12. True shepherding of the flock: vision, visitation, discipleship, counseling, correction, etc. When these things are not practiced, a body will suffer and struggle. This is to be modeled by those specifically gifted (shepherds/elders), but practiced by all the body.
[1 Pet 5:1-3; Eph 4:11-12; 2 Tim 2:2; Titus 2; John 21:15-17; Jam 1:22-25; Ezek 34:2-6]
Considering the last post, I felt it was timely to tie these together. A very short description of what we need to see modeled by those elders and deacons. Men that are faithful in these roles will be noticed, because they will be impacting lives everywhere they go. Men that love people, invest in their lives for eternity. These attributes are part of the qualities that we look for in elders, and serve to show us the way we should walk, according to God's ways. I hear from many brothers in Christ that their church is lacking in these areas, and we need to understand the serious consequences that come when we disregard the roles and responsibilities we are given as men especially.
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