Good morning. We know we
are safe in God's hands because: there is no fear in love; but perfect love
casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not
perfected in love. We may fear things that might happen to us, but we should
not fear God. As the commercial says, we are in good hands. We have to be
careful to not let fear of things that might happen turn into fear of what God
will do to us. God only wants the best for us. When you are afraid, that is
real punishment. We love, because He first loved us. Outside of Him, there is
no true love. If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother,
he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen,
cannot love God whom he has not seen. It was not a suggestion when Jesus said
to love one another. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who
loves God should love his brother also. Just because you love the brethren,
does not mean that you accept everything they do. We love our children, but we
did not accept everything that they did when they were little. Remember that
God's perfect love casts out fear! Father thank You that the reader does not
fear but walks in love. Because You love him/her, You only want the best for him/her,
and Your love casts out fear.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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