 Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to unfiltered pastor welcome welcome. You're always well. Thank you so much. I appreciate you welcoming me Want to thank you guys for tuning in you know pastor the last Few times that we've been meeting here and unfiltered we've been you've been sharing a lot of different things I've been asking You know we talked about the delusions and the reality that people have about delusions and it went into more recent of the Transgender situation We've talked about worship and how sometimes worship is a tool for entertainment We've talked about the pulpit and how sometimes it can be used for other than Teaching God's word. So we've been looking at things within the church that could be concerning And so as I was thinking about this, I wanted to ask you more of a general question is What is your and it's not for much this church the church overall as a senior pastor? What is your concern in regards to the church or concerns up? What would be a biblical pastoral concern for a church? I believe that that's pretty Very basic to be honest with you I believe that the church is being silenced today in In our society that we are being Muzzled we already spoke on that but I I do believe that But I I also believe that pastors Are responsible for the feeding of the sheep the things that matter and I think if I were to say my greatest concern at the moment is That many pastors are not teaching the Bible. They're not teaching the word of God They are teaching from it. Maybe but they're not teaching it. There's a difference. There's a difference between Speaking from the Bible as a platform for you to give your personal opinions and the various things you think May matter and teaching the whole counsel of God Calvary Chapel Ministry is Built on teaching verse by verse You know chapter by chapter book by book That's what we do. That's what we're supposed to do and On occasion we'll do a topical on occasion. I might Speak on something that I think may be Relevant at the moment. Maybe I'll do that I have taught a series will say on The distinctives of Calvary Chapel. I felt that was necessary for the moment Or I'll teach a topical series will say on Marriage in the family. I see that as having value But when that's when that's what you basically get every time you go to church is some pastors idea of what you need to know right now I Think that that can become distracting and sometimes even Lacking in edification. And so what is my concern? Well, my concern is that that the church needs To have pastors who are after God's own heart, you know God had told the nation of Israel that he would give them shepherds according to his heart that they might feed The people with knowledge and understanding, you know And I'm not quite sure whether that's true in every church that the shepherds have a knowledge and understanding of God himself And a knowledge and understanding of God's words his decrees ordinances his laws or whatever. I Think that we have many people in the pulpit today, especially seeing it in the younger pastors who Seem to think that's that the ministry is a fast track for them to become popular and I do see that or To go to a church that has a pastor who considers himself above everybody and Becomes the actual celebrity in the church. I think that that happens fairly frequently You can see that on TV all the time What is my concern? I think as a shepherd. I'm concerned that the sheep are fed When Jesus was speaking to the apostle Peter in his restoration, you see it in John 21 When he was speaking to his beloved apostle This is a man who had failed Christ, right? This is a man who Jesus had to actually not had to but whom Jesus actually Made a private personal moment after his resurrection It's interesting how Luke makes it clear and in other places first Corinthians 15 verse 5 for example It says that that Jesus actually appeared to Simon appeared to Cephas To Peter he appeared to him personally Why because the last time Peter had seen Jesus alive? was basically when he was denying him and forsaking him and Then later on it's when Jesus is being walked past him while he's in Caiaphas's Courtyard and the scripture tells us that Jesus turned and looked at him. He stared at him It's what he did he didn't just glance he was walking by and his eyes locked on the apostle Peter and Peter's eyes locked on Jesus and then That was the last time he saw him alive and so Peter had to deal with all of this guilt And so when Jesus restores him in a full sense to ministry He just tells him you need to feed you need to attend my lambs and my and my sheep Do you love me then take care of them see now? That's a minister. That's a pastor John Do you love me feed my sheep? Do you love me tend my lambs? You know Peter your influence should be used to bring people to a deeper knowledge of me You've gone through pain. You've experienced it. You know what it means to fail. You have a lot to offer, right? So what we end up with is instead of people who are broken in a pulpit Sharing how God heals the broken hearted We have people giving psycho babble or political speeches or or their particular brand of prophetic understanding or Whatever you whatever you may want, you know therapy That's what you're getting and Instead of a Bible study. That's that's Expositional and applicable A lot of churches today are afraid to offend the sensitive hearers and pastors it seems in churches and church boards are afraid to speak the truth and I Think we have many pulpits today that are built on things that really don't last John And so was my concern is that That I remain faithful to the word that I That I that I love my sheep enough to tell them the truth They're really not mine, of course, but the ones entrusted to me that I that I love them enough to tell them in a loving way What is true and to try and help them? to to maneuver through the different pitfalls and Mind fields that life it has you know, and the only way that happens John is to be faithful to the word That's why Paul Would tell the Ephesians who met with them there in my leaders He said I didn't shun to declare into you the entire counsel of God I've told you from the A to the Z. I've equipped you as as well as I could and that way I can now entrust you into the hands of God Who will use you in a magnificent way if you remain faithful and yet within that group? It's very possible. There was a man named Demis who was also from that church who very well more unlikely a An elder and very well could have been there when when Paul was was warning them to remain faithful to God and so within the confines of the pastoral ministry here in the United States and all as a Senior pastor if I were speaking to pastors, which God gives me grace to do on occasion It's always basically the same thing John. You know this you've seen this Stay true to the word. Give the word of God. Love your sheep And so many places today don't do that. It's and we see a broken Homes we see broken society. We see a lot of brokenness and And want to encourage a church family that if you're not going to a Bible teaching church To finding Bible teaching church. Hopefully it's ours We'd love to have you in the area if you're in the area. Yes, but you can also catch us online if you'd like if Right, yeah, I'm not here to you know, but I'm not here to invite people out of other people's churches or anything like that We know that but I think I should say that because it can give the appearance that I am We're just doing this for our fellowship and should somebody else listen And if you need a place to go to church and you don't have one, of course, we'd welcome you here But I'm not correcting you. I just I'm you know, I'm sensitive to that. No, and I'm always open for correction But thank you guys for tuning in pastor Thank you for sharing your heart in and to hear the concerns from your heart as our senior pastor and Shepherdiness really quickly somebody asked me today. How does pastor David shepherd you I said every time he teaches God's word He's shepherding me my family my wife and and passed down through our kids ministry to my children And I thought that was an interesting question Given that the position that he is in and asking me how do you shepherd me night? I'm real quick about that and I know we have to end right now John But you by saying that you you provoked me forgive me But part of part of the quote-unquote shepherd is a relationship between the sheep and the shepherd You know a sheep that desires attention from the shepherd is going to get it That's what happens. You know, yes, the shepherd will go out a shepherd looks for the lost sheep But there are there are times and there are within that flock There are sheep that just are there, you know that That desire it and any minister wants to pour into somebody who is a vessel wanting to receive any minister wants that Everyone does and so with you How do I shepherd you you make yourself available? You come in you sit you talk to me you walk into my office and bother me while I'm studying you You obviously want to to grow in your thing the things of the Lord and For me, I am one who wants to pour into you because you're a vessel that that wants to To know those kinds of things the way that when I was with my own pastor Chuck. I would ask him questions I wanted to hear his heart on things and and I did that because I loved him He was my pastor and I wanted to learn from him because Because I could because he had so much to give see so Yeah, how does how does a shepherd shepherd the sheep the sheep very often? Have a hunger that that provokes that shepherd to want to feed. It's that simple but if somebody's just a sheep will say is is is there not looking in in In any need of any sort, you know, they're not they're not needing attention But they're just amongst the other very often They don't stand out because they're just out there And so the general thing is you'll feed all of them then on an occasion That sheep may come up draw near and that person might start asking personal questions about how can I and And a shepherd very often wants to spend time with people like that so that you can pour into them They want to know so I'll share with you and With you you you take what is being said and and often you you'll think that it's the right thing And prayerfully it is and and I say you put in a practice So it's a mutual thing It's a mutual thing. And so the brother who asked you about that Probably needs to make himself available to to the shepherd Develop a relationship if you can and that's where we're able to develop a relationship with Christ That's the beauty of it. That's the key and the key which is passed down as a model to To shepherds and then even to within the church and so that's Jesus is our model But thank you pastor and want to thank you guys for tuning in this Sunday a couple things pastor We're having our men's conference sign-ups and tickets are available for our men's conference June 3rd And you guys can stop by the gazebo men after service and purchase your tickets We have different variety of ticket options, but also we're going to be taking Israel sign-ups or interests We're gonna have an interest list at the gazebo that they can go and put their names down for interest and then later on We'll be able to have somebody coming out and just wet their interest or peak their interest afterwards and And so we look forward to that Sunday morning 8 30 and 10 45 invite you guys to come out and join us and as Pastor you're taking us through the book of Mark. We're wrapping up the book of Mark eventually But a great opportunity to come join us in worship and in God's word Especially in these times where we need to be strengthened by the word of God. So pastor. Thank you so much. Thank you guys for tuning in God bless you and we'll see you soon