Good morning. Today you see politicians and others
condemning certain activities; and then later you find out they were doing the
same thing, and maybe even worse. This is from chapter 2 of Romans: therefore
you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you
judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same
things. Oops! But do you suppose this, when you pass judgment on those who
practice such things and do the same thing yourself, that you will escape the
judgment of God? Of course we all say, get them God! But: do you think lightly
of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the
kindness of God leads you to repentance? We so want others to get their just
desserts now; but when it comes to us, we want God to be patient. If God judged
us the way we want Him to judge others, we would be toast! But because of your
stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the
day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. It all fits in
with what Jesus said: Judge not, lest you be judged. Father help us to be
patient while You deal with those who are obviously sinning. Father thank You
that You are patient with us when we sin.
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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