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The Acts of the Apostles Acts 20 – Ephesus … “I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears” (verse 31 KJV) Sunday – January 13, 2019

Warnings Acts 20:28, “Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.”

Warnings Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man lead you astray.” Mark 13:33, “Take ye heed, watch and pray.” Matthew 16:6, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 1 Corinthians 3:10, “But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.”

Warnings 1 Timothy 4:16, “Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching.” Luke 8:18, “Take heed therefore how ye hear.” Mark 4:24, “Take heed what ye hear.” Matthew 6:1, “Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men.” Luke 12:15, “Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness.”

Persistence Taught publicly and from house to house. Acts 20:20 Success: Acts 19:18-20 Failure: Acts 19:23-31

Persistence “Ceased not to admonish everyone night and day …” Acts 20:31 Admonish –“nouthetoon; to place before the mind; setting the danger and duty of each individual before him.” (Barnes)

Persistence Three months in the synagogue facing opposition of the Jews. Acts 19:8 Two years, daily in the school of Tyrannus. Acts 19:9-10 Total of three years “so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.” Acts 19:10

Intensity of the Warning “Ceased not to admonish everyone night and day with tears.” Acts 20:31; cf. 19 At Ephesus, tears caused by: 1. Ignorance. Acts 19:2 2. Blasphemy. Acts 19:9 3. Idolatry. Acts 19:28

Intensity of The Warning “Ceased not to admonish everyone night and day with tears.” Acts 20:31; cf. 19 Examples: 1. Jesus. Luke 19:41 2. Samuel. 1 Samuel 15 3. Ezra. 10:1 4. Paul. Rom. 9:1ff; 10:1

Source of Trouble “Grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.” Acts 20:29; cf. Matthew 10:16; Matthew 7:15 “And from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.” Acts 20:30

Source of Trouble Historically true. Israel. Lord’s church. Danger from without. Judges; 1 Samuel 8 Danger from within. Jeremiah 2:32; 6:10-16; Zephaniah 3 Lord’s church. Danger from without. Acts 14 Danger from within. Acts 15; Galatians 2