Peter Barnes | Acts 20:22-24
SERMON NOTES
DEAD TO SELF, ALIVE TO CHRIST (Acts 20:22-24)
Psalm 27; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. We cannot know the future in detail.
– 20:22; note the prayer in Rom.15:30-32
– 1 Cor.16:7-9
2. We can expect opposition.
– 20:23; see Acts 21:3-4, 10-14
– 2 Tim.3:12; John 15:18-20
3. Faithfulness is greater than life.
– 20:24; Hudson Taylor: ‘Advance, always advance.’
– Luke 9:24; 14:27; 17:33
– Amy Carmichael: ‘If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.’