Finishing Well 

Acts 20:17-24

Introduction: 

• 1 Corinthians 9:24 and Hebrews 12:1
• 2 Timothy 4:7
• Acts 20:24

FOLLOWERS OF JESUS MUST BE RESOLVED TO FINISH THE RACE WELL. 

1. Finishing well requires CLARITY.

Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them:
“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
Acts 20:17-23

2. Finishing well requires CONVICTION

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus
Acts 20:24

3. Finish well requires enduring COMMITMENT

if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24

A. Trust in God’s sovereignty

B. Discover your ministry

C. Keep the Gospel Central – Testify