The Will of the Lord(21:1-16)

The Will of the Lord1. Committed Love

2. Deep Affection

3. Matchless Courage

The Will of the Lord1. Committed Love

The man who is in the family of the Church has

friends all over the world. --Barclay

The Will of the Lord1. Committed Love

2. Deep Affection

Acts 20:22-23And 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 21:14And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”

Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”

Acts 23:1And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Acts 2:17And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams

The Lord showed to these brethren, of whom Luke maketh mention, what should come to pass; yet, nevertheless, they know not what is expedient, and what Paul’s calling doth require, because the measure of their gift doth not reach so far. --Calvin

Acts 21:14“Let the will of the Lord be done.”

The Will of the Lord1. Committed Love

2. Deep Affection

3. Matchless Courage

Philippians 1:21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Christ leads us through no darker rooms than He went through before. --Richard Baxter

Acts 19:21Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

Romans 8:16-17The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

2 Corinthians 1:8-9For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.

1 Peter 4:15-16But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

Acts 21:13bFor I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Isaiah 43:1-3But now thus says the Lord…“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”

Jesus is Worthy of All That We Can Do or Suffer for

Him• Because of Who He is• Because of what He has done• Because of what He is doing