“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,” Acts 20:20
1) Godliness (I Timothy 4:8).
2) All Scripture (II Timothy 3:16).
3) Repentant Failures can be profitable for the ministry (II Timothy 4:11).
4) Good Works (Titus 3:8).
5) Meditate, give thyself wholly to them, take heed, continue in them. (I Timoth 4:15).
6) Serve God and keep God’s Ordinances (Malachi 3:14-18).
7) People getting saved (I Corinthians 10:33; Mark 8:36).
8) Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 10:10).
9) God’s Discipline (Hebrews 12:5-11).
10) Submitting to God’s leading (Isaiah 48:17).
11) Labour (Proverbs 14:23). Work, plan our work, and finish our work.
UNPROFITABLE THINGS
1) Gaining the whole world and losing your own soul (Mark 8:36).
2) Lying words (Jeremiah 7:8).
3) Riches in the day of wrath (Proverbs 11:4).
4) Astrologers, Stargazers, horoscopes (Isaiah 47:12-14).
5) Flesh – This means carnal views and desires, ungodly sinful lifestyles. (John 6:63).
6) Word preached that is not mixed with faith in the hearers (Hebrews 4:2).
7) Christ’s death on the cross will be of no value (no profit) to you if you trust your works to save you. (Galatians 5:1-4,2).
Answers – Keith Piper