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How?
How did you survive?
How did I survive?
I’m 58, married 34 years.
We all have our stories...
I was the first in my family to graduate from college.
Get a job, career, I had no idea what that was like.
I had stayed in school to get a Masters in Ed.
All the doors closed.
Sitting in my apartment thinking, what am I going to do?
Undergrad bsns degree and no idea where to start.
Heard you don’t find good jobs in the newspaper.
Then, where do you find them?
I had a basic idea of budgeting.
Just don’t spend more than you make.
Beyond that, little clue.
How in the world did I end up married to Sara?
If she was looking for someone who had a clue, from a solid family, why in the world did she choose me?
My grandparents were married in the 1920s and stayed married for a long time and did well.
They set a decent example, but that was a different era, a different culture for marriage.
But, my parents, not so much.
Others did, but not them.
My dad was unfaithful.
They divorced when I was 2. I had no clue, I was 2. He split.
No joint custody issues at all.
But, what does a good husband look like in the 80s and 90s?
What does a good dad look like?
I am groping around trying to figure it out
Now, I’m 58.
Toward the end of my career.
And I end up in great place all you guys.
We’ve raised 3 kids, one is married.
They all know Jesus and are on their way in life.
We are not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
But, how did that happen?
How did you survive?
Did you understand what it meant when you said something to the effect of,
“For better or for worse;
“Richer of for poorer;
“in sickness and in health;
“in sickness and in health;
“Till death do us part.”
Some of us married people who just didn’t get this.
How did you survive?
We went a year w/out a job and another year w/ 2 houses.
And now a diagnosis that’s not horrible, but a wake-up call.
Many of you have been there, too.
How’d we do it?
The series I’m in for the summer, His Old House; the book of Acts; how did the church survive?
2000 years.
Jesus died and left things to the apostles.
The apostles died and left things to a bunch of nobodies.
Throughout history, there have been eras and generations when the most powerful nations on earth had as their highest priority to eliminate the church.
Yet, here we are.
And, so many others around the globe.
How does this happen.
The questions of how did we survive and how the church survived are related.
Related b/c, the church is made up of people just like us.
If we don’t survive, then the church won’t.
But, b/c we have, so has the church.
“Ekklesia” is a gathering of like-minded people who share a common purpose.
Not a place, but a people.
Not a monument, but a movement.
Acts chapter 20 is the story of how churches survive, marriages survive, families survive, and careers survive.
Paul is in the twilight of his career.
He assumes he will never return to this region.
He led people to Jesus.
Organized the church.
Established a leadership structure so that as he leaves they have everything they need to survive.
Here is his message:
Connect the real Jesus to real people w/ real issues.
Be theologically sound and culturally relevant.
Begin w/ yourselves.
Stay closely connected to the real Jesus.
Don’t let anybody lead you away.
You are real people, w/ real issues.
Let Jesus deal w/ them and lead you thru.
Then, share your experiences.
The ppl around you will be dealing w/ many of the same things b/c they are residents of the same culture.
Do whatever it takes to maintain this mission.
God is building His house and He is using us to do it.
Here’s how.
This passage begins w/ a miracle and a very lucky boy.
Lucky One
Acts 20:
On Sunday
Paul is working his way back to Jerusalem.
Back-tracking thru many of the places he had already been to encourage them.
Not he is back in Troas.
Commemorating key days had become important.
This is the first time a meeting like this occurs on Sunday.
OT and early Jewish worship was on the Sabbath, which is Saturday.
But, Jesus was resurrected on Sunday.
So, the 1st day of the week becomes the day of worship for the church.
And, Paul is hustling to get to Jerusalem by the anniversary of Pentecost.
He has about 5 weeks to get there.
He stopped here and made his farewell speech.
The last thing you say is typically are among the most important.
Answer questions.
Repeat important lessons.
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