1 Timothy chapter 3 verse 1 says this is the true saying if a man desire the
office of a bishop he desireth a good work a bishop then must be blameless the
husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behavior given to hospitality apt
to teach not given the wine no striker not greedy a filthy lucre but patient
not a brawler not covetous one that ruleth well his own house having his
children in subjection with all gravity for if a man not know not how to rule
his own house how shall he take care of the church of God not a novice lest
being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil moreover
he must have a good report of them that are without lest he fall into reproach
and the stare of a doubt of the devil you're saying brother and why you read
this is the this is the qualifications for a bishop did you see anywhere on
there where it says the qualifications of a bishop or that his wife does all
the work of the church you see that in there there's no qualification for the
wife of a bishop there isn't one that just that she stays married to me that's
the qualification that's how I stay the pastor once I become a pastor she has no
biblical qualifications that she has to meet now obviously there's there's
qualifications for a deacon's wife it says in first Timothy 3 1 it says or
311 says even so must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in
all things but where does it say that there's their responsibility to clean up
the church every time when nobody else wants to do it where does it say that
you see that in there do you see that qualification in there and so I just
want to let everybody know right now that my wife doesn't have to do you
know she's not responsible to do all the things that nobody else feels like
doing and you know I don't if you feel that way you're just wrong for feeling
that way I'm not saying anybody does feel that way but I just want to let you
know right now that I don't expect her to do more than everybody else does she
doesn't have to now what she does in this church is what she what she wants
to do but if she starts to get overwhelmed to the point where she feels
like you know life is falling apart it's time for me to step in and let
people know hey she doesn't have to do everything she doesn't have to do what
nobody else feels like doing okay so I just want to make that clear because I'm
the one that has to meet the qualifications but in order for me to
meet the qualifications I have to rule my own house well my children have to be
in subjection do my children have to be perfect no are they perfect you know
okay they're pretty good kids but they're not perfect sometimes they have
to be corrected but do you see but do you see my kids being corrected by me
yeah well I correct my kids in a service of course I would know if someone if my
kids do something wrong I'll be all over him you know that so and but my wife
doesn't have to do anything she just you know I mean I guess if you go by the
qualifications of a Deacon's wife says their wives must be grave that means
serious not slanderers not top going around talking behind people's backs
sober faithful in all things so whatever she's doing she should be faithful in
but does it say that she has to do what you don't feel like doing she's not
getting paid I'm not getting paid we're all volunteers here everybody every
single person in this room that goes to our church you were all just volunteers
but who do we ultimately work for we work for God