At the end of a college professor’s career, that teacher gets to speak on any topic he desires. Dr. Randy Pausch was a computer science professor who found out that he has pancreatic cancer. When he found out that the cancer had spread rapidly, leaving him 6 months to live, he took the opportunity to teach his students how to live. In the 2008 book, The Last Lecture, it explains the simple and detailed personal advice that he gave each of his computer students. It was not just a last lecture idea; this was THE Message For Life.
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Acts Chapter 20 – THE Message For Life
…a message from Chaplain Aaron
- Paul Taught Consistent – vs. 17-20
Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
a. 3-Years The Same – vs. 18, 31
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
b. With a Humble Mindset – v. 19
1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
c. Public and Personally the same – v. 20
Ephesians 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; - Paul Taught True Gospel – vs. 21-27
Acts 20: 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
a. Repentance To God – v. 21
Repent – 35 times. Repent from sin and GO to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
b. Faith To Christ – v. 27
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
c. Whole Counsel of God – vs. 27
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: - Paul Taught Leadership – vs. 17, 28-36
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
a. You – Teach YOUR Flock of Believers – v. 17, 28
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
b. You – Watch out for False Teachers – vs. 29, 30
(1 Timothy 1:3-7; Titus 1:10-16; 2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 4:1-5)
1 Timothy 1:3 “As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine”
c. You – Be Consistent In The Word – vs. 31, 32
Memorize It – Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Meditate On It – Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Teach It — 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
while you are going and growing, this week in Christ… May your heart be refreshed