Considering all the apostle Paul faced up to this point – the physical persecutions and hardships – without losing zeal for ministry, as evidenced by his willingness to face further persecutions and hardships which he is being assured by the Holy Spirit await him in Jerusalem. These warnings are not prohibitions, but a heads up to the man who would spread Christianity throughout the Roman empire. This is upper level Christianity.
A Higher Love
The Light of the World
The Undaunted Shepherd
In the mind of Paul and the leaders of the Ephesian church gathered with him, this is the last time that they will see Paul this side of heaven. They were likely wrong. Yes, Paul will be arrested and taken to Rome, but history points to his release; to die another day at the hand of Caesar. This is one of the magnificent passages of Scripture: Paul’s dedication to ministry, his undaunted labor as a shepherd under Christ, his warnings, and the mutual passion for each other between Paul the pastor and the Ephesian lovers of Jesus.
The Undaunted Servant
As Paul makes his way to Jerusalem by sea, he called for the pastors from the church in Ephesus to meet him at Miletus. To them, in that port city, he began one of the greatest reviews of ministry in the Bible: how he labored for the Gospel among them and taught the whole word of God to them in the assembly and individually; that more trouble awaited him in Jerusalem and was no reason for him to not go to Jerusalem, for he was an undaunted servant for Christ. Yet this was only one part of what he had to say to them, which we’ll get to in the next session.
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