Non-Negotiables

Non-Negotiables
Pastor Blake Hanson | 11.15.23 

Acts 20:18–27 (NLT)

18 When they arrived he declared, “You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now 

19 I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews. 

20 I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes. 

21 I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. 

22 “And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me, 

23 except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. 

24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. 

25 “And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again. 

26 I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault, 

27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

Commit to God and God’s  

1 Thessalonians 2:7–8 (NLT)

7 As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children. 

8 We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.

Commit to God’s  

Psalm 119:105 (NLT)

105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

Commit to give up .

Acts 20:22–24 (NLT)

22 “And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me, 

23 except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. 

24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

Matthew 16:24 (NLT)

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Listen to the    

Acts 20:23 (NLT) 

23 except that the Holy Spirit tells me…

Listen to People 

Acts 20:28–35 (NLT)

28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders. 

29 I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock. 

30 Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following. 

31 Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you—my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you. 

32 “And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself. 

33 “I have never coveted anyone’s silver or gold or fine clothes. 

34 You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me. 

35 And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

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