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“ … shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you … ”
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Charlie Skrine continues this series of talks on Peter’s first letter, and here he expounds the passage at the start of chapter 5 on shepherding the flock of Christ - from verse 1 , “So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder”, to verse 7, “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you”.
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The series has the title “Don't be surprised at the fiery trial”. The earlier talks, given by Charlie, William Taylor and Andrew Sach, are:-
1. “The Imperishable Inheritance”, on 1 Peter- 1.1-12 -youtube.com/watch?v=PnX8f9-48Bg&feature=relmfu
2. “The Imperishable Blood”, on 1 Peter 1.13-21 -youtube.com/watch?v=Mqe2TPefALI&feature=plcp
3. “The Imperishable Word”, on 1 Peter 1.22 – 2.10 -youtube.com/watch?v=-vaxfjjDa8Q&feature=plcp
4. “The stone the builders rejected”, on 1 Peter 2.4-10 - youtube.com/watch?v=VZdIQaI4r_8&feature=plcp
5. “Submitting for Christ's sake”, on 1 Peter 2.11-25 - youtube.com/watch?v=9Al-CksJFZk&feature=plcp
6. “Wives and husbands”, on 1 Peter 3.1-7 - vimeo.com/52549345
7. “Suffering for doing good”, on 1 Peter 3.8-22 - youtube.com/watch?v=WFPxhbqM2H0&feature=plcp
8. “Living in the end times”, on - 1 Peter 4.1-11 - youtube.com/watch?v=j6nwAdMxIU0&feature=plcp
9. “How to suffer well”, on 1 Peter 4.12-19 - st-helens.org.uk/resources/media-library/src/talk/53125/title/how-to-suffer-well (audio only)
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The Bible translation we use at St Helen's is the English Standard Version (ESV). If you don’t have a Bible handy then here is a link to Peter’s first letter, chapter 5 - esvbible.org/1+Peter+5/
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Charlie gave this talk on Sunday, 25th November, 2012; here at St Helen's, Bishopsgate, to our Sunday-evening congregation.
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