Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Timothy 5:17-25
by: Susan Bond.
“Lay hands suddenly on no man”( vs. 22, KJV ). We can see this as warning against being too quick to ordain a person for leadership. Just as widows taking on ministerial duties are to be tried and true (vv. 9, 10), men ordained as elders are to be the same.
Leaders in the church as well as in the secular world are subject to attack from the evil one, and sometimes they fall. In this day of instant communication, much of which is false and ungodly, we need to uphold in prayer those dedicated to communicating the truth.