1. “Shepherds of His Flock!”
1 Peter 5:1-4

2. This is the first in a series of four books
This is the first in a series of four books. We learned of this series from Tom Ellsworth who came last November and led our men in a leadership training time. Tom recommended these books as a basic training source for…

3. Leaders who run away in times of difficulty are only proving they are hirelings and not true shepherds!

4. πρεσβύτερος Pronounced: presbuteros
Meaning: “elder or the older” having reference to experience…

5. Pronounced: episkopos Meaning: “overseer or bishop”
ἐπίσκοπος
Pronounced: episkopos
Meaning: “overseer or bishop”

6. Meaning: “shepherd” (pastor in Latin)
ποιμήν
Pronounced: poiman
Meaning: “shepherd” (pastor in Latin)

7. to better understand the shepherds of God’s flock
Purpose:
to better understand the shepherds of God’s flock

8. I A Relationship with the CHRIST (5:1)
A. Note Peter’s Introduction

9. Peter had a growing relationship with Christ making it possible for him to minister effectively to God’s people.

10. I A Relationship with the CHRIST (5:1)
A. Note Peter’s Introduction
B. Note Our Application

11. 1 Timothy 4:15
“Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.”

12. In other words, the leaders of the church much constantly be moving into new territories of study…

13. II A Relationship with the SHEEP (5:2-3)
A. The Image of Sheep

14. Our Lord often used the image of sheep in reference to His people…

15. II A Relationship with the SHEEP (5:2-3)
A. The Image of Sheep
B. The Shepherds’ Responsibilities

16. “O how I love Your Law! It is my meditation all the day.”
Psalm 119:97
“O how I love Your Law! It is my meditation all the day.”

17. III A Relationship with the CHIEF SHEPHERD (5:4)
A. Jesus is the Chief Shepherd
B. Jesus is Coming Again
C. Jesus is Coming to Give a Crown

18. The conductor said, “Friend, I think you’re on the wrong train!”…

19. … The dead man’s military friends wished to have a part in the service at the funeral home, so they requested the preacher lead them down to the casket, stand with them…

20. “… Now you’re in the same situation, but you have the ship’s navigator with you. What way would you row? You’d row the direction the navigator told you, right?!...”

21. Conclusion and Summary
If the leaders don’t know the right direction, you can bank on the fact those who follow certainly do not know it as well. A Scott Nearing said it this way, “It is a small wonder where the shepherds hesitate and stumble, that the sheep draw back affrighted.”