Peter Barnes | Acts 20:32-38
SERMON NOTES
GRACE IN ALL OF LIFE (Acts 20:32-38)
1 Samuel 12:1-25; Acts 20:17-38
1. Grace builds up.
– 20:32; Paul ‘deposits’ them with God
– His promises build up (e.g. John 6:40; Rom.10:9)
– Jude 24; John 17:17
– to give an inheritance (see 1 Peter 1:3-4)
2. Grace gives.
– 20:33-35; like Samuel in 1 Sam.12:1-3
– 2 Cor.12:14; Acts 18:2-3; 1 Thess.2:9
– Paul rarely quotes Jesus (e.g. 1 Cor.7:10; 9:14; 11:23-25); Acts 20:35 does not appear in any Gospel (the idea is in Luke 6:38; Matt.20:28); it is probably a saying the apostles remembered but it never found its way into the Gospels (note John 21:25)
3. Grace makes for fellowship.
– 20:36-38; prayer and fellowship, with sorrow (same word in Luke 2:48)
– Ps.119:63