Motivation For Elders (1 Peter 5:1-5)

11/09/08 • 51 min

1 Peter 5 provides great exhortation and encouragement to elders to “shepherd the flock...with eagerness...being examples to the flock” with the hope of great reward from the Chief Shepherd.

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1 Peter 5 provides great exhortation and encouragement to elders to “shepherd the flock...with eagerness...being examples to the flock” with the hope of great reward from the Chief Shepherd.

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