Oakwood Community Church

“The Lord is my shepherd… I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:1,4

“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.”
Acts 20:28 (NIV)

Protect Yourself

• Fight your Sin

“Keep watch over yourselves…”
Acts 20:28

Protect Yourself

• Fight your Sin

“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time… serving the Lord with all humility.”
Acts 20:18-19

Protect Yourself

• Follow the Spirit

“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.”
Acts 20:24 (NIV)

Protect Yourself

• Follow the Spirit

“I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there.”
Acts 20:22

Protect Yourself

• Follow the Spirit

“I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”
Acts 20:27

Protect One Another

• Focus on the Gospel

“Care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.”
Acts 20:28

Protect One Another

• Focus on the Gospel

“The task the Lord Jesus has given to me - the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”
Acts 20:24 (NIV)

Protect One Another

• Focus on the Gospel

“And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up…”
Acts 20:32

Protect One Another

• Focus on the Gospel

“The word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Acts 20:32

Protect One Another

• Guard against Deception

“Fierce wolves will come in among you… men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.”
Acts 20:29-30

Protect One Another

• Guard against Deception

“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock…Therefore be alert…”
Acts 20:28,31

Three Dangerous Lies:
1. Believe in yourself
2. Love wins
3. Be healthy and wealthy

Protect Yourself
• Fight your sin
• Follow the Spirit

Protect One Another
• Focus on the Gospel
• Guard against Deception

“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.”
Acts 20:28 (NIV)