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Acts chapter 20 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Acts chapter 20. Let us pray the Lord Jesus
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  Christ, who reigns on high. Lord, we are here for a touch
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  from you. We are here to hear your words
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  and your thoughts and your mind. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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  that You will give us divine revelation today.
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  God, I pray that we will come up to new heights.
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  Lord, come in and dine and Sup with us.
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  Lord, prepare a banquet for us in the presence of our enemies.
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  Lord, we enter into the throne room boldly.
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  Lord, we enter in with clean hands and a pure heart.
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  God, we have not bowed down to idols or swore by a false God.
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  This is the generation that seeks you.
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  O Jacob, we love you. King Jesus, we thank you.
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  You are the lion of Judah. Yes, I pray you'll roar mightily
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  over our circumstances, roar mightily over our emotions, roar
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  mightily over all of the things that try to set themselves up
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  against the knowledge of you, King Jesus.
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  God, I pray in the name of Jesus for all of the people all over
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  this world, 8 billion souls. God, I pray, sold out to you in
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  the name of Jesus Christ. God, let the whole world
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  experience revival. Lord, let the whole world
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  experience your kind of glory. God, I pray that you'll bring
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  about all of the plans and the purposes for this day, for such
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  as a day is this. God, I pray, Lord, that we will
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  not be worried. I pray against anxiety.
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  I pray against the suicidal spirit.
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  God, I pray against mental illness and disease.
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  God, I pray in the name of Jesus that you'll set us into new
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  heights and that we'll feel the new depths of your love and
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  mercy and grace. God, let us walk in the bridal
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  authority that you've given us. God, I pray that we could put
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  our hand to the plow. I pray that we're not
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  distracted. In the name of Jesus, I pray for
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  zeal to consume this house. God, I pray that we'll be people
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  of prayer. God, let our prayer life
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  increase. Let it be 24 hours a day, seven
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  days a week. 365 God, I pray that we pray without ceasing.
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  Lord, I pray that we will not worry about anything but pray
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  about everything. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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  for you to continue to rescue those out of the fire, continue
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  to rescue those that are perishing.
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  God, I pray that we will get in the boat.
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  Lord, that is your name. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the
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  Yeshua Hamasiyah, you are our everything King.
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  Jesus, we love you. Father, I decrease as you
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  increase. Holy Spirit, you teach us the
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  eternal past. You teach us this divine
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  council. You teach us today.
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  I just get out of the way. Lord, speak to this wicked and
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  dark and perverse generation. God, tell them about the love
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  that you have for them. Lord, let us get rid of the
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  idols. Let us get rid of all of the
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  false worship. Let us get rid of the self
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  seeking vanity. In the name of Jesus Christ.
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  I pray for your glory to shine all around us.
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  God, I pray that we can be the light of the world.
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  I pray that we can get out of our own way and that Lord will
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  take word to the whole world. It's all about you, King Jesus.
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  It's always been about you, King Jesus.
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  We cry out Maranatha, the Spirit and the bride says, come, we
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  worship you today in spirit and truth.
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  Father, we love you. We love everything about you.
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  We love that you are good. We love because you first loved
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  us. Thank you Jesus, it is in your
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  mighty and holy and precious name that I pray.
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  Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the
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  disciples and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
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  So here Paul has received divine counsel from Jesus during his
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  three day fast on the road to Damascus.
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  When he was blinded and had scales on his eyes, Jesus showed
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  him all the things he must suffer.
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  And here he knows that he must go to Rome.
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  So he's departing, and he's embracing them right before he
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  departs to. And when he had gone over those
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  parts and had given them much, much exhortation, he came into
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  Greece. 3 And they're both three months.
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  And when the Jews laid wait for him as he was about to sail into
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  Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
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  So we can see that there was a plot against his life, and they
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  were plotting against him, and they were desirous to lay hands
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  on him, but he outmaneuvered them for and there accompanied
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  him into Asia. Saboteur of Berea and of the
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  Thessalonians, aristocrats and second us and Gaius, Dirt, and
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  Timothy, and of Asia, Tychius and Trophimus. 5 These going
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  before tarried for us at Troas. So here Luke goes back into
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  revealing that he is with them when he says us.
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  And these disciples were named, and you can see that Paul kept a
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  band of brothers about them. 6 And we sailed away from Philippi
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  after the Days of Unleavened bread, and came unto them at
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  Troas in five days, where we abode 7 days.
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  So you can see here that the trip there only took two, but
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  the trip back took five, and the wind was against them. 7 And
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  upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together
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  to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on
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  the morning and continue to speech until midnight.
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  So Paul is about to give a long winded sermon and there was so
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  much he needed to say and every one of the words that he spoke
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  held great weight. But the people were like sponges
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  and they were saturated. They were filled with his words.
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  And so he was so long winded and all the things that he needed to
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  say, they could not take any more in and they started to fall
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  asleep here. 8 And there were many lights in the upper
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  chamber, where they were gathered together. 9 And there
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  sat in a window a certain young man named Yutaikus being fallen
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  into a deep sleep. And as Paul was long preaching,
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  he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft,
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  and was taken up dead. So this young man fell asleep,
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  fell out of the window, and was dead. 10 And when Paul went down
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  and fell on him, and embracing him, said, Trouble not
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  yourselves, for his life is in him.
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  So here Paul prophesied that this young man would be brought
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  back to from the dead, he would be resuscitated. 11 When he
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  therefore was come up again and had broken bread and eaten and
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  talked a long while until the break of day, then he departed.
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  So this was an all night prayer meeting, and he spoke from the
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  day all the way to midnight, and then he kept exhorting them all
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  the way until Daybreak. They broke bread and he left. 12
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  And they brought the young man alive, and we're not a little
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  comforted. So this was of great comfort
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  that Paul, through the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, brought
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  this young man back to life. 13 And we went before to ship, and
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  sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul, for
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  so had he appointed mining himself to go afoot. 14 And when
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  he met with us at Assos, we took him in and came to Methylene. 15
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  And we sailed there, and came the next day over against chaos.
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  And the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogulum.
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  And the next day we came to Melitis. 16 For Paul had
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  determined to sail by Ephesus because he would not spend the
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  time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him to be
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  at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
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  So we can see here that Paul was on a divine timeline, just like
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  our Lord, and he knew that he needed to be where he needed to
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  be, when he needed to be. And when we're connected with
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  the Spirit and we're walking in the Spirit, you'll know the same
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  too. You will know that everything
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  that is happening in your life is a divine appointment.
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  And God does not make mistakes. And if we'll get connected to
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  them, we are going to be able to know that we know that God is in
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  our midst and He's moving mightily, and every person we
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  encounter is a divine encounter. 17 And from myelitis he sent to
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  Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when they
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  were come to him, he said unto them, You know from the first
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  day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you
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  at all seasons. 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind,
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  and with many tears and temptations, which befell me by
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  the lying and weight of the Jews, 20 And how I kept back
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  nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you and
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  have taught you publicly and from house to house, 21
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  Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance
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  towards God and faith towards the Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And
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  now behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not
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  knowing the things that shall befall me there.
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  So this humility that Paul possessed, and it was all
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  connected to the Lord Jesus Christ, and he knew that he was
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  going to have to go and have to appear before Rome.
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  And he accepted it all his joy. And he was forth telling these
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  men, these great leaders, and when we go and we read the book
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  of Ephesians, you're going to see Paul encouraging them there
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  as well. 23 Accept the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city
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  saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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  So that's what Paul knew. Paul knew that he was a bond
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  servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that he must suffer
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  for the Gospel. 24 But none of these things move me, neither
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  count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish
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  my course with joy and the ministry which I have received
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  of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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  This is Our Calling to finish the race well, friends.
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  This is what the Lord has mandated for every blood bought,
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  Born Again believer, is to not just start the race well, but to
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  finish the race well. And it's a whole lot harder to
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  finish than it is to start. We see that in the life of
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  Solomon. We see that modeled out,
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  friends, let's finish the race well. 25 And now, behold, I know
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  that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the Kingdom of
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  God, shall see my face no more. So he knew this was the last
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  time he would see them. 26 Wherefore I take you to record
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  this day that I am pure from the blood of all men.
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  So he knew that he had preached the Word of God.
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  He didn't hold back from anybody, and his hands were
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  clean. His conscience was clear.
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  He was released from the damnation in the blood of all
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  the people. He didn't shrink back as a
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  coward. He was bold in his faith.
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  And that's Our Calling as well. Even if it costs you your
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  finances. Even if it costs you your
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  relationships, even if it costs you your very life, we cannot
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  shrink back from sharing the good news of the Lord Jesus
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  Christ for all men everywhere, for all time's sake. 27 For I
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  have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28
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  Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves and to all the flock,
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  over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed
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  the Church of God, which He has purchased with His own blood.
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  That is our mandate. Circle it, underline it,
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  highlight it, write it in the margin, that we are to take heed
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  for all the flock over which the Holy Ghost has made us
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  overseers. We are to be feeding the Church
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  of God, and we need to know that Jesus bought it with a very high
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  price, with his own blood, innocent blood. 29 For I know
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  this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
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  among you, not sparing the flock.
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  We need to know that there are right now in our midst, Judas's
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  in the camp. There are ravenous wolves that
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  are coming to us in sheep's clothing and they are desirous
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  to RIP us apart. And it is only by being
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  connected to the Lord Jesus Christ that we can see through
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  the duplicity and the hypocrisy of it all.
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  We need the true religion, friends.
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  We need to take care of orphans and widows in their time of
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  distress. We need to see the fruit that is
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  on the branches. We need to have love for our
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  brothers and sisters. We will know who belongs to him
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  and who doesn't. 30 Also of your own self shall men arise,
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  speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them.
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  So there's coming a time in the day, and it's already here that
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  people will not put up with sound doctrine, but they will
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  only amass to themselves men who will tickle their ears with all
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  kinds of new thinking. And we need to know that Jesus
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  Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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  Amen. 31 Therefore watch and remember that by the space of
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  three years I cease not to warn everyone night and day with
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  tears. Praise God.
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  Hallelujah. If you have been preaching the
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  paint off the walls and you don't see any movement, try
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  tears. Remember that we worship a
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  crying God. Jesus wept. 32 And now,
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  brothers, I command you to God and to the word of his grace,
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  which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance
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  among all them which are sanctified.
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  Think about it, friends, Underline it.
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  Make a PowerPoint presentation with these words.
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  Be commended to God, be commended to the word of his
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  grace. Friends, know that the word of
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  His grace and the power of God is able to build you up this
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  edifying and to give you an inheritance.
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  Praise God, we have an inheritance is our eternal abode
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  and this is not our home. And we're just pilgrims passing
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  through a strange land, friends. And among all of them which are
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  sanctified, Are you sanctified by the consecrating of the
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  temple, Friends? That is the question you got to
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  ask yourself. Or are you just OK with casual,
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  lukewarm Christianity? 33 I have coveted no man's
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  silver, gold or apparel. It means nothing.
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  We do not store up for ourselves treasures on earth, but we are
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  only interested in the treasures in heaven, friends, where moth
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  and thieves and rust do not break in and destroy.
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  We press towards the heavenly goal.
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  We just want the crown so we can lay it at his feet. 34 Yeah, you
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  yourselves know that these hands I've ministered unto my
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  necessities and to them that were with me.
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  So Paul was a tent maker. What a model for us that are
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  that are in ministry and we're all called into ministry.
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  We're called into full time discipleship.
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  Every blood bought born again believer is called into full
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  time discipleship and Paul understood the.
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  Desire. He understood the gravity.
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  He understood the need to provide for his own needs and
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  not to have to ask for handouts. How pathetic.
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  We serve the God who put the ore in the earth that we make all
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  the value of everything off of. Think about it.
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  He has the cattle on 1000 Hills 35.
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  I have showed you all things how that's so laboring.
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  You ought to support the weak to remember the words of the Lord
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  Jesus, how he said it is more blessed to give than to
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  perceive. Have you stepped into that
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  reality? God loves a cheerful giver.
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  We should not give grudgingly, we should not give out of
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  legalism moving a decimal. We give liberally because it has
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  been given to us liberally. Friends. 36 And when he had thus
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  spoken, he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And they all
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  wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him.
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  We'll end on 38 sorrowing most of all for the words which he
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  spoke, that they should see his face no more.
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  And they accompanied him unto the ship.
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  Paul just preached one of the most magnificent sermons ever
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  recorded and he gave us so many different mandates for the
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  Christian walk and all they could think about was they
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  weren't going to see him again. We did the same.
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  We're so earthly minded. Let's get out of our own way.
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  Let's step into the reality of the spiritual realm all around
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  us. Get in the war, get in the
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  fight, fight on your knees. Fight against all the darkness
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  and the principalities in the high places.
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  Let's not be afraid. Put on the full armor today.
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  Tap into the power source today. I hope you've been blessed by
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  this chapter. I know I sure have.
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  I love you. I'm praying for you, Praying
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  that today goes well. Praying today something breaks
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  off of you. Fear of man breaks off of you.
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  Praying that you step out of fear and self preservation.
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  You step into the fullness that awaits you in the presence of
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  God. Love you.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.