Am I pious? ? the first consultation for those who create pastor

When one considers the call to pastoral ministry, the first question a man must ask himself is: Am I pious?

The moral requirements of a shepherd are clearly specified in 1 Timothy 1:1-7, which says:

“Faithful is the word: if someone aspires to the episcopate.
An excellent job is desired.
Therefore.
The bishop must be irrepressible.
Husband of single woman.
Tempered.
Sober.
Modest.
Hospitable.
Able to teach; not given to wine.
Not violent.
But sane.
Enemy of conflict.
Not stingy; and that he rules his own house well.
Raising his children under discipline.
With all due respect (because if someone does not know how to rule his own house.
How will he take care of God’s church?) do not be neophyte.
Unless you swell up and incur the condemnation of the devil.
On the contrary.
He must have a good testimony of strangers.
So as not to fall into reproaches and traps of the devil.

If you’re like most people, the list of qualities can seem far from reached. At first glance, this passage, with the passage from Titus 1, seems to leave the average children out of the question. Who can meet these requirements?

Here are two things to consider when thinking about this passage: First, most of the qualities listed in these passages are, in fact, commandments for all believers, in a way. Every Christian is called to be “temperate, sober, modest, hospitable?”and” not given to wine, not violent, but sane, enemy of conflict, not greedy, “and who rules the house itself well — raising children under discipline, with all due respect?It is not as if pastors and elders cannot get drunk, while other believers are free to get drunk as college students at the club [1].

Here’s my point: the man called to ministry is not some kind of super-Christian who lives by a superior code of conduct, he is simply a called man, endowed with gifts that allow him to lead God’s people and the grace that allows him to be a example.

The second thing about this passage is that the called man may end up approaching these passages with an uncompromising pattern that requires conformism and punishes disobedience, if you feel this about these passages, you must understand something very important: God’s call on a man gives necessary grace to the required piety.

Let me explain that a little more. In 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, we see extraordinary evidence of God’s activity preceding clear evidence of a call. However, consider how Paul uses the term. Being? In 1 Timothy 3. 2. The bishop must be irreproachable, temperate, sober, modest, etc. The current time remains throughout the list. Paul does not present a list of objectives to be achieved; on the contrary, it speaks of qualities already present; these are prerequisites for an elderly man, not expected potential results.

What does that mean then? That God’s grace acts in some men to produce certain kinds of life. To identify a man called is first and foremos s watching the grace that is already working in a man’s life. The grace that radiates through a man’s life is an indicator of what he is. Called.

Can anyone attain the skills of pastoral ministry? Yes, because God’s call conveys grace. If you are called, you can trust that God has already begun to work on you.

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