1. The Church as a ________________ of Good News (v. 9).
2. God’s Return to Reign in Redemptive _____________ (vv. 9b-10).
3. God as the Divine _________________ of His Sheep (v. 11).
1. The apostolic charge to the elders to _______________ God’s flock (v. 2a).
2. The kinds of “shepherding” that the church’s _____________ should avoid (vv. 2b-3).
3. The gracious _______________ promised to faithful elders (v. 4).
1. The ________________-Heart of God reflected in this passage.
2. The __________________ of Christ as our Chief Shepherd, and the ______________ of the Church as His under-shepherds (v. 4).
1. Fallen man’s natural tendency to ____________ from God’s ___________.
2. ______________________ involves a turning or returning to Christ as the overseeing ________________ of our souls.
3. Behold Christ, the ____________________ Shepherd of our souls!
1. Enduring unjust suffering with patience is commendable in the sight of God (vv. 19-20).
2. We believers were called to imitate Christ in patiently enduring unjust suffering (v. 21).
3. The example of Christ’s endurance of unjust suffering (vv. 21-25).