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Introduction
Today we are picking up our story in .
To make sure you understand where we are, let me take a minute and set the scene.
Paul had been in Ephesus, where (once again) an uproar broke out.
That is in the last part of .
Then we come to .
Acts 20:1-6
They set out for Macedonia and Greece, that is where Corinth is located.
So they spent 3 months during which Paul wrote the book we just studied.
Back in Troas
After that they traveled back to Troas.
It was at Troas that we are introduced to a young man named “Eutychus.”
We pick up the reading with verse 7.
Acts 20:7-12
Let’s get the background for this story.
First of all, it is the first day of the week which would be our “Sunday.”
They were breaking bread or “eating together.”
Now we are told that Paul was planning to leave the next day.
So in true preacher fashion, he kept on taking until midnight.
The room was lit up by a number lamps (many lamps) and was upstairs.
In fact, they were apparently on the third story.
Now there was young man named Eutychus.
Now he is described as sinking into a deep sleep.
He had trouble listening, because he was too tired to listen.
Now because he was seated in a window, when he fell asleep, he fell out out of the window and all the way to the ground.
Three stories.
Eutychus fell three stories, and was picked up dead.
But Paul went down and threw himself on top of saying, “Don’t be alarmed, he’s alive.”
Then Paul and the young man went back upstairs, ate together, and when it was daylight—Paul left, and the people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
Now some preachers would say that’s what happens when you fall asleep during a sermon.
What I want us to see is the power of God.
Paul was preaching, and a young man falls three stories to his death.
But Paul restores life through Jesus Christ.
Have you wondered why we don’t see this kind of power in our lives?
I believe the reason we don’t see God working around us like this is because we don’t believe.
Some of us don’t believe God preforms miracles any more.
Some of us don’t believe there are such things as miracles any more.
And some of us simply don’t believe that God can do miracles any more.
Yet the truth is it doesn’t matter which group you are in or if you are in some other group—all of these false beliefs are based in the same short shortsightedness.
We simply don’t believe God and His Word!
Good
Farewell to Ephesus
Acts 20:13-
Paul and his group end up in Miletus because Paul decided to sail past Ephesus (remember the uproar).
Besides Paul wanted to be in Jerusalem before Pentecost.
While in Miletus Paul sent for the elders at Ephesus:
Paul reminds them how he lived and served with them.
I serve the Lord with humility and tears.
Paul’s message: “Turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Paul was compelled to go to Jerusalem—not sure of what would happen to him.
I taught and taught.
I consider my life worth nothing, if only I may . . .
testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Paul says he won’t see them again.
Paul says he’s innocent of everyone’s blood—because he proclaimed the who will of God.
Now His challenge to the elders:
Be shepherds to the church of God.
Watch out for wolves.
Men who distort the truth
Be on your guard
Use hard work to help the weak.
They prayed—embraced and he left them, but what grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.
So What
Today we need to look for the miracles of God—believe in them and expect God to preform them.
We need to be on guard, because there will be a number of men and women that will distort the truth, and draw people away from the gospel.
We need to live a life that points people to Jesus.
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