1 Timothy, Lesson 8: Officebearers in the Church

Rev. Lubbers is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. "This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless…." A few introductory remarks are in order. We are considering now what the sacred Scriptures say concerning the office of a bishop. In the first place, we notice that this office, that of a bishop, is limited to men only. We need not repeat. See our former lessons: Christian women are excluded. See I...