BE SHEPHERDS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD
Acts 20:1-38
Key Verse 20:28 “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.”
1. Why did Paul travel through Macedonia? (1-3; see also Romans 15:25-27) What happened in Troas? (7-12)
2. Why did Paul decide not to go back to Ephesus? (13-16) Where did he meet the Ephesian elders? (17)
3. How did Paul describe his life in Ephesus? (18-19) To whom did he preach and what was the content of his preaching? (20-21)
4. What does Paul mean by “finish the race”? (22-24) What is the “good news of God’s grace”? (24) Why can Paul say, “I am innocent of the blood of any of you”? (26; cf. Ezekiel 33:7-9)
5. What is his charge to the Ephesian elders? (28) Why must they be on their guard? (29-31) What was Paul’s example? How did Paul express his trust in God for the Ephesian church? (32)
6. What does Paul teach about the importance of giving? (33-35) What grieved the elders most and what does this show about them? (36-38, 25)