I Peter 5:2

I Peter 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; We are commanded by God to take care of our Christian brothers and sisters. This is a commandment for pastors from Peter, the old apostle. it is interesting that Peter calls the church people the flock. Do you know what kind of animal group is called a flock? Well, birds too, but I am thinking of a flock of sheep. And that is the example that is used often to refer to God’s children. Sheep are interesting. They are so domesticated that they cannot survive in the wild alone. A mountain goat can, a Bighorn sheep can, but a common, ordinary, wooly sheep can’t. They need a shepherd – they need a leader. That is what the word oversight means. It means to be the leader of the flock. And Peter says that it isn’t a duty, it is a privilege. Filthy lucre means money. Oh, we should take care of the pastor of the church, but he isn’t the pastor of a church just to get rich. He should be the pastor because he wants to be the pastor. And the pastor needs to feed us, the sheep spiritually. We need to understand what the Bible says. And when we do, we should obey what the Bible says.