Ministry of the Qualified Elder

June 13, 2021 AM, Titus 1:10-16.

The pastor has a monumental job—yet what has been considered above is not all his work. There is even more. As far as stopping up false teaching, that is a thankless task. Rarely will the minister be appreciated by those he is trying to rescue from eternal damnation, or those he is trying to correct because they have some wrong thinking. Even rarer still would be a thanks from a false teacher who comes to his senses and abandons the empty profession of God in favor of the genuine faith. Dear ones, let us be diligent to pay attention to what we are “giving heed to” in these days. Much needs to be rejected, and a whole lot needs to be ignored entirely so that we can focus on what matters.

Our Scripture reading was found in Isaiah 58:1-14.