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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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…to the elders of Ephesus where he says, “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers” (Acts 20:28). We just talked about elders in Hebrews 13, and I kind of kept wanting to deviate off into that subject, but in order not to exasperate you, I…
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…to the elders of Ephesus where he says, “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers” (Acts 20:28). We just talked about elders in Hebrews 13, and I kind of kept wanting to deviate off into that subject, but in order not to exasperate you, I…
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…this number who will fulfill the responsibility that God has given to them “to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood” (Acts 20:28).
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…being a shepherd. He's changing his identity. He's changing his role right, his perspective. Another passage in Acts shares the same sentiment. InActs 20, verse 28,. It says pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to care for the church of God,…
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…and the evangelists and the shepherds and the teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. InActs 20, verse 28. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the Church of God, which he…
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…want to. And you need to stop too if you're doing it. So how do we deal with the spirit? How do we deal with it? Let's look at some scriptures.Acts 20, verse 28 to 31. Paul is in Ephesus. He's going to say goodbye to them. And then he makes this statement. Please understand that this is going to happen in almost…
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…other. But we're all dependent on our head, the Lord Jesus Christ. And did you notice it's His body? Do you know what makes us His? Turn with me toActs chapter 20, verse 28. This is Paul. He's meeting the Ephesian elders in a place called Miletus. These are his last words to them. He says, Pay careful attention to…
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…a congregational responsibility this includes elders giving leadership to it but it also includes you it it it is always a shuddering thing to readActs chapter 20 verse 28 through 30where Paul saying his farewell to the Ephesian elders and he says pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit…
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…when Christ was on the cross, he really died. He experienced physical death. He died. Do you remember what was said to the elders at Ephesus inActs 20, verse 28? Remember Paul's about to leave and he's concerned about the church. He tells them to pay careful attention to yourselves and to the flock in which…
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…body. That's 1 Corinthians 12. To be a part of a body means to belong to a living, functioning, serving community. The flock. Means that. That's inActs 20, verse 28. Means belonging to a community dependent on God for food, protection, and direction. And like we just said, there's the temple in Ephesians 2. A…
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…but he builds us by purchasing us. And he purchases us with his own blood. You see this in lots of passages, but one that comes to mind isActs 20, verse 28. This is where Paul is giving his farewell address to the Ephesian elders. Paul had ministered with the Ephesians for a period of time. He poured…
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…of preeminence by the election and the sovereignty of God, and then he was purchased by the blood of that sacrifice. And so you and I are as well.Acts 20:28says that we are “the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” God purchased the church with His own blood. Every Sunday when you…
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…these verses will all be familiar to you—just so you can have some idea of how the word is used so you have some idea of what the word means. InActs 20:28, Paul called to him the elders of the church—the overseers of the church of Ephesus—when he landed in Miletus, and he commanded them, saying, “Be…
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…he is the true overseer. He's the head of the church. It's also the word that the Apostle Paul uses again in addressing the church, in Ephesus andacts 20:28. Paul here is speaking to the Ephesian Elders for the last time before he has to leave them forever and this is what he says, he says, pay careful…
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…14.20? Can we pray from Acts 20.28 and 29? Can we just pray that and then we can go? Yeah, if you turn to Exodus 14.20 and see what it says inActs 20, verse 28and 29. Exodus says that when Israel was crossing the Red Sea, God came as a pillar and stood behind Israel. To the Israelites, he was light. To…
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…It's not your church in that sense of ownership, it is Christchurch. He's the head of the church. He purchased the church with his own bloodacts 20:28. That's the nature of the church. It's very essence demands and NASA TV. It's the spirits Ministry at the heart of a church government, why?…
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…you. Two more. Appoint overseers. Appoint overseers. It's good to appoint leaders because it helps the discernment process. Appoint overseers. InActs chapter 20, verse 28onwards, Paul says, Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of…
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…where the believers were. That's where the body of Christ is. Why? Because the church mattered. In fact, it matters so much. Look at this. InActs 20:28, it says this. He's talking to people like me who are overseers of churches. He says, Keep watch over yourselves and over the flock of which the…
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…and that is God. It also explains this to why the phrase Church of Christ and Church of God are often used interchangeably in the New Testamentacts 20:28. 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, which he…
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…to avoid legalism. Right? We are susceptible to such errors. Listen for a moment to Paul's farewell words to the Ephesian elders recorded for us inActs chapter 20, verse 28and following. He says this and this is just, this strikes me, especially as an elder, as a warning for me and for all of us. He says, pay careful…
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