Sermon Video: The Whole Will of God - Acts 20:25-31

Continuing his farewell address to the church elders from Ephesus, Paul declares to them that he is "innocent of the blood of all men" because he knows that he has declared the "whole will of God" throughout his journeys.  What is this "whole will of God"?  Paul made that clear back in vs. 21 when he affirmed that his message had always been to both Jews and Greeks that they must "turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus."  In other words, Paul declared the Gospel, the whole Gospel, no more and no less.  All men have sinned, none can please a holy and righteous God on their own, and therefore all must repent and trust in the righteousness of Jesus.
Beginning with the Early Church, and continuing to this day, there have been attempts to distort this straightforward declaration of the Gospel by adding to it or subtracting from it.  The most common additions have been attempts to add an element of works to faith (thereby diminishing the sufficiency of the work of Christ).  The most common attempted subtractions have been denials of the full human/divine nature of Jesus (thereby diminishing the person of Jesus).
As the Church, we are tasked with protecting against attack from within or without, whatever they might be, and maintaining the true and full Gospel, for we know that it alone is the power of God unto salvation.

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