1Tim 3:4,5 Qualifications for an Overseer Part 3

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Qualifications for an Overseer Part 3

1Tim 3:4,5 "one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence. (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)"

An overseer is a manager, and one way to discern one's management abilities is how well one manages one's children. And in fact the role of "overseer" is much like that of a father raising children. Of course for those in Westernized cultures it's quite an achievement today if one's children were to be characterized as submissive and reverent, which are counter to the culture. But that is one of the goals and challenges of raising children.

However I would imagine that Paul is referring to appropriate effort rather than necessarily to actual achievement, else God himself would not qualify for such a position as He himself says, "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me." Isaiah 1:2

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