Acts 28:1-6

Listen to Acts 28:1-6

1 Our lives having been thus preserved, we discovered that the island was called Malta.

2 The strange-speaking natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome because of the pelting rain and the cold.

3 Now, when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and had thrown them on the fire, a viper, driven by the heat, came out and fastened itself on his hand.

4 When the natives saw the creature hanging to his hand, they said to one another, "Beyond doubt this man is a murderer, for, though saved from the sea, unerring Justice does not permit him to live."

5 He, however, shook the reptile off into the fire and was unhurt.

6 They expected him soon to swell with inflammation or suddenly fall down dead; but, after waiting a long time and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

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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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