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Titus 1:6
6 If any [ei tis] be [esti] blameless [anegkletos], the
husband [aner] of one [mia] wife [gune], having [echo] faithful [pistos] children [teknon] not [me] accused [en][kategoria] of riot [asotia] or [e] unruly [anupotaktos]. KJV-Interlinear
6 namely, if any man be above
reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of
dissipation or rebellion. NASB
People who were given
responsibility over the teaching and functions of the scriptures, are expected
to be reasonably honorable and honest people.
And though ones true
home is within ones soul, and therefore if you have ample self control over
your own soul through spiritual growth, then presumably you will have some
semblance of control over your own family household.
However we all know
that parents and kids have their issues from time to time, and people
themselves have issues from time to time as well.
The spiritual life is
typically illustrated by the temporal life.Parables are typical teaching aids, used to covey the spiritual
principles of life.
Thus blameless, is an
expression of one who utilizes the confession function regularly, thus residing
in fellowship as often as possible.Blameless, is one who is without sin, and there is only one environment
that exists without sin and that is the fellowship sphere which is obtained
upon confession of ones sins to God the Father.Refer to the study of 1, 2, and 3rd John for this study.
One wife, indicates
that you do not split your love among many objects of your affection. Thus Bible doctrine is your true love or
should be.This excludes sin, lusts, and
the many non-spiritual targets of ones attention in life.
One wife, excludes
polygamy, homosexual tendencies, and several other unnatural or degenerate
tendencies.
One cannot practice spirituality
as well as carnal tendencies simultaneously.Therefore the carnal life around us is filled with examples of honorable
living in order to teach us how to live the spiritual life.
You can look until
everything freezes, and you will never find a perfect person.Just look at all of the celebrities,
politicians, leaders, role models, anyone you can think of, and you will find skeletons
galore.Everyone has a flaw or two in their
life.Everyone sins, sins of some kind,
on virtually a daily basis. Therefore no
one could possibly be a candidate for leadership based on human standards.
However, when seeking
out leadership candidates, you have to look to the pattern of the life that
people have chosen for themselves.Flaws
exist for everyone.Look at Paul.He was formerly known as Saul and he murdered
Christians just because of their beliefs.And yet Paul had become one of the greatest scriptural instructors of
all time.
Titus was instructed to
find and appoint people who had demonstrated a passion for doctrine, and it
only helps when their lives have some semblance of stability.
Obvious failures,
obvious duplicity, obvious deceptions, obvious pretense were good reasons for
not selecting someone for the all important role of leading people in doctrine,
and especially leading this first foundation generation after the Cross.
If someone lacked
knowledge in doctrine, if someone led a life of double standards, if someone's life
was filled with emotional distractions, then they would not make good candidates
for leadership.
God uses prepared
believers, and preparation comes first in faith, first in spiritual growth,
first in establishing a pattern of life which is consistent with Gods mandates,
and not mans desires.
In the spiritual life,
there is no room for compromise or double standards.
The only legitimate promotion
in life, the only legitimate recognition in life, comes only from God, and from
no other source.And these things come
only to prepared believers, who live a life of poise, not promoted by ego
driven approbations or lusts.
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