A) A fellow elder: Peter has learned that his accolades are not his accolades but HIS accolades. This was a major personal revelation for me on March 19th, 2022. While doing my devotional and basting of my close to 25 years without missing an hour, the Lord quickly showed me that I did not it. He did it. B) Pete is saying I'm a fellow believer, a witness, and I'm going to be a partaker in what is to come. We can’t lose sight of what is before us: Eternity with God. C) Be shepherds, which is an appeal to the leadership, but with two huge caveats. The first is that church management should not become leaders out of compulsion. That means that no human should force a person to be in leadership, whether through bribes, force, or sweet talk. But that does NOT apply to God. Ask Paul. And the donkey he was knocked off of. D) Caveat Two: NOT lording it over others. Do we know what that means? We should. The greatest leaders are the best servants. Ask Jesus.
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