Good morning. Abraham
is our father. If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. But as
it is you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I
heard from God; this Abraham did not do. You are doing the deeds of your
father. Remember that they had just said that Abraham was their father. Now
they say: we were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God. At least
when they are young, children tend to act like one of their parents. If God
were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from
God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. Why do you
not understand what I’m saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. And now
Jesus says something that would get anybody mad. You are of your father the
devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in
him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar
and the father of lies. That’s pretty harsh, since Jesus said that the devil
was their father. If their father is a liar, it’s a good possibility that they
are too. Because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. If someone is a
liar, they don’t want to even hear the truth, much less believe in it. Which
one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? He
who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them,
because you are not of God. Next time we will see that they get very defensive.
Father thank You that the reader hears and believes in the truth. He/she shares
that truth with others around him/her.
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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