Sermon Tone Analysis

Peter the Leader

A fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed

“Fellow Elder”: sumpresbyteros:

As a fellow elder Presbyteros

Peter practices Leadership: Not about rank!

Presbyteros:

Presbys: ‘old man’

Many passages in the Greek version of the Old Testament:

: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years.

: “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?

Presbyteros: ‘synagogue elder’

Little Kiddle: elder: for presidents, members of various guilds, committees etc., village officials, executive committees of priests, and senior groups of different types.

b. for presidents, members of various guilds, committees etc., village officials, executive committees of priests, and senior groups of different types.

: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years.

“Designation of age and also as a title of office”

: “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?

TDNT: “Designation of age and also as a title of office”

“Designation of age and also as a title of office”

Side note: why not priests?

Side note: why not priests?

hiereus (priest) is related to hieron (temple)

Peter Witness of the sufferings of Christ:

A witness of the suffering of Christ

Humility.

Everyone knows I ignored Jesus three times...

Everyone also knows what Jesus did to me:

Peter: Peter was restored three times to do what?

Feed my sheep ()

Exhort the elders (as a fellow elder and a witness of the suffering of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed)

As well as a partaker (koinonia) in the glory that is going to be revealed

Peter: Peter was restored three times to do what?

Feed my sheep ()

Two Verbs

Two Verbs:

So I exhort to the elders… SHEPHERD the flock of God that is among you

Elders= Presbyteros

Verb #1: Shepherd- verb

Latin= Pastor

Shepherd= poimaino

Shepherd=Pastor=elder

‘to tend to sheep; to act as a shepherd’

How does one act like a Shepherd?

Act like the CHIEF SHEPHERD!

Discipline and Direction:

: Rod and Staff

Rod and staff- go to greener pastures.

Presence during the valleys.

With people, walking alongside people.

Loving people.

Protects and Provides:

11 “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

13 And I will bring them out… gather them from the countries… I will feed them

15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.

16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy.

I will feed them in justice.

17 “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.

18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?

19 And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

17 “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.

18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?

19 And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

Sacrifice and Relationship

am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd.

I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

11 I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd.

I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold.

I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice.

So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

: By his wounds you have been healed.

25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Hunter and Rescuer

Hunter and Rescuer

: Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Protects and Preserves ‘Little Ones’

Latin= Pastor

: So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Exercising oversight

Exercising oversight

Verb #2: Exercising oversight

Episkopeo: ruled by overseers= bishops!

Episcopalian Model: Bishops

Episcopalian

Angelican

Methodist

Catholic

Eastern Orthodox

Overseer= Bishop- as if another office??

But it’s used interchangeably with elder.

Elder/Bishop/pastor Exercise Oversight:

How?

Well, that’s what the next section is all about:

How to Carry out their Responsibilities: