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Acts 20:28 · BSB
20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
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…God, to guard the flock. They themselves to make sure that the savage wolves won't come in and speak perverse things and drag away the disciples.Acts chapter 20, verses 28 through 30. We have four other men who are in the ministry of being deacons, servants of the body of Christ, serving each other, and see it, serving the…
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…is the true shepherd, the good shepherd, the one to whom we belong. He we doubly belong to him because he is our creator, he has made us. But alsoActs 20, verse 28says he has purchased us with his own blood. We are doubly his. He will never leave us, he will never forsake us. As we mentioned, the Jewish…
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…something. His blood purchased something. His blood established something. Consider with me what that means. His blood purchased the church.Acts 20 verse 28says that. Therefore, take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd the church of God…
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…must know the flock. You listen to what Jesus said in John 10. In John 10, he says, "I am the good shepherd." I know my own and my own know me. InActs 20:28, it says, "Pay careful attention to your flock, to all of the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you an overseer or a pastor." So, pay careful…
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…have a greater impact in the world. It gives us strength as a church. Thirdly, because it protects the church. It insulates the church from attack.Acts chapter 20, verses 27 through 29, it says, For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Notice in 1 Thessalonians and here, discipleship is in relationship to…
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…In the name the title Lord. You know what Lord means? He owns you. He owns your eyes. He. Purchased us by his blood. We just celebrated. Thatacts chapter 20, verses 25 to 28he. Purchased us but he Lords it. Over us in love, in caring, in compassion, in mercy, in grace. Believe he is God. He is the Lord God Maria, Lord…
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…so many shepherds, but not everybody is a shepherd. >> And you need to be careful who you're watching. Amen. >> Let me start with this scripture inActs 20 verse 28- 29. It says, "Now it's up to you. Be on your toes both for yourself and your congregation of sheep. Can we do a nice sheep? Can we do that? Will you…
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…morning you need to know this, that the church in which you sit in now and any Bible believing church was purchased with the blood of Jesus Christ.Acts chapter 20 verse 28speaks of that specifically. Christ built it, He bought it and that means He's the boss of it. I'll say that one more time. Christ built it, He…
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…it willingly they're to do it eagerly and are to be an example to the flock. That's 1 Peter chapter 5. To the elders in Ephesus, Paul tells them inActs chapter 20 verse 28, Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd the flock of God, the…
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…of the sea, and he gives them this charge. Shepherd yourself, take heed to yourself and to all the flock to shepherd the church of God. It's inActs chapter 20, verse 27 through 28. Now, in order to do this well, we must understand and recognize that people are in various stages and conditions of life. God has gifted men to…
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…is the final decree. In the same manner, in Ephesus, there is a set man, in Ephesus there were elders. How do we know that? Because we know that inActs chapter 20, verse 28, we see Paul meeting with the elders, saying, I won't see you again. I appoint you so that no wolves or Philistines, actually he doesn't use the…
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…his sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, he gives a warning about false prophets. It was so clear that the apostle Paul would say these words inActs chapter 20, verse 28. Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd the Church of God, which he…
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…and teaching. Look at 1 Timothy 3. He must manage. That's the idea of management, leading. He must manage his own household. Well, look atActs 20:28. The duty of elders is to oversee and supervise the flock implies a governing function. We're already at page five. First Thessalonians chapter…
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…the covenant. We are honoring the blood that guess what it bought purchased the church. The church of who we are, right? Therefore, it saysActs 20:28, therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd, look at this, the church of…
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…the end of the day, it still goes back to what has been happening for hundreds of years. Guard each other, eh? Leaders, guard your flock. Go readActs chapter 20, verse 28onwards. Paul is leaving. He turns to the Ephesian elders and he says, listen, guard this flock that God has placed you over. Make sure you oversee…
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…just rings with somebody blood, but most of the time it's dealing with that 326 times. A lot of those are the ceremonial blood and all the rest. InActs 20, verse 28, this is our second verse. Paul's in the city of Ephesus. He's saying goodbye to these people. He's not going to see them anymore in this life.…
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…Calvary wasn't the blood of an angel that took on a body or a lesser deity that took on a body. Not a man alone as a martyr. It was the blood, asActs 20 verse 28says, of God. God. Because Jesus Christ is God, he swallows up the judgment that would have drowned you and me. And if you are in Jesus Christ by…
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…Baptist Church is precious to him, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for mankind, but when He died, He also made provision for the church.Acts chapter 20 verse 28tells us this, that he. Purchased the church with his own precious blood. With his blood. Listen, when we do not honor the Church, listen, we're…
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…not to fix problems in the church, except that the problem is sin in the church. It's called out in the Nicene Creed that the church would be holy.Acts 20, verse 28. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock. This is Paul's pleading with the elders in Ephesus. Be careful. The Holy Spirit has made…
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…that talk about hiring a pastor. You can only hire a hireling. You call a man who's been appointed to be the pastor of a church. It says inActs 20:28that the Holy Ghost has appointed them. And we thank God for that. And then I believe we're going to be divinely accountable. Now I've stepped away…
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