Good morning. We saw last time that Peter was very
religious. He had never eaten anything unholy or unclean. That is the way
Christians are sometimes. They have to have some set of rules to follow, so
that they will know that they are doing what they’re supposed to do. Some even
have a checklist: read my Bible ✅ , prayed ✅ , gave my tithe ✅ ,
etc. The easy/hard part of living the Christian life is to follow the leading
of the Holy Spirit. He will lead you to do everything on the checklist and then
some. But there are times when He will have you do something completely off the
list, and if you’re not following Him, you’ll miss out on what God wants. The
vision of the sheet with animals on it happened three times and then was taken
up into the sky. Of course Peter was wondering what this was all about. About
this time unbeknownst to Peter, the men from Cornelius arrived at the house.
They said they were looking for him. The Holy Spirit said to Peter, three men
are looking for you. Go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I
have sent them Myself. Would we believe it, if the Holy Spirit said something
like that to us? You have to learn to know His voice. Words will come to your
head, but the big question is, where do they come from? When Peter got
downstairs, there were three men seeking to find him. This was a confirmation
that it was the Holy Spirit speaking to him. I am the one you’re looking for;
what is the reason for which you have come? We will continue this next time.
Father help us to come to know the voice of the Holy Spirit and to follow it
completely.
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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