Sermon
Finding Gospel Hope in God's Work with God's Family
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Brad Barrett
May 28, 2023 · 42 min
Summary
Paul's qualifications for church leaders (elders and deacons) in 1 Timothy 3 reveal that godly character must flow from genuine faith in the gospel. True leadership requires both believing Christ's redemptive work and living out that belief visibly before the church and world.
Highlights
Genuine faith, real faith deep in our hearts, will manifest itself somehow in our lives. It will bear fruit, good fruit. You can know what someone truly believes by how they live.
The church of God needs leaders who are examples to the people. Not perfect, but examples. And the quality of life, the character and the behavior of God's people, including its leaders, has an eternal impact on this world.
The gospel is the secret of godliness. The secret to all of this is Jesus, what he did, what he proclaimed. The secret is Christ himself.