Good morning. I say this to your shame. Is it
so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between
his brethren, but brother goes to law with brother, and that before
unbelievers! That’s pretty harsh, Paul. Actually, then, it is already a defeat
for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged?
Why not rather be defrauded? Could we do that? Would we be willing to give up
our belongings that someone might take away from us without any fighting back?
Would we be willing to “take one for the team“? I doubt it. Do you not know
that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived;
(he then lists a bunch of despicable types of people that we would consider to
be sinners) will not inherit the kingdom of God. But we will see next time that
there is good news for these people. Father help this to be a great week for the
reader and his/her family. Give him/her peace and patience in the midst of
storm.
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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