Daily devo for 1/31/21
Passage: Acts 20:17-38 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/act20.17-38
What are all the things about "church" that you can find in this passage?
What are some applications for us?
Acts 20:17–38English Standard Version
Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 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, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to...
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- Church, according to this passage: - Has elders who need to guard the flock - The church is where the Gospel is proclaimed and spread to others - The church has all peoples as their goal - The church is led by the Spirit - The church is worth tears and sacrifice (and death) - A person's ministry is tied to the purpose of the church - The message of the church is about repentance, faith in Christ, and the Kingdom - The church has wolves within and without, and the pivot point will be the truth of the Gospel in its full, pure form - The church's anchors are the Spirit and the Word - The church prays - The church loves one another The church in 21st C America is seen as optional (talking of the true sense of "church," not just a building with programs). The modern Christian could grow in the area of believing that the church is not an optional part of his or her life. - Jesus purchased the church with His blood