Yours faithfully

Pastor Ricky Ho

18/12/2011

1. Faithful

Acts 20:17-27:¹⁷ From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. ¹⁸ When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. ¹⁹ I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. ²⁰ You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. ²¹ I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
 ²² “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. ²³ I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. ²⁴ However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
 ²⁵ “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. ²⁶ Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. ²⁷ For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.

*Adjective
*Minister of God must be faithful in

-serving the Lord

vs 18-20

-preaching the gospel

vs 21

-finishing the course

vs 24-27

2. Faithfulness 

*noun
*true to the fact of the original
*steadfastness of stability
*reliability or dependability - God can depend of you to save souls
*We should resolve faithfulness rather than popularity
*The world is watching us
*The saints of God must
-be on guard
vs 28
-protect the church
-be alert
vs 31-32
-Remember God's love
vs 35
*We must not be single minded
*Many people use religion for financial purposes
*We should share with others God's love
*We should start thinking for our future generation
*Always embrace the good things rather than bad things of the church

3. Faithfully

*Adverb
*Actions that one does "in a royal manner"
*All of us must

-Pray

vs 36

-Remember 

vs 37

-Begin anew

vs 38

*We make mistakes in the past but God is gracious

*Nobody is perfect, only Jesus

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**