MATADOR’S MAKE BAD SHEPHERDS
I PETER 5:1-4

PSALM 23:1-6

PS.100:3 “…IT IS HE WHO MADE US, AND NOT WE OURSELVES; WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE,”

A SHEPHERD HAS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, VS.1-2

   THREE TITLES, ONE PERSON
     ELDER - DESCRIBES HIS MATURITY

     BISHOP - DESCRIBES HIS RESPONSIBILITY

     SHEPHERD - DESCRIBES HIS MINISTRY

A SHEPHERD HAS A PRACTICAL GIFTEDNESS FROM JESUS, VS.2-3

   HIS CALLING
  CHARLES SPURGEON, “ALL ARE NOT CALLED TO LABOR IN WORD AND DOCTRINE,NOR TO BE ELDERS, OR TO EXERCISE THE GIFT OF BISHOP, NOR SHOULD ALL ASPIRE TO SUCH WORKS, SINCE GIFTS NECESSARY ARE NOWHERE PROMISED TO ALL. BUT THOSE SHOULD ADDICT THEMSELVES TO SUCH IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENTS WHO FEEL, LIKE THE APOSTLE, THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THIS MINSTRY.”

   HIS COMMITMENT

     FEED

     LEAD

A SHEPHERD HAS A POWERFUL DESIRE TO PLEASE JESUS, VS.4

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