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I fear that many in the Christian sub-culture have been led astray by the thought: ‘As long as I show up on Sundays (or most Sundays), sing a little and give a little, then things will be alright between me and God.’ Such ‘devotion’ (if I can call it that) is not pleasing to the Lord. The Lord is after more than just going through the motions or lip service devotion. He wants, no, He demands that we bring Him all that we are. He calls us to complete devotion and not mere externals.
As we continue to move through the New Testament looking at the passages that deal with the office of elder in the local Church, I want us to focus on the letters of Paul tonight. Again, we identified four implications from the book of Acts concerning the office and we want to continue to examine these with the rest of the New Testament. So, we will begin by walking through the passages and come back to the implications at the end.
