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Acts 20:3 · BSB
20:3 where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
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…into that way of understanding. So let's have a look at the Bible. We're going to start earlier than what Ross read, and we're going to look atActs chapter 20. Acts chapter 20, beginning at the first verse. And while you find that in your Bibles, just sort of the context and the flow of the book, we're…
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…the episkopon must be above reproach. So same office, two different words. And this happens multiple times in the New Testament. It's very clear.Acts chapter 20is another great example. Paul calls for the elders from the city of Ephesus to meet him in Miletus. And then he tells them that the Holy Spirit…
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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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…because I wanna see our passage in the Book of Acts through that lens. We've been journeying through acts for several months now. We've made it toacts chapter 20, and in our passage today, the Apostle Paul is going to share some of the commitments that have characterized or identified his life and ministry.…
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…it. Right? And so in the midst of the storm, I hope that you're warm and and doing well and we're just going to roll with it here this morning fromacts chapter 20versus one through 12. So if you would open up your Bible, turn to acts chapter 20, we'll be looking at verses one through 12. And as you do, as…
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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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…were also three temples set up to various emperors. So, it was a place where there was lots of false worship happening. We also know from Paul inActs chapter 20that there was going to be a time when false teachers were going to come in to seek to destroy, to be like wolves among sheep. And we see that this…
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…And so if you would, stand with me if you're able, and we'll read and find out what we're gonna be talking about this morning. So we're gonna be inActs chapter 20, and we're gonna read seven through 11. Are you ready? Okay. On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul…
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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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…has been generated, and Paul has to flee town just ahead of an angry crowd. And that's where we come in our passage today to the beginning ofacts chapter 20. Have you ever been in a situation where you wondered, how did I get here? Because that can mean a couple of things. It can be a positive thing. It…
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…some measure, what life as a Christian in Ephesus was like. To be a Christian in Ephesus was hard. Even before this point, if you remember back inActs chapter 20, Paul had established the church, and he met with the elders, and he warned them that there was a time coming when wolves would come among them to…
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…Timothy chapter 5. They are tasked with equipping the saints for ministry. Ephesians chapter 4. They are to guard the flock from false teachers inActs chapter 20. They're to shepherd the flock by providing some measure of spiritual oversight in 1 Peter chapter 5. They're to hold firm the trustworthy word in…
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…care for the church we find that in this passage here in first Peter chapter 5 they are to be examples to follow to set church policy we find fromActs chapter 20that they are to help safeguard the flock from wolves they are to guard the flock from error to equip the saints for ministry there in Ephesians…
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…he knew. Allow me to demonstrate, okay? Remember back in chapter 20, he was talking to the Ephesian elders, and he said this, this is uh uh uh uhActs chapter 20, verse about 23. He says, And now, behold, I'm going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that…
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…Paul is writing about and whatever situation he's addressing, it is not the kind of situation that would have been true until after what we find inActs chapter 20. There, Paul had warned the church about a potential of heresy, a potential of doctrinal drift, but it hadn't yet happened. Acts chapter 20, verses…
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…to the book of Acts. If you're our guest today, we're preaching and teaching through the book of Acts, and we're up to Acts chapter 17. Excuse me,Acts chapter 20. I'll start reading verse 17 to the end of the chapter, and I want to talk to you this morning about what you should expect from church leadership.…
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…We pray in Christ's name when everyone said, Amen. Amen. You can have a seat. If you've got a Bible, I invite you to take it and open it up toActs chapter 20. Acts chapter 20. If you don't have a Bible, don't sweat it. It'll come up on the screen behind me. And if you're visiting today, we're preaching…
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…from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore, be on the alert. That's inActs chapter 20. So, in today's text, Paul is not saying that it is okay to entertain varying opinions about the doctrines that are essential to the faith. He is…
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