TURN TO JESUS IN REPENTANCE AND FAITH , Sarah Barry
TO PROCLAIM THE WILL OF GOD
Passage: Acts 20:25~38  
Key verse: 27
25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(A) will ever see me again.(B) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(C) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(D) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(E) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(F) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](G) which he bought(H) with his own blood.[b](I) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(J) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(K) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(L) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(M) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(N)
32 “Now I commit you to God(O) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(P) among all those who are sanctified.(Q) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(R) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(S) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(T) 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(U) 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.(V) Then they accompanied him to the ship.(W)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Cross references
- Acts 20:25 : S Mt 4:23
- Acts 20:25 : ver 38
- Acts 20:26 : Eze 3:17-19; Ac 18:6
- Acts 20:27 : S ver 20
- Acts 20:28 : ver 29; S Jn 21:16
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Ti 3:1
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 10:32
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 6:20
- Acts 20:28 : S Ro 3:25
- Acts 20:29 : Eze 34:5; Mt 7:15
- Acts 20:29 : ver 28
- Acts 20:30 : S Ac 11:26
- Acts 20:31 : Ac 19:10
- Acts 20:31 : ver 19
- Acts 20:32 : Ac 14:23
- Acts 20:32 : S Eph 1:14; S Mt 25:34; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:4
- Acts 20:32 : Ac 26:18
- Acts 20:33 : 1Sa 12:3; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 2:17; 7:2; 11:9; 12:14-17; 1Th 2:5
- Acts 20:34 : S Ac 18:3
- Acts 20:36 : Lk 22:41; Ac 9:40; 21:5
- Acts 20:37 : S Lk 15:20
- Acts 20:38 : ver 25
- Acts 20:38 : Ac 21:5
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1. Remembering the words of Paul (25-31)
Paul knew that he would not meet his sheep in Ephesus again on earth. He had done his best to proclaim to them the whole will of God. He didn't just tell them the pleasant or easy things. He knew the difficulties they would encounter. Paul reminded them that this was the will of God.
2. Remembering the Lord Jesus (32-38)
Paul committed the church in Ephesus to the word of God's grace. He entrusted them as a precious offering. He had offered himself for their sanctification. Now he reminded them of Jesus, who became a sin offering, giving his life for their salvation. Remembering Jesus and his word is how they would proclaim the whole will of God and be blessings to the whole world.
Prayer: Lord, help me to remember the gospel of Jesus and give my life for his sake. Make my life a proclamation of the will of God.
One Word: Proclaim the whole will of God