18And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; 20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. 24But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, 27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears. 32And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (Acts 20:18-32)
In Acts chapter 20 we see two very important focuses in the life of the Apostle Paul. First in verse 24 the commitment to proclaiming the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ no matter the cost. That even though the Spirit testified that imprisonment and affliction awaited him in every city, the Apostle did not account his life of any value but rather cared about only one thing.... that he finish the course and ministry he recieved from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God!
Second in verses 28-32 we see Paul's desire for those who heard the Gospel to protect that which they had heard. "Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood." This was especially important to the apostle because of fierce wolves that were coming in among the flock, wolves in sheeps clothing who would not spare the flock, but destroy it.
Today we live in a world filled with lost people who need to hear the Gospel. We also live in a church that is riddled with wolves in sheeps clothing. It is the purpose of this ministry to both proclaim the Gospel to this lost world and protect the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to equip you to do the same!
In Christ,
Acts 20 Ministries
"And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses by cancelling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the cross!" Colossians 2:13-14
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