At the end of the meeting today I felt that I wanted to make a couple of additional comments. I recorded those comments for anyone listening via the website recording. I wanted to encourage the church to pray for the future leadership, in particular the future elders, of The Hill.
Our desire is that these leaders would have and exhibit genuine spiritual authority, rather than seek to impose an authority that does not follow Jesus’ example.
28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood — over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders. 29 I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock. 30 Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following. 31 Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you — my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you. 32 “And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself. Acts 20
