| Introduction To The City's Gate |
Appendix
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Study
on Elders
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1. Read the following
portions of Scripture: |
 | Exodus 18:21 |
| Deuteronomy 1:13 |
| Acts20:28-31 |
| 1 Timothy 3:1-7
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| Titus 1:6-9 |
| 1 Peter 5:1-4 |
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| Answer the following questions: |
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What
does the Bible teach about the qualities/ qualifications of a godly
elder (as distinct from the duties of an elder)?
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Arrange
these qualities into categories of morals, beliefs, and family.
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| 2. Read the following
portions of Scripture: |
| Exodus 24:1,9-11, |
| Leviticus 4:13-15, |
| Numbers 11:16-17, |
| 1 Samuel 8:4-5, |
| 2 Samuel 5:1-3, |
| Acts 20:28-31, |
| 1 Timothy3:5, |
| Hebrews 13:17.
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How does the elder
stand in relation to the people and to God?
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What
is the basic duty of the elder (as distinct from the
qualifications of an elder)?
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| 3. To what groups of believers does
the word "church" refer in the following verses? |
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I Corinthians 16:19 |
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Romans 16:5a
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Colossians
4:16, |
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1
Corinthians 1:2
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Acts
9:31
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Corinthians
12:28 |
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Ephesians
1:22
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| 4. Keeping in mind these
different groups, what different assemblies of elders do you see in these
verses? |
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Acts
14:23
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Acts
15:1-4
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Acts
15:23-29 compared with 16:4
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1 Timothy 4:14
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Titus 1:5
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