Feed the flock of God.
Feed my sheep.
Feed the flock of God
which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof,
not by constraint, but willingly.
Feed the flock is the charge given to pastors and elders. Jesus said to Peter, Feed my lambs, Feed my sheep. Peter wrote, Feed the flock of God which is among you. Feeding is teaching, caring, and nourishing the people of God with the word. The flock belongs to God; the shepherds are under-shepherds of the chief Shepherd. They feed willingly, not by constraint, and not as lords but as examples.
- Feed the flock of God which is among you.
- Feed my lambs; feed my sheep.
- Feeding is nourishing with the word.
- Not by constraint, but willingly.
- Not as lords, but as examples.
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly.
Feed the flock of God
which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof,
not by constraint, but willingly.
Feed my lambs.
Feed my sheep.
- 1 Peter 5:2 is the key text.
- John 21:15-17 records the charge to Peter.
- Acts 20:28 says feed the church of God.
- Jeremiah 3:15 says pastors shall feed with knowledge and understanding.
- Feeding is the heart of pastoral work.
- The flock is God’s; the charge is to feed.
- Feed – Nourish with the word.
- Flock of God – The people of God.
- Willingly – Not by constraint.
- Oversee – Take the oversight.
- Examples – Not lords.
- Charge – Given by Christ.
- 1 Peter 5:2 – “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind.”
- John 21:15-17 – “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs… Feed my sheep… Feed my sheep.”
- Acts 20:28 – “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.”
- Jeremiah 3:15 – “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
- Jeremiah 23:4 – “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed.”
- Isaiah 40:11 – “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom.”
- Psalm 23:1-2 – “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
- 1 Peter 5:3 – “Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”
- John 10:9 – “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
- Ephesians 4:11 – “And he gave some… pastors and teachers.”
- Matthew 9:36 – “They fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”
- Luke 12:32 – “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Feed the flock of God which is among you.
Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep.
I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Feed the flock is the charge of pastors and elders. They nourish the people of God with the word, under the chief Shepherd.
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