Acts 20:17-27

17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.

18 And 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;

20 how 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.

22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,

23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.

24 But 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.

25 And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.

26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,

27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

1 Corinthians 11:1

1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. 

Main Theme

Because Jesus faithfully gave Himself, His gospel, and His mission to us, we too are called to faithfully give ourselves, His gospel, and His Word to others.

Questions

• What kind of Savior produces this kind of servant?
• Do I have the same sense of the reality of the Lord as Paul does?

Outline

1. Faithful Character (Acts 20:17-21)
2. Faithful Commitment (Acts 20:22-24)
3. Faithful Completion (Acts 20:25-27)

2 Timothy 4:6-8

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.