2. 1 PETER 5
• 5:1 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:
• 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;
• 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but
being ensamples to the flock.
• 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
3. • 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto
the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to
another, and be clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble.
• 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due
time:
• 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth
for you.
• 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
4. • 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing
that the same afflictions are accomplished in
your brethren that are in the world.
• 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called
us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen.
5. Exhortation to ‘Elders’
a)Feed the flock of God which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof
Mission: (John 21:15-17)
b)How Not to: (not, neither)
• not by constraint
• not for filthy lucre
• Neither as being lords over God's heritage
6. Exhortation to ‘Elders’
c)How To: (but)
• Willingly (Spirit-Mat. 26:41, 2Pet. 3:5)
• of a ready mind (Soul-Phil. 2:1-10, Rom. 12:2,
2Cor 11:14-15)
• being ensamples to the flock. (Body-Rom.
12:1, 1Cor. 6:19-20)
7. Exhortation to immature (younger
than an elder)
• 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves
unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one
to another, and be clothed with humility: for
God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to
the humble.
8. Gods goal for your development:
a) Exaltation
• 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in
due time:
• JEREMIAH 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that
I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end."
9. Gods goal for your development
b) Cheat sheet for placement test:
• 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God,
• 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he
careth for you.
10. Gods goal for your development
c) Answer to the trick questions:
• 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing
that the same afflictions are accomplished in
your brethren that are in the world.
11. Make believe Christianity:
Make self believe
5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith
HEBREWS 11: 1 "Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen."
PSALMS 27:13 "I had fainted, unless I had
believed to see the goodness of the LORD in
the land of the living."
12. Make believe Christianity:
• EPHESIANS 6: 16 "Above all, taking the shield
of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the wicked."
• 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called
us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
13. Old Testament example EXODUS 14
14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and
encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the
sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp
by the sea.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They
are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut
them in.
14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall
follow after them; and I will be honoured upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may
know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
14. 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel
lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians
marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and
the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no
graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the
wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to
carry us forth out of Egypt?
14:12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt,
saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?
For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians,
than that we should die in the wilderness.
14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand
still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will
shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have
seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever
15. 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall
hold your peace.
14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward:
14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the
children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
16. PSALMS 106
106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies;
but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
that he might make his mighty power to be known.
106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up:
so he led them through the depths, as through the
wilderness.
17. 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated
them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not
one of them left.
106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his
counsel:
106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted
God in the desert.
106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into
their soul.
106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great
things in Egypt;
106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible
things by the Red sea.
106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not
Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn
away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
18. 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they
believed not his word:
106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened
not unto the voice of the LORD.
106:32 They angered him also at the waters of
strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their
sakes:
106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he
spake unadvisedly with his lips.
106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they
provoked him with their counsel, and were
brought low for their iniquity.
19. PSALMS 77: 3,6 "I remembered God, and was
troubled: I complained, and my spirit was
overwhelmed. Selah."
"I call to remembrance my song in the night: I
commune with mine own heart: and my spirit
made diligent search."
78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded
our fathers, that they should make them known
to their children:
20. 78:6 That the generation to come might know
them, even the children which should be born;
who should arise and declare them to their
children:
78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not
forget the works of God, but keep his
commandments:
78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn
and rebellious generation; a generation that set
not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
21. 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and
carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and
refused to walk in his law;
78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he
had shewed them.
78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their
fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
through; and he made the waters to stand as an
heap.
22. 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,
when he went out through the land of Egypt:
where I heard a language that I understood not.
81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his
hands were delivered from [weed] the pots.
81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I
answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I
proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide,
and I will fill it.
23. 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my
voice; and Israel would none of me.
81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust:
and they walked in their own counsels.
81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
and Israel had walked in my ways!
81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies,
and turned my hand against their adversaries.
81:15 The haters of the LORD should have
submitted themselves unto him: but their time
should have endured for ever.
24. 81:16 He should have fed them also with the
finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the
rock should I have satisfied thee.
1PETER 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you
perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
