The Pastors of God’s Flock
Purpose: rediscovering the God-given way Pastors Shepherd God’s Flock
- Shepherds as Teachers
-Ephesians 4:11 “pastors and teachers”
-1 Timothy 4:16 “Pay close attention to yourself
and to your teaching”
-1 Timothy 3:2 “An overseer, then, must be … able
to teach”
-2 Timothy 2:2 “entrust these to faithful men who
will be able to teach others also”
-2 Timothy 2:24 “The Lord’s bond-servant must …
be kind to all, able to teach, patient when
wronged”
- Shepherds as Guardians
-Titus 1:9 “able both to exhort in sound doctrine
and to refute those who contradict”
- Shepherds as Stewards
-2 Timothy 1:8-14 “in Christ Jesus… Guard, through
the Holy Spirit… the treasure”
-2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:5 “Preach the Word”
-Titus 1:7 “the overseer… God’s steward”
- Examples of Shepherds as Teachers, Guardians, and Stewards
Peter’s Example
- Peter’s 3 Denials of Jesus (John 13:38; 18:15-17; 25-27)
- Jesus Restores Peter 3 Times “Shepherd My Sheep” (John 21:15-19)
- Peter’s Teaching, “long for the pure milk of the word” (1 Peter 2:1-9)
- Peter’s Exhortation, “elders… shepherd the flock of God” (1 Peter 4:14-5:5)
Paul’s Example (Acts 20:17-38)
- “with you the whole time” (18)
- “serving the Lord… humility… tears… trials” (19)
- “did not shrink back from declaring … anything… profitable” (20)
- “solemnly testifying… repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ” (21)
- Paul’s willingness to testify unto death (22-24)
- “preaching the kingdom” (25)
- “innocent… for I did not shrink from declaring… the whole purpose of God (27)
- “be on guard… for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers” (28)
- “shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood” (28)
- Why? “savage wolves… not sparing… speaking perverse things… draw away” (30)
- “be on alert… remembering… admonish each one with tears” (31)
- “now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace” (32)
- “coveted no one’s silver or gold… ministered to my own needs” (33-34)
- “remember the words of the Lord Jesus” (35)