It's not often that I look at what our secretary has pinned to her corkboard. I glimpsed this last week -- a quote by Solly Ozrovech. The message is: capability is not a prerequisite for ministry. OBSERVATION: I would go one step further, and say that it is not a requirement, or requisite. Click on the image to enlarge to 120k.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
(In) Capability
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I think that the statement needs a ‘Terms and Conditions’ apply. Take Paul’s thoughts on elders for instance:
5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, 6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.
7 For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain, 8 but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, 9 holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.
Seems he wanted Titus to identify both character traits and ability in potential spiritual leaders.
Yes, I was assuming certain "terms and conditions". I was also assuming that being capable (or not) is not the same as being qualified (or not), although even there one needs to be cautious with what one means by "being qualified" (there are two extremes). I had in mind also the words of Paul: "Not that we are competent in ourselves" (2 Cor 3:5 NIV). There is a heavy emphasis on competence today, which I consider to be misplaced -- in fact one of the primary causes of attrition in ministry.
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