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We didn't lie on purpose, but the screen wasn't going to tell you when to sit down.

So I'll I'll try to fulfill that purpose.

Sam.

And when she was leading us in prayer, we prayed about people who are sick and we prayed about our broken world and pray about people having trouble.

We didn't think about people who are celebrating.

So we got a few people who are celebrating that we should acknowledge.

One of them is the Fisher family.

So Justin, would you waive Justin's, why felons not here?

Because Justin, and Ellen had a baby.

So, Congratulations to the Fishers.

Rebecca.

May is her name.

Really?

Yeah, so this is now the third child in the family, right?

So congrats to them and then birthdays today is Drew's birthday.

And yeah, and a little bird told me that somebody else whose birthday whose whose is done.

Is it your birthday Don?

So so Drew and Don.

They both start with the D anybody else.

As long as somebody else's birthday today?

April 3. Okay.

We're going to sing.

Happy birthday to Drew and Don.

Here we go.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, Drew and Don, happy birthday to you.

Congratulations.

All right.

We're finishing.

Our study of Acts chapter 9 through 21.

It's been, it's been a big project to work through all this material and we're finishing it today.

So next Sunday is Palm Sunday, Sunday, after that Easter Sunday, after that.

We're doing something something special that will tell you more about,

So let's just think about finishing this series and in this series what we've seen is the holy spirit, birthing a joyful witness saying, powerful Fellowship.

That we know by the name of the Church of Jesus Christ.

In the book of Acts.

We've been watching this Fellowship come to life as an activity of the Holy Spirit and it's important for us to read about this for a bunch of reasons.

But one of the reasons is that it's the same.

Holy spirit that breathes life into the church today.

Or to put it differently, rise up church is rising up in Cedar Springs by the power of that same, Holy Spirit today.

So that's why it's important for us to be learning about this.

We're learning about how the Holy Spirit works and how the holy spirit is working Among Us view.

I'm trying to combine the 20,000 ft view with the getting into the weeds and looking at the details of what we're going to read.

So I want to have us look at some themes that relate to today's reading but that also summarize what we've done so far, but first, we have to read it.

So Karen fussy is going to read it.

And while Karen's coming up, I want to acknowledge that the last two Sundays, Adam Hubbard preach for us.

And so I just want to publicly say, thank you to add him yet.

I watched both of those sermons and Adam.

You got this imaginative.

Articulate.

Style of preaching which was fantastic.

So thank you so much to read and then we'll look at some things.

20 verse 13, through 21 verse 16.

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Asos, where we were going to take Paula board.

He had made this Arrangement because he was going there on foot.

When he met us at Asos.

We took in the board and went on to middling the next day.

We set sail from there and arrived off.

Chills the day.

After that, we crossed over to Samos.

And on the following day arrived at my Lita's.

Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia.

For he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem as possible.

By the day of Pentecost from my latest Paul sent to Ephesus for the Elders of the church when they arrived.

He said to them, you know how I lived the whole time.

I was with you from the first day.

I came into the province of Asia.

I serve the Lord with great humility and with tears.

And in the midst of a severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents, you know, that I have not hesitated to preach anything.

That would be helpful to you.

But have taught you publicly.

And from house to house.

I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God and repentance and have faith in our lord.

Jesus and now compelled by the spirit.

I'm going to Jerusalem not knowing what will happen to me there.

I only know that in every city, the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me.

My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task.

The Lord.

Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace.

Now, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching.

The kingdom will ever see me again.

Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.

For I have not hesitated to Proclaim to you, the whole will of God 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.

I know that after I leave Savage, wolves will come in among you and will not fear the flock even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw a way disciples after them.

So be on your guard, remember that for three years, I never stopped mourning each of you night and day with tears.

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.

I have not coveted, anyone, silver or gold, or clothing, you yourselves know that.

These hands of mine has supplied, my own needs, and the needs of my companions and Nothing.

I did I showed you that by this kind of hard work.

We must help the weak, remembering the words, the Lord Jesus himself.

Said it is more blessed to give than to receive.

When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed, they all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.

What grieve the most was his statement that they would never see his face again, then they accompanied accompanied him to the ship.

After we had torn ourselves away from them.

We put out to sea and sailed straight to cost.

The next day.

We went to roads.