Acts 20:26-28
26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
To be innocent of the blood of others is to tell them of all God said, good and bad (Ezk.3:17-19). For us this means talking of hell with heaven, accountability when we die with absolute justification in Christ, and no condemnation with required holiness. This is what shepherding the flock entails, and Paul's advice and pleading with the elders as he headed off to what seemed like the end. Jesus purchased us with His blood through suffering, and so must we endure as well in the gospel.
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