Acts 28:1-6

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Malta's Hospitality

1 Safely ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

2 The local people showed us extraordinary kindness, for they lit a fire and took us all in, since rain was falling and it was cold.

3 As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.

4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "This man is probably a murderer, and though he has escaped the sea, Justice^[a] does not allow him to live!"

5 However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

6 They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

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Acts 28:1-6 Study Resources

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Shake it off (cont'd)

Tony Clark

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Shake it off

Tony Clark

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Through Storms and Snakes, Part 2

Jeff Johnson

When a storm strikes, like a Pandemic, we can so easily lose focus and get off track. If you’ll recall in our recent studies of Acts on Sound Doctrine we read about the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck off the coast of Malta. We saw that, despite the challenges, Paul didn’t let his circumstances derail him from his true focus, sharing the love of Christ! And what great encouragement that is to us to take advantage of the opportunities we have even today.

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Through Storms and Snakes, Part 1

Jeff Johnson

Today we open the twenty-eighth and final chapter of Acts. Paul finds himself now shipwrecked and on the island of Malta. But God had promised him that he would make it to Rome, the voyage would resume, and not even a serpent could prevent that from happening!

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