August 9, 2015

Acts 20

What were the characteristics of Gospel ministry as revealed in Paul’s life? What was the content of Gospel ministry in Paul’s preaching, teaching and interaction with others? Luke gives us a record of the answers as he recounts the events of the last half of Paul’s third missionary journey. Join Pastor Jim for this analysis and timeless application of the truths and good news of the Gospel of grace in Christ Jesus.

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The character of Gospel ministry:

  • Team oriented (v. 4, 17)
  • served with humility (v. 19)
  • tears in trials (v. 19)
  • bold in truth telling (v. 20, 27)
  • solemnly testifying (v. 21, 24)
  • modeled selflessness (v. 33-35)
  • passionate in prayer (v. 36-38)

The content of Gospel ministry:

  • words of hope and life (v. 10)
  • repentance toward God (v. 21)
  • faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (v. 21)
  • the gospel of the grace of God (v. 24)
  • the kingdom (v. 25)
  • faithful watchman of the truth (v. 26)
  • the whole purpose of God (v. 27)
  • be on guard (v. 28)
  • shepherd the church of God (v. 28)
  • be on the alert against false teachings (v. 31)
  • focus: God and the word of His grace (v. 32 )

“For most of us the threat of life is not so much that we should plunge into disaster, but that we should drift in to sin. There are few people who deliberately and in a moment turn their backs on God; there are many who day by day drift farther and farther away from him… We must be continually on the alert against the peril of the drifting life.”
William Barclay

“Evangelicals for most of their history have had a curious emphasis on the brakes rather than on the steering wheel. They are forever quitting this or that. I was decades into my life in Christ before it seriously occurred to me that we do not become vibrant believers because of the things we quit.”
Calvin Miller
Into the Depths of God

“Jesus Christ came not to be served but to die, to give his life. That sets him apart from the founder of every other major religion. Their purpose was to live and be an example; Jesus’ purpose was to die and be a sacrifice.”
Tim Keller
King’s Cross