DEACONS / MINISTERS / SERVANTS / ATTENDANTS
The word "deacon" comes from the Greek word "diakmos" meaning a minister or to minister.� This word is also translated "minister," "servant" and "attendant."
Matthew 22:13�������������������� Then the king told the ____________________________ ["diakonos"], "Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside."
Matthew 23:11�������������������� The greatest among you will be your _____________________ ["diakonos"].
Mark 9:35��������������������������� Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the _______________________________ ["diakonos"] of all."� Did the Twelve Apostles hold the title of deacon?� __________
John 2:5, 9��������������������������� His mother said to the _______________________ ["diakonos"], "Do whatever he [Jesus] tells you"....and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.� He did not realize where it had come from, though the _____________________________ ["diakonos"] knew.
John 12:26�������������������������� "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my ________________________ ["diakonos"] also will be."� In your opinion, who is the "whoever" that follows Jesus?� _______________________
Acts 6:1-6���������������������������� Although the word "deacon" is not used in this passage, it does contain the Greek word and is in verse 2 as "to wait on."� What were the qualifications of these deacons? __________________________ _____________________________________________
Romans 16:1����������������������� I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant ["diokanos"] of the church in Cenchrea.
Philippians 1:1������������������� Paul wrote this letter to all the __________________, together with the __________________
����������������������������������������������� and _________________________.� The word translated "together with" is from a Greek word "along with."� Paul was making sure that, not only the officers of the church saw his letter, but all the other saints in the church also.
1 Timothy 3:8-13���������������� After giving the qualifications of an "overseer," Paul gives the qualifications of a deacon.� What are they?� Do these qualifications for the office of deacon apply to men, women, or both?
����������������������������������������������� 1.������������ _______________________
����������������������������������������������� 2.������������ worthy of ______________________
����������������������������������������������� 3.������������ ___________________________
����������������������������������������������� 4.������������ not indulging in much ____________________
����������������������������������������������� 5.������������ not pursuing ___________________________ gain
����������������������������������������������� 6.������������ keep hold of the _________________ _________________ of the faith with a clear ____________________________.
����������������������������������������������� 7.������������ first be _____________________________
����������������������������������������������� 8.������������ with� ____________________
����������������������������������������������� 9.������������ who are worthy of ____________________
����������������������������������������������� 10.��������� not malicious _________________________
����������������������������������������������� 11.��������� _____________________________
����������������������������������������������� 12.��������� ______________________ in everything.
����������������������������������������������� 13.��������� The husband of one _________________________
����������������������������������������������� 14.��������� manage his ________________________ and ___________________ well
����������������������������������������������� Do your deacons meet these qualifications?
Wherever the Greek "diakonos" occurs in a general sense, it is translated minister.� You will be able to see below that, although deacon was the title of an office, sometimes it was used in a more general sense, because even pagan government officials were called "diakonos."
Matthew 20:26�������������������� Instead, whoever wants to become ______________ among you must be your ______________ ["diakonos"].
Mark 10:43������������������������� Same
Matthew 22:13�������������������� Then the king told the ____________________________ ["diakonos"], "Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside."
Matthew 23:11�������������������� The greatest among you will be your _____________________  ["diakonos"].
Mark 9:35��������������������������� Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the _______________________________ ["diakonos"] of all."� Did the Twelve Apostles hold the title of deacon?� __________
John 2:5, 9��������������������������� His mother said to the _______________________ ["diakonos"], "Do whatever he [Jesus] tells you"....and the master of the bvanquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.� He did not realize where it had come from, though the _____________________________ ["diakonos"] knew.
John 12:26�������������������������� "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my ________________________ ["diakonos"] also will be."� In your opinion, who is "whoever" that follows Jesus?� _______________________
Romans 13:3-4������������������� For ________________________ hold no terror for those who do right....For he is God's _________________ ["diakonos"].
Romans 15:8����������������������� For I tell you that ________________________ has become a __________________ ["diakonos"] to the Jews on behalf of God's truth.
Romans 16:1����������������������� I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant ["diokanos"] of the church in Cenchrea.
1 Corinthians 3:5��������������� What, after all, is Apollos?� And what is Paul? �Only __________________ ["diakonos"], through whom you came to believe.
2 Corinthians 3:6��������������� He has made us competent as ______________________ ["diakonos"]� of a new covenant ~ not of the letter but of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 6:4��������������� Rather, as ______________________ ["diakonos"] of God we commend ourselves in every way:� in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses....
2 Corinthians 11:13ff������� For such men are ____________________ apostles, ______________________ workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.� And no wonder, for _________________ himself masquerades as an angel of light.� It is not surprising, then, if his _________________ ["diakonos"] masquerade as servants of righteousness.
2 Corinthians 11:23���������� Are they ________________________ ["diakonos"] of Christ?� ....I am more.� I have worked much harder....
Galatians 2:17�������������������� If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ _________________________ [is a minister "diakonos" of] sin?
Ephesians 3:7���������������������� I became a ________________________ ["diakonos"] of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 6:21������������������� Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful _______________________ ["diakonos"] in the Lord.
Colossians 1:7�������������������� You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow _____________________ ["diakonos"], who is a faithful __________________________ ["diakonos"] of Christ on our behalf.
Colossians 1:23������������������ ....This gospel....of which I, Paul, have become a _______________________ ["diakonos"].
Colossians 1:25������������������ I have become its ________________________ ["diakonos"] by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness.
Colossians 4:7�������������������� ....He is a dear brother, a faithful _________________________ ["diakonos"] and fellow servant of the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 3:2���������� We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's _______________________________________ ["diakonos"] in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith.
1 Timothy 4:6���������������������� If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good ________________________
����������������������������������������������� ["diakonos"] of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
PRIESTS
There are numerous references to priests in the Old Testament where they were religious office holders.� Rather than cover them all (probably hundreds), we will cover a few in the prophecies where the priests went bad.� Is that possible?� A man of God?� How did they go bad?
Jeremiah 2:8����������������������� The priests did not ask, "Where is the __________________?"
Jeremiah 5:31�������������������� The prophets prophesy ____________, the priests rule by their _________ authority, and my people ________________ it this way.
Jeremiah 6:13�������������������� From the least to the _______________________, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice ___________________________.
Jeremiah 18:18������������������ They said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the
����������������������������������������������� ______________ will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets.� So come, let's __________________________ him with our _______________________ and pay no
����������������������������������������������� __________________________ to anything he says."
Jeremiah 20:1f������������������� When the ____________________...heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, he had Jeremiah the prophet _________________________ and put in the ____________________ at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord's ___________________________.
Jeremiah 23:11������������������ "Both prophet and ______________________ are ___________________; even in my
����������������������������������������������� ______________________ I find their ____________________________," declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:34, 36����������� "If a prophet or a _________________________ or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the Lord,' I will ________________________________ that man and his household....because every man's
����������������������������������������������� _________________ word becomes ________________________________ and so you ________________
����������������������������������������������� the _________________________ of the living ______________________, the Lord Almighty, our God."
Jeremiah 26:7f������������������� The priests....heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.� But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling...the _________________, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, "You must _____________________!"
Jeremiah 32:32f����������������� ...their priests and prophets....They turned their _______________ to me and not their faces; though I taught them __________________________ and _________________________, they would not ______________________________ or respond to ______________________.
Lamentations 2:6��������������� ...he has destroyed his place of meeting [the Temple].� The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and her Sabbaths; in his fierce ___________________ he has ______________________ both king and ________________________.
Lamentations 4:13ff���������� But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the __________________________ of her priests.
Ezekiel 22:26���������������������� Her priests do violence to my __________________ and _____________________ my holy things; they do not _______________________________ between the holy and the common;� they _______ that there is no difference....and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths.
Hosea 4:9����������������������������� And it will be:� Like people, like __________________.� I will ___________________ both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Hosea 5:1����������������������������� "Hear this, you priests....This judgment is ________________________ you."
Micah 3:11�������������������������� Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a __________________....Yet they lean upon the Lord and say, "______________________________________________________________________?"
Zephaniah 3:4��������������������� Her prophets are _______________________; they are treacherous men.� Her priests ________
����������������������������������������������� the sanctuary and do violence to the law [of God].
Malachi 1:6������������������������� "....It is you, O priests, who show _____________________________ for my name.� ;But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for your name?' "� [They were pretending ignorance of their own sins.]
Malachi 2:1f������������������������ "And now this _______________________________ is for you, O priests.� If you do not ______________
����������������������������������������������� and if you do not set your heart to ________________________ my name," says the Lord Almighty, "I will send a _______________________________ upon you, and I will curse your blessings.� Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor ______________."
Malachi 2:7f������������������������ "FOR THE LIPS OF THE PRIEST OUGHT TO PRESERVE __________________________, AND FROM HIS MOUTH MEN SHOULD SEEK ________________________________ ~ BECAUSE HE IS THE MESSENGER OF THE LORD ALMIGHT.� BUT YOU HAVE ___________________________________ THE WAY AND BY YOUR ______________________________ HAVE CAUSED MANY TO
����������������������������������������������� ______________________________."
All references to priests in the first five books of the New Testament refer to Jewish priests.� All references in the rest of the New Testament that refer to high priest refers to Jesus.� We will cover all references to priests and priesthood not referring to Jesus in the rest of the New Testament to find out who they are.
1 Peter 1:1; 2:5������������������ To God's ___________________...who have been _______________________...for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood....you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy ________________________________, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9��������������������������� But you are a chosen people, a royal ________________________, a holy nation, a� people belonging to God.
����������������������������������������������� Therefore, are priests clergy?� _____________________
ORDAINING
(see separate study)
REVEREND
May a religious leader be called Reverend?� There is only one scripture in the entire Bible that uses that term, and it appears in the King James version/translation.
Psalm 111:9������������������������ He sent _______________________________ to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever: ______________________________ and _______________________________ is his __________________.
����������������������������������������������� Whose name is reverend?� ________________________
����������������������������������������������� Should any man make himself equal with God by using the same title?� ___________________________
Has all of this study led us into legalism?� It is indeed legalistic if all we do is keep the rules.� We can be biblically correct in absolutely everything, and yet be lost.� Jesus knew all the "deeds and hard work" the church in Ephesus was doing.� He knew they did "not tolerate wicked men" but tested them.� He knew they'd endured hardships for Jesus.� But they'd "forsaken their first LOVE."� "Remember the height from which you have fallen!" Jesus told them.� Jesus said they had to repent or else he would remove them from being a recognized church."� (See Revelation 1:20 - 2:6)� They had become legalistic by omitting genuine love for God and for others.
In matters of command, obedience.
In matters of opinion, tolerance.
In matters of method, judgment.
In all things, love.
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