26.Presbytery Elders in the Church Courts

Presbytery Elders in the Church Courts at Ephesus and Rome and Crete In Acts 20:17-28, Paul admonished all of the Elders in Ephesus. In Acts 21:18-25cf.Gal 2:1-9, James and the Elders in Jerusalem remind even Paul of the conclusions reached at the previous Synod and its binding power on Christians. In Rom 11:16-26 and Gal 3:16to4:26,

Paul insists that the Christian Church was and is the heir of Ancient Israel. And in Rom 12:4-8, he upholds Presbyterial Government by Elders not only in Greece’s Church of Cenchrea but also in respect of all of the tiny House-Congregations in the Presbytery of Rome (Rom 15:1-17) For all Christians everywhere, baptized in the Name of the Triune God (as the Ultimate Presbytery) are obligated also to work with one another within that presbyterial system.

1Co 12:3-28; 1Co 12:13; 1Co 16:1-8f; Eph 4:3f; Php 1:1; Col 4:14f: 1Ti 3:1-8f. Thus, in 1Ti 4:14 Paul reminds Rev. Timothy to heed the prophecy given him when ordained with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery; 1Ti 5:17-22 re-enacts the Old Testament requirements of two or three Witnesses, especially in respect of the work of the Elders; and Tit 1:5-11 reminds Rev. Titus that he had been commissioned also to ordain Elders in every city throughout Crete.