today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

And the last speech that Paul gives to these people, the last thing he says and the last speech he

gives is about generosity. Because Paul knows, listen, that what it really means to follow Jesus

is to have a life that is defined by generosity. Because that's what defines Jesus' life.

Does that quality define your life?

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

For the past two months, we've been in a teaching series called The Whole Story,

an overview of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how every page from beginning

to end is pointing to Jesus and revealing the gospel.

Today we are in the New Testament looking at the life of the Apostle Paul, a great example

of how the gospel transforms our priorities

and our definition of success. So let's jump back into a message we began yesterday on the program.

We're returning to the book of Acts for the six defining characteristics of the successful life.

Here's Pastor J.D. In Acts chapter 20, Paul is giving us a farewell speech in which he

summarizes what I think are the six values that Paul has built his life around. Acts chapter 20,

let's begin in verse 20 here, and I'll give you the first of these six statements. I did not shrink

from declaring to you anything that was profitable. Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood

of all, for I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole council of God. Here is number one

value for Paul. I made sure that my generation, I made sure that my community knew the truth. And for Paul, this was very

serious business, which is why he says in verse 26, I am innocent of the blood of all.

Paul is likely here thinking about a passage in the Old Testament where the prophet Ezekiel

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