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Acts 20:23–24 · BSB
20:23 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
20:24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
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…all right, well, they didn't give us a bell, but it's 9:30. Um, getting ready to start our Bible class. If you got your Bible, be turning it toActs chapter 20. Today is the last day of the quarter and the last day of this class. Neil and I have been teaching through the book of Acts, but not necessarily…
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…That word pastor literally means shepherd. And actually, there's a real connection between that word pastor teacher and elders. We see that inActs chapter 20, where Paul speaks to the elders of this very church in Ephesus. He tells them that the Holy Spirit has made them overseers and that they are to be…
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…to reach out to another text that tells us about a conversation that Paul had with the leaders of that same church where Timothy is. It's found inActs chapter 20. I'll lead you there when the time comes. Okay? And again, as I said a moment ago, some of you might be thinking, David, I'm never going to be a…
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…This is something you're going to run into. If you haven't, you will. If you open your mouth for the Lord outside of the church building. Look atActs chapter 20. You say, man, I come to get a blessing. I don't think I'm getting them. I want to tell you again, the joy comes in the doing of this. Not just of…
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…is precious, let me tell you why his promises are precious, because his blood is precious. Why is his blood precious? Because of whose blood it is.Acts chapter 20and verse 28 said that you belong to the church of God, which he hath purchased, God has purchased with his own blood. Do you understand today that…
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…Your Word, we pray that by the power of Your Spirit we might hear Your voice. Speak to us, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Our second reading is fromActs chapter 20, starting with verse 17. Let us listen together now for God's Word to us. From Miletus, Paul sent a message to Ephesus asking the elders of the…
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…a waste of time just being in the hospital, just healing. Amen? Look if you would a little bit further and notice if you would. Uh look over atActs chapter 20. Uh, I got a little still a little challenge with my vision. Acts chapter 24. Acts chapter 24. Watch the pattern here, and I'll give you a…
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…to have been established in some other way. Here's how we know. He doesn't stop. At this time. There's no record of it whatsoever. And then inActs chapter 20, when he does on the 3rd missionary journey go there, the church is well established. And they stay long enough to partake the Lord's Supper and to…
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…it would be sinful not to. Jesus says, this is how I want you to remember me, Matthew 26:26-29. And Christians did it on the first day of the week,Acts chapter 20and verse 7. We give of our means sacrificially and freely, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, because God loves a cheerful giver. We sing simply but spiritually…
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…okay? There is harmony, there's unity of Scripture there. Let's take a look at that. Go to Exodus chapter 20, Exodus chapter 20 and verse 16,Acts chapter 20and verse 16. What's going on in Exodus 20:16? We're in the midst of the 10 Commandments, right? What's verse 16 say? Thou shalt not bear false…
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…that is how leadership came from from the apple dwell with them for two years teaching them In the sun. In all together, by the time you come toActs chapter 20, in the sun, it was already that he has spent three years with them. And at that moment, they are mature. They are the one they become elders now.…
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If you have your Bible with you this morning, or a device with a Bible app on it, I want to invite you to open it up toActs chapter 20-one. We're going to be in Acts chapter 20-one, and we're going to be starting in verse 30-seven in just a moment. Thank I want to thank Garrett for…
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…that's kind of the context, he didn't find Titus, and so he says goodbye. Now, if you go and look up Troaz, you're gonna see that he stops there inActs chapter 20at the back half of this trip. In fact, I think that's on the map. So on the way back, they come back through Troaz. They have an important meeting…
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…notice that the term elder, the term overseer, and the term pastor are used interchangeably. And one clear text of their interchangeable usage isActs chapter 20, verses 17 through 28. And so I'm just going to read verse 17 and verse 28, but you could read the whole paragraph you wanted to. It says, now from Miletus he sent to…
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…Paul's heart. He worked there for many years. It was the hub of his missionary activity for quite some time. And we read that as he left Ephesus inActs chapter 20, that he put them on their guard that things might change after he left. And when you read Revelation chapter 3 and see the way in which the church…
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…what? The pastors and teachers. This grammatically applies to pastors and teachers. The pastors and teachers. Bible makes that clear in places likeActs chapter 20, where Paul addressed the elders at Ephesus. He makes it clear in 1 Peter chapter 5, other places. What's the point of it? The point of it is this…
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…to reveal the truth that's found here and show us how it applies to our lives. And so, if you do have your Bible, I want to invite you to turn toActs chapter 20. We've been going verse by verse, all the way through the book of Acts. We're in Acts, chapter 20, and we will be starting in verse 13 in just a…
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And today we're going to be inActs chapter 20, so be turning there. Acts chapter 20, we'll be starting in verse one. We're only going to go through verse 12 today. I'll go ahead and tell you, I…
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…the context of our metaphor. If we are his sheep, then he will call us out. He's laid down his life for us. He's purchased us with his very blood.Acts chapter 20, and therefore he will pursue us to the very end. I bumbled across a really fantastic quotation by Charles Spurgeon, as I tend to do from time to…
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…for a reworking of class relations within Christian discipleship. It is a climactic verse concluding Paul's address to the Ephesian elders inActs chapter 20. And this address itself is emblematic, being Paul's final recorded speech in Acts to those in the churches his ministry had fed and planted. It…
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