Feeding the flock means a well-balanced diet. This is teaching them doctrine, right?
It's teaching them life principles. So it's not just doctrine. We got to teach
you how to live life, how to be a good husband, right? How to be a good wife, how
to be good children, how to be a good employee, okay? Family concepts, order in
the family, all right? Child rearing principles, but not just that. How about
end times Bible prophecy? We need to talk about that too. You know, we have an array
of subjects that we need to hit. We can't just talk about one thing. You know, we
need to hit it all. Old Testament, New Testament, spiritual gifts and how they
don't exist today. You know, we need to expose heretics, okay? We basically, what
the Shepherd does is it teaches the sheep what fields not to feed on. Like,
hey, don't go to this field. This is bad grass right here. Or don't go over there.
If you go too far, you're gonna run into some wolves in sheep's clothing. They're
gonna devour you, which we see later on in 1 Peter chapter number five. You know,
we need to expose the heretics. Call the names. Paul called the names. Peter, I mean,
Peter has 2 Peter chapter 2 is the most rude, rude chapter in his epistles, right?
Talking about false prophets. You know, we need to give the flock a well-balanced
diet. Talk about all of these things because all of these things are
important. We want to make sure that we're a church that is not deficient in
certain areas. You know, there are churches that only focus on the family.
And look, I love preaching on the family. Why? Because I want to be a better
husband. You know, I want to be a better father. I want to be able to
lead my home. But you know, that's not the only preaching that we should get.
That's part of it, amen? There's certain churches that only talk about
soul winning. I love soul winning, but you know what? There's more to life than just
soul winning. There are certain churches, they only talk about the grace of God,
the love of God. These are all great things, but we need to major on
everything, okay? Give a well-balanced diet.