In this sermon on 1 Timothy 3:1, John Niel McLeod presents the pastoral office as a sacred and spiritual calling established by God for the instruction, edification, and salvation of His church. Holding up the Apostle Paul as the model minister, McLeod emphasizes that faithful pastors must be spiritually minded, personally holy, gifted by the Holy Spirit, and devoted to the preaching of God’s Word as the chief means by which Christ builds His kingdom.