Immanuel Baptist Church Corbin, Ky

Who’s Your Stranger? 1 Timothy 3:1-7 A Qualification of an Overseer/Pastor/Elder: Titus 1:7-8: “For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.” “The entire Bible is a true historical account of God’s hospitality.” - Dustin Willis & Brandon Clements from “The Simplest Way to Change the World” Hospitality has been both an attribute and expectation for all believers. Attribute: Acts 2:46 - “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,” Acts 16:15 - “And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.’ And she prevailed upon us.” Acts 16:33-34 - “And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once