Finish Well: Acts 28:31
This Sunday I get to conclude our Ekklesia series by jumping straight to the last verse in the book. For the last few weeks we’ve been following how God used Paul.
Paul, who helped start at least 10 new churches in his life.
Paul, who wrote 13 of the of 27 books in the New Testament.
Paul, who influenced people whose names appear on books in the New Testament, people like Mark, Luke, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and others whose names you may recognize: Barnabas, Silas, Apollos, and Aquila and Priscilla.
In the big picture, in the grand scheme of things, when we consider the eternality of God’s Kingdom and the work that is done in His Name, in terms of lives that are affected not merely for a lifetime but for all time, it seems fair to say that Paul “lived on mission.”
Why was that? And is it possible that what made Paul’s ministry so successful and to leave a legacy of so many touched and changed lives for the sake of Jesus, is it possible that those things can be true of you and me and even what God is doing through us here at MCC as well?