After Easter:A Journey to Pentecost

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Summary: Establish that one of the church’s greatest needs is sound and faithful leadership. That means appointing elders and deacons (along with their families) who are committed to their divine assignment of lovingly watching over, caring for, and shepherding the children of God.

References.

1. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible, by Matthew Henry, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Grand Rapids, MI, 1706.

2. The People's New Testament, by B. W. Johnson, Christian Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1891.

3. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament; United Bible Societies,’ Fourth, Corrected Edition, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, 1990.

4. Textus Receptus, taken from the Greek Text of Stephens 1550, The Englishman’s Greek New Testament, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, First Zondervan Printing, 1970.

We thank these prolific writers for their wisdom and insight into the Holy Scriptures and acknowledge our consultation of their work in this lesson.

5. Slavery and Jim Crow Law: http://newsreel.org/video/the-rise-and-fall-of-jim-crow.

6. Civil Rights Movement: https://g.co/kgs/Hbqp17.

7. Smith's Bible Dictionary, William Smith, Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Printing 1884.

8. Orr, James, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume IV, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI., 1986.

9. Hastings, James, A Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA., 1988.

10. Roberts, J.W., Letters to Timothy, Sweet Publishing Company, Austin, TX., 1964.

11. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary © 2015 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated; Springfield, Massachusetts, 01105.

12. Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus © 2015 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated; Springfield, Massachusetts, 01105.

13. The BlueLetterBible.org, (BLB’s) Interlinear, Textus Receptus; and the Morphological GNT, @ 2022, by the Blue Letter Bible. This tool allows you to access the Greek New Testament in both manuscripts. http://www.blb.org/The BLB also provides tutorials to help you learn how to use it. Link, (www.BLB.org).

Lesson updated 8/1/2024 by Ron Freeman, Evangelist.

Visit and worship with the Church of Christ at Pickensville, AL, every Sunday at 11:00 AM and Wednesday at 6:00 PM. The call-in number is 1-302-202-1110, and the PIN is 214733. These men "know the Shepherd!"

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Sermon Topics: Leadership, Teach, Pastors, Deacons, Feed, Evangelist, Instruct, Oversight, Elders, Shepherds, Ministers, Care For, Watch Over

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