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What is a greeny elder. How do they meet the biblical qualifications of an elder -- or is this more LDS invention?
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What is a greeny elder. How do they meet the biblical qualifications of an elder -- or is this more LDS invention?
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What qualifies you as an elder, then?
I mean, I know a lot of elders who are younger than me (I'm 24) so to be honest they're kind of hard to take seriously.
I mean, I know a lot of elders who are younger than me (I'm 24) so to be honest they're kind of hard to take seriously.
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Nedloh_Deraj
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It's just what some lds call someone who is new to full-time missionary service.
What biblical qualifications do you refer to?
I found the following in the Bible that describe what Elders are or do:
- performed Passover sacrifice in the time of Moses and other sacrifices (Exodus 12:21; Leviticus 4:15)
- were often the first chosen to witness works of God or to hear words of God (Exodus 17:5-6; 19:7; Ezekiel 8-11)
- rulers among the people (Deuteronomy; 1 Tim 5:17)
- overseers to the flock, having authority given through the Holy Ghost (Acts 20:17, 28)
- were ordained in every city (Deuteronomy 25:8; Titus 1:5)
- were given responsibility for the law along with the priests of Levi (Deuteronomy 31:9)
- seventy were chosen apart from the rest (Exodus 24:1-14; Numbers 11:16-25)
- were priests (2 Kings 19:2)
- had authority in Israel to anoint the king (1 Chronicles 11:3)
- assemble together (Psalms 107:32)
- are ordained to be Elders (Acts 14:23)
- feed the flock of God (1 Pet 5:1-3)
- pray over the sick and anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:14)
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