Summary: THE SCRIPTURELY CALLED DEACON Text: Acts 6:1-6; 1 Tim.

THE SCRIPTURELY CALLED DEACON

Text: Acts 6:1-6; 1 Tim.3:8-13

I. WHAT CHRIST HAS ESTABLISHED˜Acts 6:1-7

A. The Church

B. The Congregation

II. WHAT THE CHURCH EXPRESSED˜Acts 6:1

A. The Controversy

B. The Council

C. The Correction

III. WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD EXPECT˜1 Tim 3:8-13

A. From the Constitution

B. From the Congregation

C. From the Called Deacon

1. Personal Qualifications˜1 Tim.3:8-13

2. Spiritual Qualification˜1 Tim. 3:9-10

3. Domestic Qualification˜1 Tim. 3:11-13

4. Marital Qualifications˜1 Tim. 3: 12

D. From the Candidate