1 Peter 1:1

1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

Spiritual leadership 1 Peter 5:1-7

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • SPIRITUAL LEADER!

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellowelder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellowelder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • “I am not asking you to do anything that I am not seeking to do.”

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • Fellow Learner

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • 1 Peter 1:3-5 -- 3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • Plurality of Leaders

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • Acts 14:23 -- 23 When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • Acts 20:17 -- Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.

1 Peter 5:1 1 Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: • Titus 1:5 -- 5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town

Plurality of Leadership

The TraditionalParadigm God Staff-centeredParadigm Clergy Laity

The BiblicalParadigm Christ(the head) The OrganicParadigm Leaders (elders) Servants (deacons) The Rest(ministers)

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly; • Some Motivations for Spiritual Leadership

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly; • Luke 7:47 -- 47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly; GRACE MINISTRY • Luke 7:47 -- 47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly; • 1 John 4:19 -- 19 We love because He first loved us.

1 Peter 5:2 • 2 Cor. 8:1-5 – We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia: 2 During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity. 3 I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability, 4 they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 5 and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will. 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

1 Peter 5:2 2 Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly; • John 10:12-13 – 12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

1 Peter 5:3 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:3 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. • Mark 10:42 -- 42 Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

1 Peter 5:3 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:3 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. • Mark 10:43-45 -- 43 But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

1 Peter 5:4 4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1 Peter 5:5 5 In the same way, you younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because: “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

HUMILITY

1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you.

1 Peter 1:1

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