Passage: Acts 20:17-31 Speaker: Pastor Lukus Counterman Series: Open House
Speaker: Lukus Counterman - The Apostle Paul had embarked on his long-anticipated return to Jerusalem. He was a passenger on a merchant ship slowly making its way down the Aegean toward the Mediterranean. The boat stopped in Miletus, just 30 miles from Ephesus as the crow flies. The layover was scheduled for several days, so Paul called for the elders from the church of Ephesus. They came to meet Paul, and he delivered some farewell words regarding ministry. In the book of Acts we get glimpses at how Paul speaks to different audiences. A Jewish audience in Pisidian Antioch (13:16-41) A Pagan audience at Athens (17:22-31). But in our text this morning, we hear Paul speaking to Christians. This conversation should be instructive for us on the topic of church ministry. May the Lord use his word to encourage and challenge us this morning.