THURSDAY March 20, 2025
A Leader’s Moral Compass
A bishop then must be blameless....
1 Timothy 3:2
When you begin to study the principles that God has given to leaders, it is very important to understand that when God places a call on someone’s life, He expects them to uphold high standards. Certain qualifications are to be evident in their lives. They have to count the cost!
Concerning the office of a bishop, Paul gave the requirements which relate to this man’s character––his ethics, his morality, his temperament, his habits, his spirituality, and his spiritual maturity.
The first qualification given was his blamelessness. The word blameless means “nothing to take a hold upon.” There cannot be any appearance of evil seen in his life. That is, there is nothing in his life that Satan or any person can take a hold of to point a finger and criticize him or use against him to bring a black eye to the Church. He must be a man of a good reputation.
Over the years, I have seen a moral decline in church leadership. The moral standard has shifted in the Church. Leaders fail to have a moral compass as established in God’s Word, and, because of this, we have seen many leaders fall into sin.
Billy Graham said, “There are three dangers in the ministry that a man of God has to constantly watch himself. In each of these three areas, a man of God can fall and be disqualified from His service. Number one, it can be through covetousness of money, number two, through pride and number three, through women.” These are pitfalls to be avoided.
Leaders, men and women holding positions in the Church, where is your moral compass pointing? It should be pointing toward holiness and blamelessness.
God chose you in Christ to make you holy and blameless in His sight. To be “holy” is to be separated from sin and devoted to righteousness.
~John MacArthur~
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