Acts 28:1-6

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Paul Ashore on Malta

1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.

2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.

4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”

5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said 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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