known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to Everyday Life Adrien Rogers was one of the most effective preachers respected Bible teachers and Christian leaders of our time thanks for joining us for this message here’s Adrian Rogers First Peter chapter 5 the first four verses the shepherd and his sheep the elders which are among you I exhort who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed feed the flock of
God which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucer but of a ready mind neither is being Lords over God’s Heritage but being examples to the flock and when the chief Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a Crown of Glory that fadeth not away now Peter here is addressing the church and the church was living in tough times and dangerous times and he reminded them of their character and what the church was truly like now remember these people knew a lot about raising sheep and so here was
an analogy and a figure of speech that they could relate to what Peter is saying is first of all that God’s children are like sheep you remember what the psalmist said we are his people and the Sheep of his pasture so God’s people are like sheep now if God’s people are like sheep the church is like a flock Jesus said uh fear not little flock so the church is like a flock now if the people are like sheep the church is like a flock the pastor is like the Shepherd that is the duty of the pastor to Shepherd the flock and Jesus is the chief Shepherd to
whom this Shepherd is going to have to give an account one day now that’s what Peter is telling us right here now think about ourselves as sheep you know it’s really not all that complimentary the Lord calls a sheep he could have been a little more complimentary perhaps and said we’re Strong as Horses or perhaps we are beautiful as a gazelle or peacock or perhaps he could say that uh uh we are brave as lions but didn’t say that he said we like sheep I want to tell you folks about a sheep sheep are Wayward animals matter of fact they’re kind of
dumb anybody ever hear of a trained sheep trained dogs cats hor horses maybe even fleas but sheep are dumb you know a sheep gets lost look that’s what Peter is giving us a idea look in chapter 2 verse 25 this same chapter but ye were a sheep going astray but ye were a sheep going astray and Isaiah said the same thing all we like sheep have gone astray sheep will nibble here and brows there and he just keeps on going he doesn’t know how to get back to the Sheep foldless the shepherd goes after him and brings him back sheep really are kind of
