The Office of the Deacon

Brief Explanation of Passage:

• The Problem
• The Solution
• The Means to Attain the Solution
• The Result

Doctrine: Christ has appointed in His Church officers with a regard to material needs as well as officers with a regard to spiritual needs (Isaiah 9:6-7).

1. The Office

I. An Office
II. A Separate Office
III. A Permanent Office (1 Timothy 3:8ff; Philippians 1:1).

2. The Work

I. Description of Acts 6
II. Other Scriptures (Numbers 3:5-10; Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Galatians 6:10).
III. Church's Testimony

• Form of Church Government
• Second Book of Discipline (1578)

3. The Qualifications
   Set forth especially in 1 Timothy 3:8-15 (next sermon, DV).
   Must be a man (v.3)

I. Honest Report
II. Full of the Holy Ghost
III. Full of Wisdom (James 3:17-18)

4. The Order

I. The part of the officers.
II. The part of the congregation.