CCC Worship Gathering 5.26.24

Encouraging Our Witness

Acts 20:1-16

Intro: the filibuster

1. Elements of Encouragement (v.1-6)

Exhortation

2 Timothy 4:2 - preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (ESV)

Ownership

2 Corinthians 11:28 - And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. (ESV)

Time

Romans 1:11 - For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— (ESV)

Companionship

2. Elements of Growth (v.7-16)

Gathered

• First day of the week…to break bread

Preaching

• Giving the sense

Nehemiah 8:8 - They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. (ESV)

• Conversation

• Faith

Romans 10:17 - So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. (ESV)

• Stirring up

Hebrews 10:23–25 - Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. [24] And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, [25] not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (ESV)

Weariness

Life

Mission

Conclusion: commitment to encouragement and growth