The Office of Overseer (1 Timothy 3:1-7)

Sermon Notes:

1. The Overseer’s Honorable Work (v.1)

   a. The Office

   b. The Aspiration

2. The Overseer’s Character (vv. 2-3)

   a. Positive Qualities

   i. Above Reproach

   ii. The Husband of one wife

   iii. Sober-minded

   iv. Self-Controlled

   v. Respectable

   vi. Hospitable

   vii. Able to Teach

   b. Prohibited Qualities

   i. Not a Drunkard

   ii. Not Violent

   iii. Not Quarrelsome

   iv. Not Greedy

3. The Overseer’s Home (vv. 4-5)

   a. His Responsibility

   b. His Respectability

4. The Overseer’s Maturity (v. 6)

   a. The Requirement

   b. The Reason

5. The Overseer’s Reputation (v.7)

   a. The Requirement

   b. The Reason