3. The presence of the gifts essential for fulfilling the purposes and functions of the pastoral office
Introduction
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a. The necessity for and importance of the requisite gifts for the pastoral office
1) The clear demands of the most relevant texts
1 Tim. 3:2b
1 Tim. 3:4-5
Titus 1:9
2 Tim. 2:2
2) The inferred demands of the revealed tasks of the pastoral office
Acts 20:28
Eph. 4:11ff
1 Tim. 5:17
Heb 13:7
John Owen, The Work of the Spirit, vol. 4 of The Works of John Owen (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1967), pp. 504-505.
3) The inescapable connection between the pastoral office and the intention of Christ who gives men to fill it.
John Owen, The Work of the Spirit, vol. 4 of The Works of John Owen (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1967), p. 491 & 494-495.
John Owen, Sermons to the Church, vol. 9 of The Works of John Owen, pp. 432, 433, and 449.
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b. The source or impartation of these gifts
1) The ultimate or immediate source
1 Cor. 12:4ff
Jer. 3:15
John Owen, Sermons to the Church, vol. 9 of The Works of John Owen (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1967), p. 442.
2) The secondary or mediate sources
Ps. 139
Solomon’s prayer for wisdom in 1 Kings 3:4-15
1 Tim. 4:15