When Paul wrote to Timothy and Titus about the requirements for a minister, he instructed that the minister must be blameless.
This is the first adjective used.
It does not say sinless, but it does state that the elder must be blameless.
It is an extraordinary detail that before discussing anything else, Paul established that a minister's number one quality must be blamelessness.
This gives us an idea of how sublime the calling is.
Many have embraced pastoral ministry without a clear idea of how extraordinary this calling is and without being duly aware of how high the privilege is to teach and shepherd sheep bought with the price of blood.
