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9/7/2025 Jeremiah 1 Are You A Jeremiah? Intro: Jeremiah was one man against a whole nation. He was inexperienced, afraid, uncertain and unlearned….but He knew the Lord God and the Lord God knew Him. That made Him an unbeatable army of ONE plus THE ONE Lord God almighty! You have all the hoards of hell against you the moment that you put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ! Don't compromise because you have opposition. Don't quit because a few people are against you…..IF you are walking in God's word and with Jesus Christ in prayer and in truth…you are an army of ONE!

9/7/2025 Acts 2:1-21 Peters Great Sermon On The Last Days Intro: Pentecost was one of the three major Jewish festivals; the other two are the Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles. From the Greek word for “fifty,” Pentecost was so named because it fell on the fiftieth day after the Sabbath of the Passover. Pentecost was also known as “the Feast of Weeks,” “the Firstfruits of the Wheat Harvest,” and “the Day of Firstfruits.” Ironically it occurred fifty days after Jesus was crucified. Remember they had to hurry up and kill Jesus on Friday because the Passover was on Saturday. During this harvest celebration, the Jews brought to God the firstfruits of their harvest in thanksgiving, expecting that God would give the rest of the harvest as His blessing. This particular Day of Pentecost was the day of firstfruits of Christ's church, the beginning of the great harvest of souls who would come to know Christ and be joined together through the work of the Holy Spirit.

8/31/2025 Romans 1:16-18 Confidence In The Gospel Intro: The greatest truth ever revealed is the gospel of Jesus Christ! There is not greater truth and it is the foundation for all truths that we know. That is how important the Death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is. We can have complete confidence in the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Complete and total!

8/24/2025 Proverbs 12:6-7 The Ways Of The Wicked Intro: We all were on the road to destruction, the path away from God and toward hell. But God made a way….a path to Him through faith and trust in His Son Jesus Christ. We can get on the right path. The wicked on a path that will never, ever, no not ever lead to anything good at all! The wicked have their ways and their main goal is to destroy the righteous and righteousness wherever they find it. The wicked live for the only person they really love….themselves. All are going to die and go to be with the person we love the most…. Ourselves or Jesus! Love for self will lead to hell….Love for Jesus will lead us to Him.

8/24/2025 Acts 1:9-11 Jesus Is Alive Today Intro: The book of Acts is not a doctrinal book. It contains doctrine but it is the historical record of the beginning of the church at Pentecost and how the gospel spread to the Jews and the Gentiles. Every false and crazy church activity has come from taking what God was doing to protect and guide His church at the beginning and turned it into doctrine. Jesus Christ built His church at the beginning before the scriptures with signs and wonders that ceased. It is a supernatural book! We don't see the supernatural anymore but we see the results of the supernatural. But the main theme of Acts is that Jesus is ALIVE and is ALIVE forevermore at the right hand of God.

8/17/2025 Job 19:25-27 Absolute Confidence In Life After Death Intro: Man is made in the image and likeness of God. That automatically means we our soul and our spirits cannot die. We will live forever! The question is are you going to live in smoking or non-smoking. Heaven or hell. With Jesus or with yourself in the lake of fire! Most today tell us that after death is nothing. We just cease the Exist. If that is the case why not do all the fun living you can while you can. Why care for anyone but yourself? Why try to help others….what is the purpose to life if we are like animals whose life ends after death. After all life is just vanity of vanities according to Ecclesiastes if there is no God and no life after death. Why bother doing anything beyond your basic neccessites? Why care for others? Why not get all you can and can all you get?

8/17/2025 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 End Times Summary In Order Intro: God is all about order. Everything is to be done decently and in order. God created an orderly universe. God is the opposite of Chaos and confusion. If you are in a church service that has chaos and confusion that is not of God…never, no not ever! I don't care what they say or how Godly it appears! You are being deceived and played by the Devil…who is the god of chaos, confusion, deceit and deception.

8/10/2025 Galatians 1:11-20 Paul Proves The Bible Is Truth Intro: Paul is one of the most amazing people who ever lived and one of the most important! Why would a person do all the hard traveling and tough mission work and suffer so many hardships and perils if he had not been with Jesus? What would his motivation be? Fame? Fortune? Glory? Really? His motivation according to his own writings was spelled out in Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Does this sound like a man who would tell you a lie? Yes…. Muslims die for a false religion they believe in true. But it is more of a political movement than a religion. Yes, many die for their country for they believe in the principles of freedom. Many die for their ideals or for a belief system that they have been brainwashed to believe is true and many will die honorably for a loved one. But no one would give up their whole lives and suffer daily for something they KNEW was a lie. Paul believed the things he wrote not because He was a mad man but because he actually experienced Christ on the Damascus road and actually was trained by Him and witnessed these miracles and power of God in His own life. His life is proof that the Bible IS the word Of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ is the very truth of God!

8/10/2025 Matthew 24:29-31 The End Of The World Intro: Things are heating up and the word of God is becoming clearer each passing day. It appears that God is getting ready to wrap things up. Never before have we seen the combination of Biblical prophecy lining up and prophesized hatred of Israel be off the charts. This must be the time people. The end of the world as we know it.

8/3/2025 Jeremiah 49:35-39 Iran's fall foretold….But Not Til the Gog-Magog War Intro: The prophecy of Jeremiah 49:35-39 to Elam, Persia, which is now Iran…..which the current Iranian Islamic regime threatens, and for all the Iranian people who have been hijacked by the ayatollahs since 1979, and for a restoration of their freedom. Israel recently attacked them with bunker busting bombs that destroyed their ability to make Nuclear weapons…..for awhile anyway. So during this time all these people kept saying that Jeremiah 49 shows us the attack accruing In 2025. I will show you that I don't think it has anything to do with Israel's recent attack. For one reason it did not destroy the current Islamic leadership of Iran. They are still there threatening war and the destruction of Israel. And secondly they must team with Russia and Turkey in a few months (I believe) and begin the Gog-Magog, Ezekiel 38-39 invasion of Israel.

8/3/2025 Jeremiah 49:35-39 Iran's fall foretold….But Not Til the Gog-Magog War Intro: The prophecy of Jeremiah 49:35-39 to Elam, Persia, which is now Iran…..which the current Iranian Islamic regime threatens, and for all the Iranian people who have been hijacked by the ayatollahs since 1979, and for a restoration of their freedom. Israel recently attacked them with bunker busting bombs that destroyed their ability to make Nuclear weapons…..for awhile anyway. So during this time all these people kept saying that Jeremiah 49 shows us the attack accruing In 2025. I will show you that I don't think it has anything to do with Israel's recent attack. For one reason it did not destroy the current Islamic leadership of Iran. They are still there threatening war and the destruction of Israel. And secondly they must team with Russia and Turkey in a few months (I believe) and begin the Gog-Magog, Ezekiel 38-39 invasion of Israel.

7/27/2025 Titus 1:7-10 How To Be An Influential Christian Intro: This passage is used many times in Preacher or Pastor ordination services. It describes the qualities for a Church leader. But I think every Christian should have these qualities. Every Christian should strive to be this way. Every Christian not just pastors should be held to these standards in order to be an effective servant of Christ in the world. Every one of us should want to be an influence for Christ on the lives of others

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. the purpose of the Lord's discipline was to drive the people to earnestly seek Him. The Hebrew verb for earnestly seek suggests eager longing and desire

7/20/2025 Daniel 11:35. Why We Have Trials Intro: a song from the sixties had this line “you've got your troubles and I've got mine.” Life is filled with defeats and setbacks. You will have them. The question that will determine your life direction is this…..how will you handle adversity? The word of God has a lot to say about that subject and the answer may surprise you.

7/13/2025 Genesis 12:1-3 Why Should Christians Stand With Israel? Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The cornerstone of prophesies about Israel. We should all realize that God means what He says.

7/13/2025 Genesis 12:1-3 Why Should Christians Stand With Israel? Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The cornerstone of prophesies about Israel. We should all realize that God means what He says. Satan hates the Jews! He is the one turning the world against them in hopes that every Jew will be eliminated! The hope of the Muslims is the hope of the Devil. That the state of Israel and every Jew will be destroyed!!! If One Jews survives to the thousand year reign of Christ then Satan loses. The Davidic Covenant where Jesus Christ will sit on the Davidic throne and rule over His people Israel is the fulfillment of the Jewish people's years of struggle and anti-Jewish sentiment.

7/6/2025 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 What Is The Christian Message? Intro: So Many people telling us to believe this and to believe that about relgion. And so many religions. What makes Christianity stand out from all religions and faiths? The Answser is very obvious and very simple.

7/6/2025 Genesis 12:1-3 Why Should Christians Stand With Israel? Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The cornerstone of prophesies about Israel. We should all realize that God means what He says.

6/29/2025 Romans 10:10-11 Believe and See Intro: The world tells us that seeing is believing. Yes that is true. Some things we have to see to believe. Most things are like that in the world. Even our works for Christ show our faith. Jesus did miracles to prove that He was the Son of God and the Savior of the world. But the Bible's theme is actually “believe and see.” We cannot receive from God until we have faith in Him. He is holy and just. We are sinful and fallen. How can a sinful fallen man have a relationship with a holy God? By faith. Believe and see.

6/22/2025 Romans 13:8-10 God's Executive Orders Intro: When a President makes an Executive order it does not become law until ratified by Congress. But it is designed to be a stop gap, temporary or emergency measure until it can become law. It was used sparingly until the 21st century and our recent Presidents. They have issued hundreds of Executive orders that the next president makes executive orders to undo the previous presidents executives orders. So if they don't become law they are not worth the paper they are autopen signed on! (did you catch that!) But God the creator and executive of all things has made some orders that cannot be suspended or changed or undone.

6/22/2025 Leviticus….Abominations in The Book Of Leviticus Intro: Since this is Pride month I though we would look at abominations in the Abomination book, the book of Leviticus. That word is used more times in the book of Leviticus than all other books combined. In Leviticus there are only two things that God calls an Abomination. Dietary things…things we eat and sexual things….same sex relations. That's it. In Exodus 8:26 the Hebrews sacrificed animals that were considered sacred to the Egyptians and to the Hebrews would be considered abominable to the Egyptians. In Deuteronomy worshipping other gods is considered and abomination, and those who practice divination are an abomination to the Lord. Many defenders of the Homosexual life style look to the fact that in The Old Testament God called eating certain foods an abomination….. that in the New Testament no longer considered an abomination because the law has been replaced by grace..…….So their excuse is that calling Homosexuality an abomination is also……. not considered a sin today but they say that societal norms change and God is okay with that. But the New Testament has a lot to say about Homosexuality that we will see later.

6/15/2025 Ephesians 4:5-7 One Father of All Intro: We all have an earthly mother. We have an earthly father. But we have a Father in heaven who is our Father over all. The church is one in Him. All others are also under Him. Angels and birth parents are all under Him. He is the One and the Only God, Creator, Lord, Savior and King!

6/8/2025 Hebrews 1:8-14 Jesus the Righteous One, The Creating One Intro: God created Humans after His own image and angels to serve and to glorify God and as messengers of His purposes. Humans were created to have fellowship with God and be co-regents and to have dominion over the earth and to reproduce after their kind. Angels are not co-regents with God and cannot reproduce. There is a set number of angels. Humans continue to increase every day. Hebrews compares the two…Humans and angels.

6/8/2025 Leviticus….Abominations in The Book Of Leviticus Intro: Since this is Pride month I though we would look at abominations in the Abomination book, the book of Leviticus. That word is used more times in the book of Leviticus than all other books combined. In Leviticus there are only two things that God calls an Abomination. Dietary things…things we eat and sexual things….same sex relations. That's it. In Exodus 8:26 the Hebrews sacrificed animals that were considered sacred to the Egyptians and to the Hebrews would be considered abominable to the Egyptians. In Deuteronomy worshipping other gods is considered and abomination, and those who practice divination are an abomination to the Lord. Many look to the fact that God called in the Old Testament eating certain foods an abomination….. that in the New Testament is no longer considered an abomination because the law has been replaced by grace..…….So their excuse is that calling Homosexuality an abomination is also……. not considered a sin today but they say that societal norms change and God is okay with that. But the New Testament has a lot to say about Homosexuality that we will see later.

6/1/2025 John 3:36 Believe Intro: There are things every day that we must believe in order not to be hurt or killed. Don't touch a hot stove. Don't get to close to the edge of that cliff. Don't smoke cigarettes, don't drink and drive, don't eat that, don't go into certain parts of a city, don't take that vaccine, don't, don't, don't. While God has a lot of don't's…God gives warnings as He should. The wages of sin is death, the soul that sinneth it shall die….but He also says the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. With every warning there is the admonition to believe…..

6/1/2025 Joel 3:1-2 Hosea 3:4-5 No Two State Solution! Intro: God promised in the Abrahamic Covenant they would be His people and occupy His land Genesis 12 and 15. Genesis 12:2-3 is the promise And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. Genesis 15:18 is the boundaries of the land. In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: And that means that they must occupy the land again in the last days. Ezekiel chapters 36 and 37 God tells His people that they will occupy the land again in the last days. They will be brought from the gentile nations after being scattered among the gentiles. The UN wants Two States. Israel and Palestine. It might happen. I can't say it won't…. but one thing I can say….God is not going to be happy about it and will destroy those who try to do it!

5/28/22025 Luke 19:41 Hatred Of Israel Today Intro: Most people call it Anti-semitism…..what is a Semite? A person who speak a Semitic language, including Jews and Arabs. Semita is the latin for the Greek word “Sem” or “Shem” a son of Noah in the Bible who these people are supposedly descended. Semitic people is an ethnic or racial group associated with people of the Middle East including Arabs, Jews, Akkadians and Pheonicians. Descendents of Shem included Hebrews, Aramaeans, Assyrians and Arabs. Any groups who speak a Semitic language. My point…..It's not Antisemitism…… it's Anti-Hebraism. Anti-Judaism. Anti- Sons of Jacob, Anti-Jewish people. And it has infected the whole world including the modern day church! Many national podcasts and national conservative Christian broadcasters are Anti-Jewish people. Blaming Jews for all the trouble in the world. This is not acceptable with God. Genesis 12:3 I will bless them that bless thee. Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

5/18/2025 1 John 4:8-10 It's All About Self Intro: I've heard many people say that they think that they will be in heaven because they are good people. But what is their standard? Their standard is they have never committed murder, or been dishonest or are fairly truthful. That might be fine if you're renting a house or buying a car….but entrance into heaven with a holy sinless God……. we might have to rethink that. Getting to heaven requires more than applying for a job or for a loan. A whole lot more! In fact it requires total perfection! Self will send us all to hell! Self is the person that we have the most trouble with in our lives. “I” am the problem with my life. It's me! It's all about self…selfishness and self-righteousness without the righteousness of God.

5/18/2025 Proverbs 2:10-22 Jesus Christ The Wisdom Of God Intro: Ephesians 3:9-11 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God, The power of God, the love of God and the glory of God. Jesus Christ is the answer to every question. The reason for life and the purpose of our life and Life itself! If you don't understand that then you don't really understand true wisdom.

Revelation 12:1-9 The Woman Who Destroyed The Devil Intro: Revelation chapter 12 is all about the Devil and the Jew. And the Devils attempt to destroy every single Jew on the earth. How important is it to be faithful to just do the little things, the unimportant things. Well Israel is the smallest of all nations. And one very young simple Jewish woman found out that just being a faithful maiden led to the end of the Devil. God always uses the small unnoticed and unheralded to bring about His glorious purposes!

5/4/2025 Psalm 41 Five Facts Of Living Intro: We are all told of the facts of life when we were young people. I'm not talking about those facts. I think this generation has almost ruined those facts. Men with men and women with women. But God gave us the facts of living. What living is all about. Having a full life. And enjoyable life. An interesting life.

5/4/2025 Revelation 17 Mystery Babylon The One world religion Intro: Monday, February 4th 2017 On that day Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, met together and signed ‘A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together', a declaration calling for tolerance and peace among the nations of the world. There are over one billion Muslims and 1.3 billion baptized Catholics in the world. One out of every Four Americans are Catholic. That means that one third of all the people on the earth are either Catholic or Muslim. That does not include their influence on the rest of the world who are not adherents. The signing represents the first time there's ever been a papal visit to the Arab-Gulf states, while marking a historical breakthrough in Roman Catholic/Muslim dialogue. It's prophetic because of Revelation 17. Many think this is just religious Babylon. It is…..but much more than that.

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4/27/2025 Revelation 17 Mystery Babylon The One world religion Intro: Monday, February 4th 2017 On that day Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, met together and signed ‘A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together', a declaration calling for tolerance and peace among the nations of the world. There are over one billion Muslims and 1.3 billion baptized Catholics in the world. One out of every Four Americans are Catholic. That means that one third of all the people on the earth are either Catholic or Muslim. That does not include their influence on the rest of the world who are not adherents. The signing represents the first time there's ever been a papal visit to the Arab-Gulf states, while marking a historical breakthrough in Roman Catholic/Muslim dialogue. It's prophetic because of Revelation 17. Many think this is just religious Babylon. It is…..but much more than that.

4/20/2025 1 Peter 1:18-25 Three Eternal Gifts From God To Man Intro: On this resurrection Sunday….We know God loves because He gives gifts unto man. Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Sometime between the cross and the resurrection He took the people who died before the cross to heaven with Him. He filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ's followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ's body, the church, and He gave us the greatest gift…HIMSELF as our Lord and Savior! And that includes three eternal gifts He gave us that are eternal and vital to us all!

4/13/2025 Genesis 15:14-21 God Promises A Land For His People Intro: Do you own land? It is a very satisfying thing to own your own land. It gives you a sense of purpose and place. The world elite don't want you to own you own land. That gives you too much power. That gives you too much control over your own life. They want to put you in fifteen minute cities. Well God wanted His people to have a place and land of their own to give them a sense of purpose and identity. God made a promise to Abraham that is still in affect today and forever!

4/13/2025 Revelation 17 Mystery Babylon The One world religion Intro: Monday, February 4th 2017 On that day Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, met together and signed ‘A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together', a declaration calling for tolerance and peace among the nations of the world. There are over one billion Muslims and 1.3 billion baptized Catholics in the world. One out of every Four Americans are Catholic. That means that one third of all the people on the earth are either Catholic or Muslim. That does not include their influence on the rest of the world who are not adherents. The signing represents the first time there's ever been a papal visit to the Arab-Gulf states, while marking a historical breakthrough in Roman Catholic/Muslim dialogue. It's prophetic because of Revelation 17. Many think this is just religious Babylon. It is…..but much more than that.

4/6/2025 Ecclesiastes 3:11-15 God Gives Order and Purpose To Life Intro: With so much chaos and confusion in the world today. Wars and rumors of wars, fighting among political rivals, disasters, storms, crime, hatred, murder, disease, uncertainty….people are under a great deal of stress. The wicked seem to be gaining every advantage. And they are…… because Satan is the god of this world. But he won't be much longer that I can guarantee! Some one said on Facebook the other day that what used to be one hundred years between unprecedented weather disasters is now one hundred days. He is right! Everything is amplified today. The news cycle is hourly now instead of weekly. Things change and major news happens every hour now! What happened last week is old news surpassed by the events of today! But……God……..

4/6/2025 Revelation 17 Chrislam the One world religion Intro: Monday, February 4th 2017 On that day Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, met together and signed ‘A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together', a declaration calling for tolerance and peace among the nations of the world. There are over one billion Muslims and 1.3 billion baptized Catholics in the world. One out of every Four Americans are Catholic. That means that one third of all the people on the earth are either Catholic or Muslim. That does not include their influence on the rest of the world who are not adherents. The signing represents the first time there's ever been a papal visit to the Arab-Gulf states, while marking a historical breakthrough in Roman Catholic/Muslim dialogue. It's prophetic because of Revelation 17. Many think this is just religious Babylon. It is…..but much more than that.

3/30/2025 Psalms 3 What An Awesome God We Serve Intro: The historical background to the psalm is described in 2 Samuel 15—17. Though David petitioned in verse 7, Arise, O Lord; save me, it is clear from 2 Samuel 15:32–37 that David shrewdly sent his friend Hushai back to Jerusalem to deceive Absalom. David used tricks of the trade….. but trusted only in God. I love the Song….Our God is an awesome God! He reigns from Heaven above….. with wonder, power and love…..our God is an awesome God! He truly is and we don't realize one tenth of one percent of how great He is! David gives us a glimpse in this passage.

3/30/2025 4 Beasts, 7 Kings, 7 Heads and 10 Horns Intro: Basically…The Four beasts are Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece and Rome. Four nations that were great world empires that controlled Israel after the Babylonian captivity. The Seven Kings are those nations that also ruled over Israel from the Beginning at Moses til the Tribulation. Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and the revived Roman Empire. The Henry Morris Study Bible believes the seven heads are Sumerians, Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. More about that later…..

3/23/2025 He Gave Some Something He Gave All Everything Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers. It was he who “gave gifts to people”; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers. **And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct]. Pastors do all for the church that a literal shepherd does for sheep: feeds, nurtures, cares for, and protects them from enemies. A shepherd's task is not to acquire sheep. However, if a shepherd does what he is supposed to do, he will have healthy sheep and his flock will grow. This passage ties the two titles teachers and pastors closely together here, elsewhere they are listed separately.