As we continue the discussion of 1 Tim. 3:1-7 we are reminded that it covers The Desire and Qualification of the Pastor.

In v. 1 we observed that 1) There is a Desire to serve in pastoral ministry.

Then, starting in v. 2, we see that 2) There are qualifications to serve in Pastoral ministry.

There is the overarching qualification of the necessity of no reproach, which is fleshed out in the pastor's local church.

What "above reproach" in the local church looks like is fleshed out in several positive and negative qualifications.

Having finished the positive qualifications in v. 2, we now move on to the negative qualifications in v. 3 where we examine the first, that the pastor is a) Not a Drunkard.

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