‘No Trouble.’
a) Proverbs 12:21. Will come to upright people. Trials may come, but trouble will not.
b) Numbers 23:21. Is in store for us when the Lord is with us.
c) 1 Samuel 20:21. May be indicated for us by another person whom we can trust.
d) 1 Kings 18:18. Is made for Israel by God’s True Servants.
e) Job 3:17. Will be caused by wicked people when they die.
f) Philippians 3:1. Should be in the hearts of God’s Servants about their selfless ministry.
(This QT makes me believe in God’s Promise of No Trouble)
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‘Apostle Paul’s Miletus Message Given To The Ephesian Elders.’
Acts 20:17-38.
a) Acts 20:17. It was a Message that Paul knew he had to give. He called for the Ephesian Elders.
b) Acts 20:18-19. Paul’s humble and Faithful life amongst them.
c) Acts 20:20. Paul’s practical public and private Teaching ministry.
d) Acts 20:21. The emphasis of repentance toward God and of Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
e) Acts 20:22-23. Paul’s difficult coming times in Jerusalem.
f) Acts 20:24. Paul’s concept of life and ministry.
g) Acts 20:25. Paul’s knowledge that he would not see the Ephesian Church again.
h) Acts 20:26-27. Paul was not responsible for the lives of the Ephesian Church because he had declared to them already the whole Counsel of God.
i) Acts 20:28. Apostle Paul’s charge to the Ephesian Elders:-
1- Pay careful attention to yourselves.
2- Pay careful attention to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given you care over.
3- Give food to and care for the Church of God for which He gave His Own Blood.
j) Acts 20:29-30. The difficult immediate future that was awaiting the Ephesian Church.
k) Acts 20:31. Ephesian Elders needed to be alert.
l) Acts 20:32. Apostle Paul commended them to:-
1- God.
2- The Message of God’s Grace which was able to build them up.
3- Their Inheritance amongst those people who are Sanctified.
m) Acts 20:33-35. Apostle Paul’s hard work and Biblical principles.
n) Acts 20:36-38. Apostle Paul’s Prayer and farewell.
(Through this Second one, Apostle Paul’s Miletus Message Given To The Ephesian Elders, I learn much)
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Chris.
All Christian Leaders and Church workers need to take heed to this Message from Apostle Paul, especially to pay careful attention to your self first. If the Christian leader and Church worker do not pay attention to themselves then havoc will eventually be created in the Church.
