Unchanged
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18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
All of these things can be known.
18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
From the beginning they knew Paul’s
++Ministry
++Message
++Manner of life
The Foundation of Paul’s Ministry
++His Character
++His Confidence
++His Commitment
++His Competence
None of these things are spiritual.
Through it all we can live in cChrist
Unchanged
Unchanged
Unchanged by
++Situations
++Circumstances
++Temptations
The Life “Unchanged” begins the first day
The Life “Unchanged” begins the first day
On the First Day
++God favors me!
When He came to God
++He had a Past
++He had a History
++He was an Enemy of God
We are no different
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
He quickened _Made alive_ that which was dead
He quickened _Made alive_ that which was dead
Without life
++Just go along
++Circumstances are in control
++The flesh becomes the governor
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
But God
++Is rich in mercy
++Demonstrates His Great Love
++Gives life by Grace
Grace is God’s empowerment.
Grace is God’s empowerment.
By Grace
++We are Saved
++We have purpose
++We are connected to God’s plan
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
No matter your past, failures, success, activity, or work there is a day for God’s dream for you to be revealed.
When it pleased God
++He confirmed His calling
++He called me by his grace
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
When it pleased God
He confirmed His calling
He called me by his grace
++He counted not my sin
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
When God sees something
++He is not easily sidetracked
++He does not complain about the present
++He gives life to what he sees
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
God did not
++Speak to the darkness
++Speak to what was visible
++He spoke to what was not yet
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Aren’t you glad about it
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
What was his grace and favor toward me was an expression of his great mercy.
What was his grace and favor toward me was an expression of his great mercy.
Unchanged
Unchanged
On the First Day
God favors me!
++God empowers me!
19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
I served the Lord- _Confidence_
++In Humility
++In Tears
++Through Temptations
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
I kept back nothing-_Content_
++I Declared the word
++ I Demonstrated the word
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
I was not ashamed
++Publicly
++Privately
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Unchanged
Unchanged
On the First Day
God favors me!
God empowers me!
God is with me!
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Tomorrow is a mystery
Tomorrow is a mystery
I am going to the right place
++Compelled by the spirit
++Concerned in the flesh
++Comforted, The Holy Spirit was with him
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Though this life is temporary, what God has given us is eternal.
Though this life is temporary, what God has given us is eternal.
Unchanged
Unchanged
On the First Day
God favors me!
God empowers me!
God is with me!
++God enables me to stand!
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Oh what a Glorious day
When Jesus came and washed my sins away.
Since that day
a lot of things have changed
I’ve seen a little more
I’ve experienced a few things
David would say.
25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
Through it all
++Every Trial
++Every Tribulation
++Every Circumstance
Some thing must remain
Unchanged
Unchanged
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Unchanged
Unchanged
This Day We can still say
++God still favors me!
++God still empowers me!
++God is still with me!
++God still enables me to stand!
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.