We just wrapped up our conference here after an inspiring worship service. It's been a real blessing to be in Florida for this conference, so thank you for the opportunity. Our reading this evening finishes this episode in Paul's adventure. The ship is in danger, but Paul has started to comfort the crew and passengers. So we'll see how they get out of this situation.
God bless,
Sam
Acts 27:33-38
33 Just
before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, ‘Today is
the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food,
having eaten nothing. 34Therefore I urge you to take some food, for
it will help you survive; for none of you will lose a hair from your heads.’ 35After
he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of
all, he broke it and began to eat. 36Then all of them were
encouraged and took food for themselves. 37(We were in all two
hundred and seventy-six persons in the
ship.) 38After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the
ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
39 In the morning they did not recognize the land, but they
noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if
they could. 40So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea.
At the same time they loosened the ropes that tied the steering-oars; then
hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach. 41But
striking a reef, they ran the
ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being
broken up by the force of the waves. 42The soldiers’ plan was to
kill the prisoners, so that none might swim away and escape; 43but
the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He
ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land, 44and
the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it
was that all were brought safely to land.
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