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Acts 20:29 · BSB
20:29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
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…them. 31 Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. (Acts 20:28–31NASB) Threats from without and threats from within; that's what we have to guard against. Second Peter 2:1—Peter warned, “False prophets also arose…
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…organizing. And so what happens is that he looks at Paul, Paul addresses an issue in Ephesus that he previously warned was going to happen. Back inActs chapter 20, verse 29, he said there's going to be false teachers and he called them wolves and they were coming. And so Paul writes to that church. He says, I know that…
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…the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. Paul is speaking of the Holy Spirit here. Some commentators point toActs 20, verse 29, where Paul warns that the church, that when the church will suffer greatly, wolves will come in and seek to destroy the church. Others believe…
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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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…have good works but their good works flowed from the fact that they had good doctrine they had good theology remember Paul mourned their elders inActs chapter 20 verse 29Paul says that I know after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you not sparing the flock and from among your own selves will arise men…
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…deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared with a hot iron.Acts 20, verse 29, Acts 20, verse 29, Acts 20, verse 29, I know Paul is in Ephesus, he's about to say farewell to the Ephesian elders. I know that after I leave,…
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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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…we won't be able to finish this today. Before we go to why do we need shepherds, here are some things that we have to be careful of going forward.Acts 20, verse 29. Acts 20, verse 29. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come among you. I will not spare the flock. Even from your own number, men will…
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…a constant warning that the apostles and Jesus kept coming back to over and over again in the early church. Paul warned the elders in Ephesus inActs 20, verse 29. I know that after my departure, fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. And from among your own selves will arise men…
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…him for. A real real long sermon and he's teaching them and he's telling them and testifying to them about how his ministry was among them. And inActs chapter 20, Verse 29. Paul says, know that after my departure Fierce wolves will come in among you not sparing the flock and from among you your own selves will arise…
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…This is what's going to happen. This is the predictions of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the prediction of the apostles. Paul in the book ofActs chapter 20, verse 29, he says, I know that after my departure, fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. And he warns them that even from among your…
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…day by day. To allow it to happen to themselves. Paul gives us to strong threats. Two Ministries being ripped apart. Can I show you them? It's inActs. 20 verse 29, then Acts 20 verse 30, Acts 20 verse 29. He's sitting with the Elders of the Church of Ephesus and he's giving them a final set of instructions…
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…established. Right. Hallelujah. Okay, let me close this thing down. And I want to leave it on a high but I do have to say a couple of other things,acts chapter 20, verse 29and 30 this is what happens when you do not respect chain of command Acts chapter 20, verse 29 and 30 says, I know that after my departure Paul…
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…of the way of God, and yet they're teaching a false doctrine, teaching heresy. So he's writing, he's saying, listen, they're rebellious. InActs chapter 20, verse 29 through 31, it says, I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Men will rise up from your own number and…
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…upholding truth, is to protect ourselves from error . In the book of Acts, one of the last instructions that Paul gives to the elders is found inActs 20:28-30. He says, “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,…
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…what Paul warns against. By the way, after he wrote the book of Ephesians, Paul had a long pleading with the Ephesians elders, and he tells them inActs 20, verse 29, I know that after my departure, fierce wolves will come in among you. They will not spare your flocks. This is written to the Ephesian elders. And…
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…and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. Thirdly, Paul was grieved by false teachers.Acts chapter 20, verse 29 through 31. We're about to read here. I know that after my departure, fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. And from among your own…
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