I. Some definitions
1. What ordination is not
a. OT ordination
b. A special anointing
2. What ordination is
II. Biblical examples
1. Set aside Aaron and sons (Exodus 28)
2. Set aside Levites (Numbers)
3. Appoint seventy elders (Numbers 11:1)
4. Lay hands on Joshua (Numbers 27:18)
5. Designate the twelve (Mark 4:14)
6. Matthias among the Apostles (Acts 1:24-26)
7. Servants appointed (Acts 6:3-6)
8. Setting apart Barnabas and Saul (Acts 13:2-3)
9. Appointing Elders (Titus 1:5)
III. Charge to the church
1. Be open to a calling
2. The obvious and usual (Exodus 17:8-13)
3. Submit to your leaders
Hebrews 13:17
4. Support your leaders (financially)
V. Charge to Hannah
1 Timothy 3:11
VI. Charge to Gavin
1. Technicalities of your calling
2. The nobility of your calling
1 Timothy 3:1
3. The goal of your calling
2 Timothy 4:6-8
4. Warnings about your calling
a. Judged more strictly (James 3:1)
b. Wounds
c. Spiritual warfare
5. The blessing of your calling
1 Thessalonians 5:24
6. The power of your calling (Acts 13:4)