• Keep emotions in check
    • Titus 1:4
    • Consider two scenarios:
      • There are objections to a certain man’s qualifications
        • I Timothy 4:12
      • The members start “taking sides”
        • I Corinthians 1:11-13
  • Take the qualifications seriously, given the work.
    • Able to teach
      • I Timothy 3:2 - Elders need to be able to teach so that they can take the lead in defending against error.
    • Aspires/desires the work
      • I Timothy 3:1
    • Sensible, just, devout
      • Hebrews 5:14
    • Temperate, gentle, peacable, not pugnacious
      • I Thessalonians 5:12-15
  • Don’t be stricter than God
    • I Peter 5:1