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It is a joy to be back at Barrel.

Have been here a number of times.

I am.

I was given such an offer that I couldn't turn down the opportunity to come.

Brother.

Wade said, I want you to preach the ordination of two deacons into elders.

Said, okay.

He said, if you can do all of that and one sermon, I'll pay you double.

Challenge accepted.

That may seem funny to you but I'll have, you know, I preach the 60-point message yesterday in plumerville.

For your benefit.

I only have four points today.

I'm engaged in a Ministry where I work with churches that are in trouble and pastors that are in trouble at the long.

And short of it is that work with pastorless, churches in church, was pastors, and I'm in between pastorless churches.

I've served 11 months is in Orem West Park, Baptist in Ozark, and they now have a good solid pastor and I wait, my next assignment.

The Lord has filled that time with preaching, in church, is whether it be Revival.

Meetings are conferences.

Wade, said he's never done an ordination here and I got to thinking, I have it done, but maybe one other ordination.

However, I'm preaching and ordination today, I'll be on an ordination counseling next Saturday and I'll be in an ordination service, the Saturday after that.

So I have three ordinations in a row The Lord is not letting me sit around and prop my feet up until I find my next place of service, but want to preach to you this morning on a title topic that I've called the deployment of ordained men, the deployment of ordained men.

I think about my time in the military was in the Arkansas Air National Guard for 6 years We would be stationed at ebbing Air Force Base in Fort Smith and orders would come down from headquarters.

And they would say we want to deploy the hundred and 88th Security Forces division to here to there and this deployment would be taking people who were trained prepared and holding an office and deploying them on a front somewhere.

When we talked about ordaining, men for gospel service.

That's exactly what we're doing.

We're not taking new recruits and say and best of luck guys.

Hope you guys make it back, okay, we're taking men that God has gifted to do a specific task and we're deploying them.

In that in the church itself is actually laying hands on these people and symbolizing that they are going with the full weight.

And agreement of the church that these men are uniquely gifted for I asked that God is appointed them unto.

So, under the topic of a deployment of ordained men Now, I want to say that men are the only people who can be ordained.

This used to be common practice among Baptist, but we're living in a day.

Where church is Baptist, churches are becoming more and more comfortable ordaining women to the point that southern baptist churches are now ordaining.

Women I'll give you an example of that.

Has anybody ever heard of a Preacher named Rick Warren?

The most prominent preacher in the Southern Baptist convention.

He has ordained the number of female Elders in his Saddleback Church in California.

He stepped down, as pastor and ordained.

A husband and wife team to replace them as the head pastor of Saddleback Church.

So when I say ordained men, I mean men.

I know we live in a time where people are gender-confused, but if you're born a man, you'll be a man to the day, you die.

There's no changing it.

So I'm talking about the deployment of ordained men because the Bible knows nothing of ordain women.

Let's start off with a desire of ordained men and I'll take you to 1st Timothy Chapter 3 will be looking at 1st Timothy 3 and 4 and I'll look at some other verses but in 1st Timothy Chapter 3 you find the qualifications for a pastor followed by the qualifications of a deacon.

These are outline for us and verse 1 of 1st.

Timothy Chapter 3 talks about the desire of a bishop.

Says this is a true saying if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desire up the good work, the desire to be a bishop or Pastor is a desire that comes from God.

It is a call upon the heart of man.

It is something that God puts within him, a burden that he can do nothing else.

The advice that's often give to someone who, who says, I feel like I'm cold to be a preacher.

Old preacher say son.

Try to do anything else and when you can do nothing else.

He'll do the call to be a pastor some people it said or only pastors because they can do nothing else.

It shouldn't be.

So pastors are not pastors because they can't work.

Pastors are not pastors because they they're looking for an easy Road pastures or pastures.

I'm talkin about God called biblically sound pastors, have a desire, put upon them from God, there are no reluctant pastors.

When God calls the pastor, he instantly becomes Wheeling.

When God calls a preacher, he instantly becomes willing I can think of no more unwilling preacher than Saul of Tarsus when the light of Jesus Christ Shone round about him.

He said who are style or did he said I'm Jesus sundal persecutest next word that falls out of Saul of Tarsus his mouth.

Is this?

What wilt thou have me do Lord.

But he became willing just like that, didn't he? Didn't have to go off to Seminary to get willing.

He was willing instantly.

When God calls someone, he changes them.

He puts a desire.

A burden on their heart.

This is not merely a decision that's made.

You don't take a test to see what you're qualified to do.

You don't look at your skill-set and say, hey, maybe I'd be a good preacher.

Maybe I'd be a good Elder, maybe I'd be a good deacon.

The call of God for the pastor, is it called upon the heart and it's a god-given desire.

Oddly enough deacons are not told to desire the office of deacon.

Has anybody ever found a Bible verse?

That said, if you desire the office of Deacon you desire, good work.

You've got it in your Bible.

I ain't found it in mine.

Let's play right here in chapter 3 and look down at verse 10.

Now we're looking at the qualifications of a deacon they beginning versus 8. Look at verse 10, speaking of deacons and let these BB deacons also first be proved and let them use the office of a deacon being found blameless.

Let the first also be proved.

What?

How do I demonstrate the desire to be a deacon?

You do?

The work of a deacon before you ever receive the recognition as a deacon beacons are recognized for doing the work Elders.

Pastors are told to make that desire known, they have a good desire, they've got a burden, they want to do this deacons on the other hand, don't go around saying what I want to be a deacon.

However, I've encountered in my short Ministry, I'm only 47.

I didn't start this till I was 31, I've found in my short Ministry.

Scabs of people who want to be Deacons.

Preacher.

We need Deacon to my husband would make a good one.

Tell her that not once or twice.

I've heard it three or four times from three or four different lady.

I hope me and come in and say, Pastor I want to talk to you for a moment.

Okay, what what's the what's on your mind?

This church needs some more deacons.

Well, I don't know if we have any qualified, I'm qualified

When someone tells you, hey, hey, hey, I want this job.

I want this job unless the Bible says, make that desire known, they're not qualified for that job.

There's a preacher.

How do I demonstrate that?

I have the desire to be a deacon, do the work of the deacon without the office of Deacon over you.

This is how it works when the Bible recognizes deacons, it recognizes me and that are already being beacons and it's told we're told to a point those who are already doing the work.