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Southside Church of Christ, Lexington, KY
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Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Acts 20:32-38
32 Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 35 In everything I did, I showed you by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' 36 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. (NIV 84)
32 Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 35 In everything I did, I showed you by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' 36 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. (NIV 84)
FROM THE LESSON
The supreme beatitude - Pastor and author, Dr. Earl Pierce, called these words of Jesus the "supreme beatitude" because unlike the other beatitudes found in the New Testament, this one tells us that we are more blessed.
It is blessed to receive - "Faith is empty hands held open for God to fill."
It is not blessed to want what others have received - When we are content with what we do have, then we will not covet what we don't have.
It is more blessed to live to give - "A disciple is someone who has moved from being the recipient of the church's mission to being responsible for the church's mission."
The supreme beatitude - Pastor and author, Dr. Earl Pierce, called these words of Jesus the "supreme beatitude" because unlike the other beatitudes found in the New Testament, this one tells us that we are more blessed.
It is blessed to receive - "Faith is empty hands held open for God to fill."
It is not blessed to want what others have received - When we are content with what we do have, then we will not covet what we don't have.
It is more blessed to live to give - "A disciple is someone who has moved from being the recipient of the church's mission to being responsible for the church's mission."
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1 Icebreaker - can you remember a recent question that you have asked Google? Share with the group.
2 Are you a good receiver? Read verse 32. It is absolutely necessary for salvation that you are a good receiver. Discuss this statement with your group. Ask the Lord to help you become a good receiver.
3 Read verse 33 and then ask this question to yourself: Can I honestly and genuinely say as Paul does here that I do not want what someone else has? Instead of Paul's three examples, come up with your own examples that might actually tempt you.
4 Read verse 34-35. Based on Jesus' teaching in verse 35, Paul believed it was more blessed to live to give. What can you learn from his example in these verses?
1 Icebreaker - can you remember a recent question that you have asked Google? Share with the group.
2 Are you a good receiver? Read verse 32. It is absolutely necessary for salvation that you are a good receiver. Discuss this statement with your group. Ask the Lord to help you become a good receiver.
3 Read verse 33 and then ask this question to yourself: Can I honestly and genuinely say as Paul does here that I do not want what someone else has? Instead of Paul's three examples, come up with your own examples that might actually tempt you.
4 Read verse 34-35. Based on Jesus' teaching in verse 35, Paul believed it was more blessed to live to give. What can you learn from his example in these verses?
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