1:7-8 &#8211; The law is good if used properly. (The law\u2019s deterrent, punitive and educative purposes) 1:8-11 &#8211; \u201cWhatever else \u2026\u201d The Gospel Ethic. (Law-Philia University) 1:11 &#8211; Our Relationship with \u201cThe Blessed God.\u201d (Causing God pain or joy) 1:12-16 Why Paul considered himself the worst of sinners. 1:12-16 Conversion of the apostle Paul. 1:12-16 Paul\u2019s call to ministry. 1:17 Paul\u2019s doxology of praise for his conversion. 1:18-20 How to avoid shipwrecking our faith. 2:1-3 The Christian is to pray for all men. 2:4,6 Comparison of Calvinism &amp; Armenianism. 2:5-6 The man, Christ Jesus, the only mediator. 2:1-7 The vision, the message, the means. 2:8-15 Treatment of women in the ancient world, the early church and the Bible. 2:8-15 Three key hermeneutic principles to follow when studying the Bible. 2:8 Praying Men with Peaceful Hearts 2:9-10 A First-Century Christian Woman\u2019s Dress and Deeds 2:11-12 Does Submission Demand Silence? 2:13-15 Paul\u2019s Logic for Requiring Women to Be Silent in The Ephesian House Churches. 3:1 Why Aspiring to Church Leadership Can Be a Good Thing. 3:2-7 Ethical Demands of the NT and the Ethics Tests for Elders 3:2-7 Ethical Qualities Required of an Ephesian Elder 3:2-7 Skills Required of an Elder\u00a0 2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God&#8217;s church?) 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil&#8217;s trap. INTRODUCTION: Living an ethically high quality life is not an option for us. It is required. Paul charges Timothy to \u201c\u2026 train yourself to be godly\u201d (I Tim. 4:7). What is required of elders should be the ideal of all believers. QUESTION: What does the emphasis on ethics in the Bible do for \/teach us as Christians? 1. Points to the absolute authority of God over our lives. Once we admit that we must possess the moral qualities commanded by God we are acknowledging His reign over us. 2. Biblical Ethics are one of God\u2019s gifts, showing us how to live happily in a broken, sinful world. 3. Biblical Ethics force us to look to Christ for salvation and also enabling to [&hellip;]"}