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NOVEMBER 27, 1921
PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK
Golden Text: I know whom I have believed, and ain persuaded, th a t he is able to keep th a t which I have comm itted unto him against th a t day. 2 Tim. 1:12.
BESSON TEXT Ac. 27:30-44. (Bead 2 Cor. 11:23-28; Phil. 4:12,13.)
* (30) And as the shipm en w ere about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the •foreship, (31). P aul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. (32) Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. (33) And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to ta k e . meat, saying, This day is the fo u rteen th -d ay th a t ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. (34) W herefore 3^ pray you to take some m eat: for th is is for your health: fo r there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. (35) And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. (36) Then w ere they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. (3 7 ) And we were in all in the Outline: (1) The Starless N ight, vs. 27-32. (2) The Summons of F aith , vs. 33-38. (3) The Safe A rrival, vs.. 39-44. Introduction: P a u l’s appeal, as a Roman citizen, to the court of Caesar for trial, resulted in the carrying out of God’s plan throkgh P a u l’s life. The story of his voyage to Rome is full of intensely LESSON interesting and thrilling |EXPOSIT ION events. T. C. H o rto n P a u l’s advice against sailing was over-ruled
ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. (.38) And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the w heat into the ^sea. (39) And when it was day, they knew not the land . . .hoisting up the m ainsail to the wind, and m adettow ard shore. (41) And falling into a place w here two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and rem ained unmoveable, bu t the hinder p a rt was broken w ith the violence of the waves. (42) And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. (43) B ut the centurion, w illing to save Paul, kept them from th eir purpose; and commanded th a t they which could swim should cast them selves first into the sea, and get to land: (44) And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. A nd, so it* came to pass, th at they escaped all safe to land. by the master of the boat, and the cen turion naturally followed the seam an’s advice. ‘ ‘ The south wind blew softly ’’ and Providence seemed to favor them, but the “ so u th . wind ” has fooled many a man. Jonah was deceived by seemingly favoring circumstances. God had tol_d him where to go, bu t he interpreted the fact th a t a sailing vessel was in the port bound for an opposite harbor, and th a t he had money in his pocket w ith w hich, to pay the fare, as a providential indication th a t he could outw it God and escape the N ine veh trip. B ut it was an unavailing effort.
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