• The Witness in Macedonia and Greece – Act 20:1-24
  • Revisiting the churches
  • The traveling seminary
  • The experience of Eutychus – Act 20:7-12
    • Christians were meeting on the first day of the week
    • Paul preached till midnight
    • Eutychus fell and died
    • He was miraculously restored
    • The communion service lasted till daybreak
• The Witness at Miletus – Act 20:17-38
  • The elders from Ephesus join Paul
  • Paul reviews his ministry – Act 20:18-21
    • Consistent - “I lived among you”
    • Humble - “Serving the Lord with all humility”
    • Earnest – “With tears”
    • Dangerous – “With triaIs and plots”
    • Fearless - “I shrank not”
    • Tireless - “Publicly and from house to house”
    • Redemptive - “Repentance and faith”
  • Paul states his commitment to serve – Act 20:22-24
    • The trouble awaiting him
    • His attitudes and convictions
      • The danger does not affect him
      • He does not count his life as precious to himself – Phl 3:7-10
        • He wants nothing for himself
        • He lives only for God’s glory
      • His goal is to accomplish God’s purpose – Jhn 4:31
        • He had received his ministry from the Lord Jesus – Act 9:15
        • He was to testify to the Gospel of the Grace of God
• A Gospel Worth Dying For
  • It was the Gospel of the grace of God
    • The Gospel news
      • God will pardon transgression
      • God will take away sin
      • God will justify the ungodly
      • God will cover the sinner with righteousness
      • God will accept the sinner into His favor
      • God does it out of pure grace – Rom 9:16
        • No goodness can bring us in
        • No badness can shut us out
    • How God removes sin
      • God gave His Son
      • The Son gave His life
      • The blood is a just payment
    • The message to us
      • Do not look within
      • Do not search for personal merit
      • Do not look for strength or ability
      • The command of God is to believe
        • God calls for faith
        • God supplies the faith
  • It was Paul's life cause to testify to the Gospel of the Grace of God
    • A graceless Gospel is not worth dying for
    • The Gospel of Grace is the greatest need of the world
      • It glorifies God
      • It saves the sinner
• Application
  • What are you living “for”?
    • A purpose
    • A cause
    • Fulfillment
    • Sense of contribution
  • What does a Christian do with self?
    • Living for self is destructive
    • We must have a greater purpose
  • Paul valued the Gospel as greater than his own life

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