How to Handle Responsibilities: Especially When It Comes to The Flock and Eldership by Anthony Hopkins 10/22/20

        Good Day Everyone!!  Greetings!! How are all of you doing today?  Fine, I hope.  This is an essay concerning the eldership and the flock.  First, I want to say that an elder is a mature person of the Church.  An elder is a person who is older and very wise.  Second, elders are to serve the flock by attention and prayer.  I want to inform all of you that I have been writing about the Bible for the past 11 years now.

        I want to inform all of you that we are supposed to bear the responsibilities of an elder; especially when it comes to taking care of others.  Hebrews 12:17 says: For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.  I want to inform all of you that Esau was rejected of his blessing from God because he has given up his birthright to his brother Jacob.  Esau sold his birthright for some food.  When it comes to the elders, the elders are supposed to be responsible for his own family members as well as the Church. 

        Acts 20:35 says: It is more blessed to give than to receive.  This Bible verse means that we are supposed to help others.  Jesus Christ stated that we are supposed to be imitators of Christ.  For me personally, I am the type of person who loves to share everything that I have right now.  I know that I have been taken advantage of by numerous of people.  I guess some people do not want your kindness whatsoever.  It hurts me because I will do my very best to help anyone.  It does not matter who they are personally.  I do not know right now because I have to start paying my tithes and offerings to my Church.  A close friend told me that I should pay all of my tithes and offerings first and foremost. 

        Next, when it comes to the eldership and the flock, I have to learn how to be more responsible for myself and others.  I know that being an elder requires a lot of responsibility.  The flock is the sheep.  The flock is the people who are members of the Church.  I have to view the flock as people, who are in need.  The flock, can also be non-members of the Church. 

        The Cost of Discipleship is very important.  Discipleship is an action word.  It consists of things that must be done for the Lord.  I know that How do you define discipleship?

1: one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: such as. a Christianity: one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ’s followers according to the Gospel accounts. b: a convinced adherent of a school or individual a disciple of Freud.  In Christianity, disciple primarily refers to a dedicated follower of Jesus. …

 In the ancient world, a disciple is a follower or adherent of a teacher. It is not the same as being a student in the modern sense. A disciple in the ancient biblical world actively imitated both the life and teaching of the master.

        Elders are supposed to protect the Church from false teachers.  Elders are supposed to contend for the faith, refuting and rebuking false teachers.  This means that an elder is supposed to protect his flock.  An elder is a responsible leader.  An elder is a person who is always observant, gentle, honest, kind, and protective of the Church.  An elder is supposed to preach and teach members of his flock or the Church. 

Elders are supposed to pay close attention to the things around him.  An elder is supposed to be the overseers of the Church.  Elders are leaders as well as a person who is solely responsible for his family as well as his Church.  Thank you for reading my essay.  Please have a wonderful day!!