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A Study About Elders
Apt To Teach / Able To Exhort


I. Introduction:

A. An elders work includes feeding the church (Acts 20:28 and I Peter 5:1-3).

  1. We know this is a spiritual feeding (Luke 4:4 and John 6:1-27).
  2. The food of knowledge and understanding (Jeremiah 3:12-15).
B. Therefore, an elder has to have mature knowledge of the Scriptures rather than being a babe in knowledge (Hebrews 5:12-14).

  1. Ignorant leaders are destructive (Isaiah 5:13 and Luke 11:52).
  2. Lacking knowledge is shameful (I Corinthians 15:34) and will show a lack of wisdom (Proverbs 10:14).
  3. Not puffed up by his knowledge (I Corinthians 8:1).

II. Body: Apt To Teach / Holding Fast The Faithful Word That He Me Be Able By SOUND Doctrine To Exhort And Convince By Sound Doctrine (I Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:9).

A. Apt to teach (II Timothy 2:23-26).

  1. Guiding others through teaching is an ability to pick up from someone’s inquiry and able to guide them to the truth (Acts 8:30-35).
  2. Knowing when, when not to teach, and how to teach (Mark 4:30-34, John 16:12, I Corinthians 3:1-3, and Titus 3:8-11).
  3. Living what he teaches (Luke 6:39-46, Luke 11:46, Romans 2:17-23, I Corinthians 9:27, Philippians 4:9, I Timothy 4:12-16, II Timothy 3:1-10, Titus 2:7-8, and Hebrews 13:7).
B. Holding fast the faithful word (I Thessalonians 5:21, II Thessalonians 2:15, and II Timothy 1:13).

  1. Holding onto something cannot be a divided effort (Luke 16:13 and Revelation 2:12-16).
  2. The faithful word, the Lord’s truth (Psalms 119:151-152, John 8:31-47, John 17:17, and Acts 2:42).
  3. This excludes any and all doctrines, philosophies, and/or traditions of men (Colossians 2:4-8).
C. By sound doctrine to exhort and to convince the gainsayers (I Timothy 1:3-7).

  1. Exhort [beseech] (I Thessalonians 4:1-10 and Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:22-25).
  2. Convince [to confute, admonish: — convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove] (Matthew 18:15-17, Ephesians 5:11, I Timothy 5:20, Titus 2:15, and Revelation 3:19).
  3. The gainsayers [those that contradict; speak against] (Acts 13:45-51).

III. Conclusion: If you continue to read in the letter to Titus, there was an additional purpose to the elders ability to teach sound doctrine (Titus 1:10-16).