CHAPTER 4 - QUESTIONS FOR STUDY
1. Using scriptural backing, explain why the pastor's family is such an important factor in his ministry.
2. What is meant by "above reproach" in 1 Timothy 3:2? Is that standard even possible for a pastor?
3. Explain the implications of the "devil's trap" in 1 Timothy 3:7.
4. What is the meaning of "outsiders" in 1 Timothy 3:7? Why should they be of concern to church members or pastors?
5. Find key passages in the Bible where intercessory prayer takes place (someone praying for someone else). Relate those passages to praying for your pastor.
Applicable Bible verses Ch. 4 Questions
1. Church Membership vs. Country Club Membership
2. Biblical References to Servants
4. Mind of Christ Descriptive Biblical Passages
5. Attitude of Christ - Phil. 2:5-11 (ESV):
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[b] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
