• Keep emotions in check.
    • I Timothy 3:2-7
    • Everyone should behave when objections are made to a man’s qualifications.
      • Ephesians 4:31-32
      • I Peter 5:3
    • Instead of taking sides, we should all just be on the Lord’s side.
      • Philippians 2:1-4
      • I Kings 18:17-18
    • Take the qualifications seriously, given the work.
      • Able to teach – Titus 1:9-11
      • Aspires/desires the work; eagerness – I Timothy 3:1; 5:3
      • Sensible, just, devout, not a new convert – Hebrews 5:14; I Corinthians 5:1, 13
      • Temperate, gentle, peaceable, not pugnacious – Acts 20:28, 31
    • Don’t be stricter than God.
      • Peter was an elder (I Peter 5:1)
        • On one occasion, Jesus called him “Satan” (Mark 8:33)
        • On another occasion, Jesus said to him “you of little faith” (Matthew 14:31)
        • He denied Jesus 3 times
        • He acted hypocritically and prejudicially in Galatians 2.
      • Titus 1:7