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Acts 20:16 · BSB
20:16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
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…labor in word and in doctrine. So we're going to see along the scriptures that who are these elders? Who are they inside the church? So let's go toActs chapter 20. Acts 20 from verses 17 to 28. I believe Pastor Victor has taught this and has gone over it exhaustively. So we're just going to bring it back to…
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…was a true shepherd and pastor of the people, not on hireling. Remember this was the man that wrote to the church at Ephesus, and he said this inActs chapter 20and verse 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost had made you overseers to feed the Church of God,…
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But all right, let's jump into this tonight turn, if you will, toActs chapter 20. This is kind of our theme verse for this, this lesson. And there's, there's a good bit left here. So I was going to try to get into the second…
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…be settled in the regular assembly. What Luke does is he goes on and tells us that the assembly was basically dismissed. And then he moves on inActs chapter 20and just goes on and tells us more about Paul's travels. But it's here where we might want to ask ourselves a few questions. Number one, how much…
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…at some point and giving everything back to somebody else that you can help them disciples. So where we want to start, let's go ahead and turn toActs Chapter 20. There will be a few passages that I ask that I'll ask all of you to turn to. And I don't know how far we'll get into this tonight because I did…
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…go with Tichikis. But the thing that we find about Tichikis here is that he was a faithful man. And we first actually are introduced to Tichikis inActs chapter 20. He's and you can turn over there if you want to. We're going to get to Acts chapter 20 in a little bit. But he's mentioned briefly as one of…
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…and teaching them about what he has accomplished in his death, his burial and his resurrection. Hallelujah. Now I want us to see another example.Acts chapter 20. Acts chapter 20. Acts chapter 20. We'll see another example here. Acts chapter 20 from verse 17. From Meletus he sent to Ephesus. This is Paul. He…
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…he addresses what's called the church elders. And so that's where we're going to be. If you brought your Bible with you, we're going to be inacts chapter 20. We're going to start at verse 28. Paul is addressing before he leaves. He's that he's talking to the group of elders, and he's kind of telling…
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…to make, he had a decision on whether or not he wanted to follow the Spirit or follow the advice of others. And, and really what happened there inActs chapter 20was, and even into 21 was that Paul said, you know what? I'm bound in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. And so it was the Holy Spirit that was leading…
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…Other people are telling me not to go to Jerusalem. So you know what? It makes sense for me not to go. But I want you to see, going back toActs chapter 20, we're going to be in Acts chapter 21 tonight. But in Acts chapter 20, if you look at verse number 22, Paul is explaining about this call that he…
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…let's look into the Bible and see what God has for us here today. All right, we're going to go ahead and get our Bibles and we're going to turn toActs, chapter 20. Acts, chapter 20. Can you believe we are already to chapter 20 in the book of Acts? If you were here with us when we started, you were, you were…
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…that matchless glory, that worthy God and Savior. And just, I want us to see just the weight of this call and this office and the role it has. InActs chapter 20, I think it's a special place for us to go because we're in the book of Ephesians. Paul is kind of saying his last words to the elders of Ephesus,…
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…in church in leading and in teaching. They had influence and when they spoke others listened. Now we heard a little bit about these guys inActs chapter 20as Paul said his final words to the elders of the Ephesian church, a church much like Corinth. He warned them about such people and I've just got…
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…It's a difficult passage, if I was honest with you, which I will be tonight. These are the types of passages of scripture that I say, oh, we're onActs, chapter 20next week. Because there I don't have a great answer for some of the things that are gonna be coming up in this next passage, other than the fact…
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…and he would bring them back to Jerusalem. In fact, the very last time he went to Jerusalem. Everyone said, in fact, Agabus. It says it inActs chapter 20, I believe Agabus said to Saul again as he was making his way to Jerusalem the last time, said Saul, if you go, let me take this belt and tie you…
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…in Berea, but even so, we know that there was an individual that left Berea and actually went with Paul on one of his trips. And so if you go toActs, chapter 20. Acts, chapter 20, verse 4, Paul visits Macedonia and Greece, and we see that there, accompanying him into Asia is so potter of Berea. And so we…
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…get to our main text. You can have some context and you can have some background. Okay, so the first passage of scripture we're going to look at isActs, chapter 20. You weren't expecting to go to the Book of Acts here on Christmas week, but that's what we're going to do because we're going to be looking at…
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…grow in this grace also. It's a point of spiritual maturity. As I mature, my focus changes from what I get to what I can give. We even know that InActs chapter 20, Acts, chapter 20, verse 35, it says, it's better to give than receive. And there's that idea that as a Christian, our perspective begins to…
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…than Jesus. There's nothing that's that's bigger than Jesus. And maybe you're wondering how I got that out of this story. Well, let's jump in.Acts chapter 20, beginning in verse 7. And while you're turning there, let me set the scene, for us for a minute. See, at the at the beginning of this chapter, at…
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…time, I think, of what God's been doing behind the scenes through all the trials and twists and turns that he's been taking Paul through. So in inActs chapter 20, it's coming right off of this riot in Ephesus. The town is in an uproar because people are coming to faith in Jesus and it's challenging, the the…
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