"Elders Among You..."

June 12, 2016

“Elders Among You…”

Blessings folk!

A little more about elders/overseers.

More about the character of the elder.
Insight into the functioning of the elder.

1Pe 5:1-3

Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.



Note, there are “elders among you.”

The model and structure of leadership that we find in the Word is that of plurality.
A group of leaders.
Elders.
Not just one person.
Not just one person “with the vision” (totally unbiblical)
Not just one person “leading”.
Plurality.
All equal.
Varied gifts and callings? Yes.
Will different folk be the “point man” on different things? Yes.

The exhortation was to the groups of elders among you…hummmm…..

Tomorrow we will look at how they are to function.

For today, how different would the Body of Christ function/be if we simply followed the Word of the Lord and did what He instructs?