• People the church needs:
    • Spiritual people: Galatians 6:1
      • Hebrews 5:12 – Spiritual people must continually grow.
    • Diligent workers: II Timothy 2:15
      • II Timothy 2:14, 16
      • John 15:1-2 – God expects us to work and bear fruit.
      • John 15:6, 8
    • People willing to serve: Matthew 20:20-28
      • Galatians 5:13
    • Faithful people: II Timothy 2:2
    • Able teachers: II Timothy 2:15
      • II Peter 3:16 – There is a right way and a wrong way to understand the scriptures.
    • Wise people: I Corinthians 6:5
      • Ephesians 5:15 – Walk circumspectly; be wise.
    • Righteous people: I John 3:7-10
      • Luke 18:9-14 – The church does not need self-righteous people.
    • People who are not needed in the local church:
      • Reprobates: Romans 1:28-32
        • I Corinthians 9:26-27 – Someone with no self-discipline is a reprobate.
        • II Corinthians 13:5
      • Vain babblers: II Timothy 2:17-18
        • I Timothy 6:20
      • Those like Diotrephes who like to have preeminence: II John 1:9-10
      • Heretics; those who cause divisions: Titus 3:10-11
    • I Timothy 4:15-16