Aim: To be valiant churchmen—for the glory of God.
Doctrine: All true Christians have a stake in caring for the church of God. For some, this takes a shepherding role, and for every parishioner, this takes a watchful and praying role.
Exegesis: How believers are to lovingly care for the church of God: by leaving nothing undone in gospel ministry (vv. 25-27); by being vigilant and watchful for threats to the gospel (vv. 28-31); by taking comfort from the truth of the gospel (v. 32).
Further application: Why caring for the church of God is so critically important: because the knowledge of the glory of Christ and the wellbeing of all people depend on it.
Key verse: v. 28 ''Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
