WEBVTT 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:02.339 Follow along in your Bibles. 00:00:03.580 --> 00:00:06.879 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, 00:00:07.700 --> 00:00:12.359 Paul and some of the other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:15.620 who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:19.500 We boarded a ship from Adramitim, 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:23.160 about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, 00:00:23.740 --> 00:00:25.620 and we put out to sea. 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:31.339 A Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:34.880 The next day we landed at Sidon, 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:38.740 and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:40.520 so they might provide for his needs. 00:00:41.460 --> 00:00:43.320 From there we put out to sea again, 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:45.579 and passed to the lee of Cyprus, 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:48.120 because the winds were against us. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:54.100 When we'd sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, 00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:57.100 we landed at Myra in Lycia. 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:03.020 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:04.920 and put us on board. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.780 We made slow headway for many days, 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.939 and had difficulty arriving off Cindus. 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:16.240 When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:20.379 we sailed to the lee of Crete opposite Salmon. 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:23.640 We moved along the coast with difficulty, 00:01:24.119 --> 00:01:26.379 and came to a place called Fair Havens, 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.019 near the town of Lycia. 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:32.179 Much time had been lost, 00:01:32.579 --> 00:01:34.959 and sailing had already become dangerous, 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.379 because by now it was after the fast. 00:01:38.459 --> 00:01:39.919 So Paul warned them, 00:01:40.819 --> 00:01:43.840 Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous, 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:45.879 and bring great loss to ship and cargo, 00:01:46.179 --> 00:01:47.780 and to our own lives also. 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:51.739 But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:54.540 followed the advice of the pilot and the owner of the ship. 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.359 Since the harbour was unsuitable to winter in, 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.219 the majority decided that we should sail on, 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:03.780 hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.700 This was a harbour in Crete, 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:09.960 facing both southwest and northwest. 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.760 When a gentle south wind began to blow, 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:15.700 they thought they had obtained what they wanted. 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:17.500 So they weighed anchor, 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:19.719 and sailed along the shore of Crete. 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:22.020 Before very long, 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.980 a wind of hurricane force called a northeaster, 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:27.120 swept down from the island. 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:29.620 The ship was caught by the storm, 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.260 and we could not head into the wind, 00:02:31.540 --> 00:02:32.939 so we gave way to it, 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:33.900 and were driven along. 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:37.540 As we passed to the lee of a small island, 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:38.379 called Cowda, 00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:41.639 we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. 00:02:42.579 --> 00:02:44.519 When the men had hoisted it aboard, 00:02:44.659 --> 00:02:46.840 they passed ropes under the ship itself 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:47.879 to hold it together. 00:02:48.459 --> 00:02:50.340 Fearing that they would run aground 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:51.899 on the sandbars of Cyrus, 00:02:52.459 --> 00:02:53.959 they lowered the sea anchor, 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:55.879 and let the ship be driven along. 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.699 We took such a violent battering from the storm, 00:02:59.699 --> 00:03:00.939 that the next day, 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:03.379 they began to throw the cargo overboard. 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:05.379 On the third day, 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:07.599 they threw the ship's tackle overboard 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:08.740 with their own hands. 00:03:10.219 --> 00:03:13.560 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.000 and the storm continued raging, 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:20.740 we finally gave up all hope of being saved. 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:25.280 After the men had gone a long time without food, 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:27.759 Paul stood up before them and said, 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:31.219 Men, you should have taken my advice 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:32.620 not to sail from Crete. 00:03:33.179 --> 00:03:34.819 Then you would have spared yourselves 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:36.340 this damage and loss. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:39.419 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.719 because not one of you will be lost, 00:03:42.019 --> 00:03:43.560 only the ship will be destroyed. 00:03:44.180 --> 00:03:45.799 Last night, an angel of the God 00:03:45.799 --> 00:03:47.799 whose I am and whom I serve 00:03:47.799 --> 00:03:49.620 stood beside me and said, 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.039 Do not be afraid, Paul. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.879 You must stand trial before Caesar, 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.359 and God has graciously given you 00:03:57.359 --> 00:03:59.560 the lives of all who sail with you. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.240 So keep up your courage, men, 00:04:02.519 --> 00:04:04.000 for I have faith in God 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.340 that it will happen just as he told me. 00:04:07.519 --> 00:04:09.379 Nevertheless, we must run aground 00:04:09.379 --> 00:04:10.599 on some island. 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:13.479 On the 14th night, 00:04:13.579 --> 00:04:14.960 we were still being driven 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:16.500 across the Adriatic Sea, 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:17.860 when about midnight, 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:18.779 the sailors sensed 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:20.060 they were approaching land. 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:21.719 They took soundings 00:04:21.719 --> 00:04:22.860 and found that the water 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:24.839 was 120 feet deep. 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:26.600 A short time later, 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:27.819 they took soundings again 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:29.500 and found it was 90 feet deep. 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:31.319 Feeling that we would be 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:32.620 dashed against the rocks, 00:04:33.159 --> 00:04:34.439 they dropped four anchors 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:35.199 from the stern 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:36.920 and prayed for daylight. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.860 In an attempt to escape 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:40.560 from the ship, 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:42.100 the sailors left the lifeboat 00:04:42.100 --> 00:04:43.259 down into the sea, 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:44.899 pretending they were going 00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:45.959 to lower some anchors 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:46.600 from the bow. 00:04:47.579 --> 00:04:49.459 Then Paul said to the centurion 00:04:49.459 --> 00:04:50.060 and the soldiers, 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:52.540 Unless these men stay with the ship, 00:04:52.540 --> 00:04:54.240 you cannot be saved. 00:04:55.020 --> 00:04:56.760 So the soldiers cut the ropes 00:04:56.760 --> 00:04:57.860 that held the lifeboat 00:04:57.860 --> 00:04:59.819 and let it fall away. 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:02.439 Just before dawn, 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:04.620 Paul urged them all to eat. 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:06.780 For the last 14 days, 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:07.240 he says, 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.080 you have been in constant suspense 00:05:09.080 --> 00:05:10.360 and have gone without food. 00:05:10.580 --> 00:05:11.800 You haven't eaten anything. 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:14.140 Now I urge you to take some food. 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:15.660 You need it to survive. 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:17.800 Not one of you will lose 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:19.400 a single hair from his head. 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:21.620 After he said this, 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:22.500 he took some bread 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:23.740 and gave thanks to God 00:05:23.740 --> 00:05:24.680 in front of them all. 00:05:25.380 --> 00:05:26.320 Then he broke it 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:27.660 and began to eat. 00:05:28.180 --> 00:05:29.640 They were all encouraged 00:05:29.640 --> 00:05:31.100 and ate some food themselves. 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:32.500 All together, 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:35.460 there were 276 of us on board. 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:37.160 When they had eaten 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:38.280 as much as they wanted, 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:39.860 they lightened the ship 00:05:39.860 --> 00:05:41.060 by throwing the grain 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:42.060 into the sea. 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:45.000 When daylight came, 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:46.699 they did not recognize the land, 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:48.259 but they saw a bay 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:49.360 with a sandy beach 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:50.259 where they decided 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:51.500 to run the ship aground 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:52.199 if they could. 00:05:52.860 --> 00:05:54.160 Cutting loose the anchors, 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.800 they left them in the sea 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:58.199 and at the same time 00:05:58.199 --> 00:05:59.100 untied the ropes 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:00.180 that held the rudders. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:03.040 Then they hoisted the foresail 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:03.620 to the wind 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:04.680 and made for the beach, 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:07.120 but the ship struck a sandbar 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:07.980 and ran aground. 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:10.519 The bow struck fast 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:11.639 and would not move. 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:13.600 And the stern was broken 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:14.160 to pieces 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:15.800 by the pounding of the surf. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:18.199 The soldiers planned 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:19.120 to kill the prisoners 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:20.220 to prevent any of them 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:21.040 from swimming away 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:21.600 and escaping, 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.740 but the centurion 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:25.439 wanted to spare Paul's life 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:26.800 and kept them 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.300 from carrying out their plan. 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:30.060 He ordered those 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:30.680 who could swim 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.120 to jump overboard first 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:33.139 and get to land. 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:35.399 The rest were to get there 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:36.100 on planks 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:37.939 or on pieces of the ship. 00:06:39.139 --> 00:06:40.060 In this way, 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:42.000 everyone reached land. 00:06:42.060 --> 00:06:43.459 In safety. 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.800 What an incredible journey. 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:51.620 But why has Luke, 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:54.600 who was on board the boat, 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.139 we see that from verse 1 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:56.780 when he says, 00:06:56.899 --> 00:06:58.279 it was decided that we 00:06:58.279 --> 00:06:59.759 should set sail. 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:01.840 So this is an eyewitness account. 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:03.220 He was present with them. 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:04.920 Why does he give 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.519 such a detailed account? 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.000 Why does he go through 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:10.560 giving us every port 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:11.459 and harbour? 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:13.339 Why does he go into 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:14.180 all the details 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:15.079 of the conditions 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:15.919 of the seas 00:07:15.919 --> 00:07:17.000 and the wind patterns 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:18.000 and the northeaster 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:19.279 coming down off the island? 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:21.159 Why all the detail 00:07:21.159 --> 00:07:22.240 of throwing cargo 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.620 and tackle overboard? 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:27.259 Why could he not 00:07:27.259 --> 00:07:28.319 simply write, 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:31.639 and we sailed from Caesarea 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.180 and arrived in Rome? 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.980 We'd still get the same point. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:37.439 What's the big deal? 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:41.839 Well, as we partner God 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:42.839 in his mission, 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:45.339 it's never going to be 00:07:45.339 --> 00:07:46.879 plain sailing. 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.420 As we venture out with God, 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:51.680 we will face 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.019 many difficulties 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:54.439 and disappointments 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.100 in life. 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:58.420 And the big question 00:07:58.420 --> 00:07:59.480 that we want to ask 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:00.820 as we come to the text 00:08:00.820 --> 00:08:03.240 is what's going to keep 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.140 our heads above water 00:08:05.140 --> 00:08:07.400 when everything seems 00:08:07.400 --> 00:08:08.540 out of control 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:10.320 and we are surrounded 00:08:10.320 --> 00:08:11.740 by chaos? 00:08:12.540 --> 00:08:14.340 What's going to keep us 00:08:14.340 --> 00:08:16.580 and what's going to sustain us 00:08:16.580 --> 00:08:17.800 as God's people 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:18.939 who are committed 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:20.220 to his mission 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:21.320 in his world? 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:25.159 Well, Luke writes 00:08:25.159 --> 00:08:26.279 in such detail 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:27.259 to show us 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:30.399 that when storms come, 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:34.259 it is faith in God's word 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:36.399 that will keep his servants. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.259 That's what I want us 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:39.860 to remember. 00:08:40.319 --> 00:08:43.139 When storms come in life, 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.439 it is faith in God's word 00:08:46.439 --> 00:08:48.419 that is going to keep 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:49.980 his servants. 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:51.960 the anchor 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:53.220 that we need 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.120 in our lives 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:55.139 when all else 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:56.500 is being tossed about 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:57.600 and thrown about, 00:08:58.420 --> 00:08:59.200 the anchor 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.120 that we need 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.639 is the rock-solid 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:02.460 certainty 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:04.440 of God's word. 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:06.879 This is where 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:07.600 our faith 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:08.600 should rest 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:09.620 and this is where 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:10.420 our focus 00:09:10.420 --> 00:09:11.480 should be. 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:14.779 Now, I think 00:09:14.779 --> 00:09:15.420 there are three 00:09:15.420 --> 00:09:16.420 big themes 00:09:16.420 --> 00:09:18.820 that splash out 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:20.000 from this text 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.980 to us. 00:09:22.180 --> 00:09:22.820 First, 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:25.420 the assuring comfort 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:27.460 of God's word. 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:28.320 These are our, 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:28.900 if you like, 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:30.200 three anchors 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:31.720 that we need 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:33.080 in our life. 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:34.280 First, 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:35.180 the assuring comfort 00:09:35.180 --> 00:09:35.860 of God's word. 00:09:36.940 --> 00:09:37.620 Look back 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.220 quickly 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:39.120 to what God 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.140 had said to Paul 00:09:40.140 --> 00:09:41.440 in chapter 23 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:42.680 verse 11. 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:46.359 23 verse 11. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:48.120 This is following 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.099 Paul's time 00:09:49.099 --> 00:09:49.919 in Jerusalem. 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:51.199 He's already 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:52.039 faced three 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:52.939 threats to his 00:09:52.939 --> 00:09:53.359 life 00:09:53.359 --> 00:09:56.359 and in the 00:09:56.359 --> 00:09:57.139 midst of it all 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:58.239 we read this 00:09:58.239 --> 00:09:59.359 23 verse 11. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:00.199 The following night 00:10:00.199 --> 00:10:01.000 the Lord stood 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:01.620 near Paul 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:02.539 and said, 00:10:03.079 --> 00:10:03.919 spoke his word 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:04.399 to Paul, 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:05.759 take courage 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.259 as you have 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:08.259 testified about 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:09.179 me in Jerusalem 00:10:09.179 --> 00:10:10.919 so you must 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.319 also testify 00:10:12.319 --> 00:10:14.019 in Rome. 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:15.519 So God 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.279 has spoken 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:17.419 so clearly 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:18.079 to Paul 00:10:18.079 --> 00:10:19.459 you are going 00:10:19.459 --> 00:10:20.539 to get to Rome. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:22.980 But once 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:23.559 they start 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:24.059 the journey 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:24.899 on the sea 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:26.879 chapter 27 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:27.699 verse 9 00:10:27.699 --> 00:10:30.199 we read 00:10:30.199 --> 00:10:30.659 that much 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:31.500 time had been 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:31.939 lost 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:32.580 and sailing 00:10:32.580 --> 00:10:33.400 had already 00:10:33.400 --> 00:10:34.380 become dangerous 00:10:34.380 --> 00:10:35.600 because by now 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.040 it was after 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:37.740 the fast. 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:39.640 Sailing 00:10:39.640 --> 00:10:40.780 was usually 00:10:40.780 --> 00:10:41.380 abandoned 00:10:41.380 --> 00:10:42.080 between the 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:42.540 months of 00:10:42.540 --> 00:10:42.920 November 00:10:42.920 --> 00:10:44.080 and March 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:45.160 because of 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:45.920 winter storms 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:46.720 people didn't 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:47.140 sail. 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:48.680 It's now 00:10:48.680 --> 00:10:49.320 at the end 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:50.000 of October 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:50.700 we know that 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:51.380 because it was 00:10:51.380 --> 00:10:52.660 after the fast 00:10:52.660 --> 00:10:53.240 that was the 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:53.900 fast of the 00:10:53.900 --> 00:10:54.480 atonement 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.460 Yom Kippur 00:10:55.460 --> 00:10:57.560 and Paul 00:10:57.560 --> 00:10:58.140 being an 00:10:58.140 --> 00:10:58.980 experienced 00:10:58.980 --> 00:10:59.660 traveller 00:10:59.660 --> 00:11:01.340 could tell 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:01.860 what was 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:02.379 ahead. 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.019 Look at the 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:04.340 rest of 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:04.759 verse 9 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:05.320 so Paul 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:06.060 warned them 00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:07.040 men I 00:11:07.040 --> 00:11:07.740 can see 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:08.180 that our 00:11:08.180 --> 00:11:08.920 voyage is 00:11:08.920 --> 00:11:09.300 going to 00:11:09.300 --> 00:11:10.120 be disastrous 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:10.620 and bring 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:11.200 great loss 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:11.660 to ship 00:11:11.660 --> 00:11:12.200 and cargo 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:13.840 and to 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.399 our own 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:15.440 lives also. 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:16.740 Now I 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.180 don't think 00:11:17.180 --> 00:11:17.899 it's speculation 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:18.780 to say that 00:11:18.780 --> 00:11:19.360 Paul along 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:19.860 with all the 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:20.360 rest of the 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.399 crew are 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:22.440 fearing for 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:23.240 their lives. 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:24.879 God may 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.280 have said 00:11:25.280 --> 00:11:25.700 to him 00:11:25.700 --> 00:11:26.639 you will 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.060 go to 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:27.379 Rome 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:29.399 but the 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:29.899 sea has 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:30.659 become so 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.379 dangerous 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:32.799 that he 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:33.139 is now 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:33.659 fearing 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:34.340 for his 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:34.779 life. 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:36.980 In fact 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.399 Paul's 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:37.820 assessment 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:38.220 of the 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:38.439 weather 00:11:38.439 --> 00:11:39.159 proves to 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.620 be right 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.480 verse 14 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:41.539 before very 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:42.059 long a 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:42.939 wind of 00:11:42.939 --> 00:11:43.580 hurricane 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:44.200 force 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:45.039 called 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:45.240 the 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:45.960 northeaster 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:46.899 swept down 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:47.299 from the 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:47.639 island. 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.559 So strong 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:50.039 was this 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:50.519 wind that 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:50.799 they were 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:51.240 caught up 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:51.679 they couldn't 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:52.259 go against 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:52.919 it they 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.320 were just 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.139 taken along 00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:54.519 by the 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.379 wind way 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:55.919 out into 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:56.360 the sea 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:56.960 just off 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.399 the coast 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:57.759 of north 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:58.240 africa. 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:00.539 They 00:12:00.539 --> 00:12:00.940 passed 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:01.759 verse 16 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.639 an island 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.039 called 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:03.519 Kauda 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:03.860 we were 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.620 hardly able 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:05.000 to make 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:05.600 the lifeboat 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.080 secure 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.759 and when 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.139 the men 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:07.700 had hoisted 00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:08.159 aboard 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:08.800 they had 00:12:08.800 --> 00:12:09.259 to pass 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:09.800 ropes 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:10.379 underneath 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:10.980 the ship 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:11.399 itself 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:11.960 to hold 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.560 it together. 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.820 Yes 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:16.620 Paul knew 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.259 what God 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:17.879 had said 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:19.240 but the 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.879 frightening 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.060 and terrifying 00:12:21.060 --> 00:12:21.879 conditions 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:22.659 around him 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:23.379 are telling 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:24.019 a completely 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.500 different 00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:25.060 story. 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:26.459 fear 00:12:26.459 --> 00:12:27.099 has 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:27.899 swamped 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.099 him 00:12:28.099 --> 00:12:30.319 and it's 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.139 taken over 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.899 his thinking 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:32.759 verse 20 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.799 when neither 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.539 sun nor 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:36.459 stars appeared 00:12:36.459 --> 00:12:37.119 for many 00:12:37.119 --> 00:12:37.779 days 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:39.159 and the 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:39.659 storm 00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:40.299 continued 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:40.779 raging 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:43.559 we finally 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:44.199 gave up 00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:45.219 all hope 00:12:45.219 --> 00:12:47.139 of being 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:47.739 saved. 00:12:49.099 --> 00:12:50.500 They think 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.299 they are going 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.079 to die 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:54.299 it seems 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:54.839 God's 00:12:54.839 --> 00:12:55.219 word 00:12:55.219 --> 00:12:56.039 counts 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.339 for 00:12:56.339 --> 00:12:57.279 absolutely 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.179 nothing. 00:13:01.459 --> 00:13:02.099 Now 00:13:02.099 --> 00:13:02.559 thankfully 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:03.039 none of 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:03.419 us 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:05.099 I hope 00:13:05.099 --> 00:13:05.500 will never 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:05.899 have to 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:06.379 endure a 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:06.699 hurricane 00:13:06.699 --> 00:13:07.139 on the 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:07.439 sea 00:13:07.439 --> 00:13:10.219 but life 00:13:10.219 --> 00:13:11.099 can sometimes 00:13:11.099 --> 00:13:12.000 feel like 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.659 a hurricane. 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:15.219 As we go 00:13:15.219 --> 00:13:15.799 through life 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:16.579 we find it 00:13:16.579 --> 00:13:17.359 delivers all 00:13:17.359 --> 00:13:17.939 kinds of 00:13:17.939 --> 00:13:18.919 disappointments 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.939 and difficulty 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:22.500 we feel 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:23.259 battered and 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:23.860 bruised 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:25.199 and we 00:13:25.199 --> 00:13:25.779 begin to 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:26.319 doubt 00:13:26.319 --> 00:13:27.579 what God's 00:13:27.579 --> 00:13:28.039 word has 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.000 actually said 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.419 and rather 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:31.939 than God 00:13:31.939 --> 00:13:32.639 being with 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.079 us 00:13:33.079 --> 00:13:34.360 maybe we 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:34.919 feel God 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:35.539 has abandoned 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:36.360 us completely 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:36.759 and we 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.219 give up 00:13:37.219 --> 00:13:38.959 all hope. 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:43.480 God knows 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.300 the situation 00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:46.180 and he 00:13:46.180 --> 00:13:46.560 brings 00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:47.180 comfort 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:49.320 to Paul's 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.860 life and he 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.720 speaks comfort 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.519 into our 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.160 life by 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:53.019 confirming his 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.360 word. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.300 Verse 23 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:57.180 Last night 00:13:57.180 --> 00:13:58.240 an angel 00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:58.980 of the God 00:13:58.980 --> 00:14:00.019 whose I am 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:01.019 and whom I 00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.720 serve stood 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.420 beside me 00:14:02.420 --> 00:14:02.860 and said 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:04.879 do not be 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.800 afraid Paul 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:07.259 you must 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.120 stand trial 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.059 before Caesar 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:10.459 and God 00:14:10.459 --> 00:14:11.099 has graciously 00:14:11.099 --> 00:14:11.639 given you 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.240 the lives 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:12.659 of all 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.240 who sail 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.859 with you. 00:14:15.339 --> 00:14:16.059 You see 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:16.719 as the boat 00:14:16.719 --> 00:14:17.519 rocks and 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.120 as the wind 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.859 blows and 00:14:18.859 --> 00:14:19.359 the waves 00:14:19.359 --> 00:14:19.919 begin to 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.500 come over 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:22.859 how comforting 00:14:22.859 --> 00:14:25.199 and reassuring 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:26.579 is God's 00:14:26.579 --> 00:14:27.399 word in the 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.240 midst of 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.059 this storm. 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.879 Do not 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.620 be afraid 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:33.879 you must 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.720 stand trial 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.940 before Caesar. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.480 You will 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:39.460 get through 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.419 this and 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:41.019 you will 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:41.860 get to 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.120 Rome. 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.360 There's no 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:43.919 doubts 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.139 no questions 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.200 no ifs 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.100 no buts 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.840 just the 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.340 clear 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.159 calm 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:50.039 and comforting 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.259 truth that 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:52.039 God will 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.120 do what 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:53.759 he said 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.159 he would 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:55.360 do and 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:56.080 nothing is 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.460 going to 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.080 interfere with 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:57.340 it. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.180 And so 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:01.739 as we go 00:15:01.739 --> 00:15:02.099 on our 00:15:02.099 --> 00:15:02.379 mission 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.019 with God 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:05.519 as we've 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.059 taken up 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:06.639 the call 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.399 to follow 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:07.919 him 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.139 as we 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.719 journey 00:15:09.719 --> 00:15:10.500 through life 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:11.159 as God's 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.579 people 00:15:11.579 --> 00:15:13.299 we need 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:13.779 to know 00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.639 that God 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:16.219 is completely 00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:18.379 in sovereign 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.659 control over 00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:20.719 our individual 00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:21.519 lives 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.979 over the 00:15:22.979 --> 00:15:23.759 church that 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.459 we are in 00:15:24.459 --> 00:15:25.299 and in the 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:26.059 world in 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:26.500 which we 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:26.899 live 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:29.159 and what 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.059 God wills 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:30.479 for us 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:30.940 he will 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:31.940 do and 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.399 nothing 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.279 and no 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:33.659 one will 00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.200 be able 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.860 to stand 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.240 in its 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:35.600 way 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.480 not even 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.200 the greatest 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.920 hurricane 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:38.539 force 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.139 winds 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:42.560 don't be 00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:42.980 afraid 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.840 you will 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:46.519 get to 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:46.779 Rome 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:48.860 God will 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.399 preserve 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.759 and God 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.420 will keep 00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:52.279 his servants 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.279 for the 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.840 task 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.800 that he 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.300 has called 00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.759 them to 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.539 and he 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:57.500 will preserve 00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:58.319 this church 00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:58.700 and he 00:15:58.700 --> 00:15:59.299 will keep 00:15:59.299 --> 00:15:59.960 this church 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:01.179 and nothing 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:02.080 and no one 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.879 will stand 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.860 in the way 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.480 of the 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:04.879 mission 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.779 that God 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.580 has called 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.100 us to 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:12.220 so we 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.679 need the 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.220 assuring 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.779 comfort 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.939 of God's 00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:16.480 words 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.080 speaking 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.159 into our 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.679 lives 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.199 the second 00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:20.819 anchor 00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:21.739 that we 00:16:21.739 --> 00:16:22.399 need is 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.719 the sustaining 00:16:23.719 --> 00:16:24.399 reminder 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.779 of God's 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.120 word 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.379 to prove 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:28.859 God's 00:16:28.859 --> 00:16:29.359 control 00:16:29.359 --> 00:16:30.259 and sovereignty 00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.259 over his 00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.939 creation 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:33.099 God 00:16:33.099 --> 00:16:34.120 steps in 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.979 and he 00:16:34.979 --> 00:16:35.879 stops the 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.379 storm 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.439 look at 00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.399 verse 26 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.259 and God 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.980 spoke 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.860 and the 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.199 seas 00:16:42.199 --> 00:16:42.980 calmed 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.959 and he 00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:44.579 stirred up 00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:44.980 a wind 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.399 from the 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:45.799 east 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.559 and they 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:47.079 sailed 00:16:47.079 --> 00:16:47.840 safely 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.600 onto 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.039 Rome 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:52.639 is that 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:52.939 what your 00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:53.600 Bible says 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.439 it doesn't 00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.840 say that 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.220 in mine 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.559 either 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.459 don't worry 00:16:57.459 --> 00:16:58.120 let's read 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.559 what verse 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.579 26 says 00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:02.679 nevertheless 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.119 we must 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.879 run aground 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:06.480 on some 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.859 island 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:08.559 don't worry 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.000 guys 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.579 we're going 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:09.879 to get 00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:11.139 shipwrecked 00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:12.539 in fact 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.179 the storm 00:17:13.179 --> 00:17:13.599 is only 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:13.899 going to 00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:14.559 get worse 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.379 the threat 00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.979 of sand 00:17:15.979 --> 00:17:16.339 banks 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.959 and rocks 00:17:16.959 --> 00:17:17.419 is going 00:17:17.419 --> 00:17:17.899 to become 00:17:17.899 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spare Paul's 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.220 life 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.620 and kept 00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.000 them from 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.680 carrying out 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.180 their plan 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.079 he ordered 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.559 those who 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.039 could swim 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.559 to jump 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.059 overboard 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:32.319 first and 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.740 get to 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.039 land 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.220 the rest 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.559 were to 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.960 get there 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.640 on planks 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.720 or on 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.240 pieces of 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.680 the ship 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.440 in this 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.819 way 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:41.380 everyone 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:43.079 everyone 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:44.799 reached land 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.559 in safety 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:47.640 life belts 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.620 and life 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.019 boats 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.860 were of 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.519 little use 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.900 in this 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.539 situation 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.799 they needed 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.440 something 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.420 or someone 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.340 that would 00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.820 rescue 00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.200 them 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.820 someone 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.100 who 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.300 would 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.820 save 00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.180 them 00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.440 and God 00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.860 in his 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.279 grace 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.779 enables 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.580 everyone 00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.160 on board 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.759 that ship 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.160 276 of 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.400 them 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.140 to be 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.660 saved 00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:08.660 everything 00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.259 else in 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.940 the story 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.820 suggests 00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.279 that they're 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.720 going to 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.060 die 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:14.059 to be 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.980 saved 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.039 but God's 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.480 word 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.099 is their 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.519 saving 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.960 hope 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:23.179 now I 00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.679 understand 00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:24.700 that this 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.379 salvation 00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:27.319 was primarily 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.039 physical 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.059 and temporal 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.139 it saved 00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.759 their physical 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.339 lives from 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.899 the storm 00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:33.379 and it 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.899 saved them 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.679 in that 00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.279 particular 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.779 storm 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.460 there's no 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.039 suggestion 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.099 or evidence 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.519 that any 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.819 of the 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.119 people 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.659 on board 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.199 became 00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:42.740 followers 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.879 of 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.419 Christ 00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:46.279 I don't 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.519 think 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.059 revival 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.519 broke 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.859 out 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.639 maybe 00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.279 they 00:23:49.279 --> 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--> 00:24:08.599 of God 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:08.919 that he 00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.139 is 00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.039 as he 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.639 speaks 00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.539 he speaks 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.339 to save 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.879 people 00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:14.539 to rescue 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.139 people 00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:17.259 in fact 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.819 we know 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.159 as we 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.539 follow 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.960 through 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.279 acts 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.639 that as 00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:19.960 people 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.659 spoke 00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.379 God's 00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:21.680 word 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.399 people 00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.099 came to 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.220 experience 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.940 salvation 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.659 in a 00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.019 deeper 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.759 and in 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.240 a greater 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.619 way 00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.519 his word 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.339 saves us 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.180 spiritually 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.740 and eternally 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.460 yes he 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.039 saved them 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.480 through the 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.019 storm 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.440 here 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.099 and he 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.639 brought them 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.160 through the 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.720 hurricane 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:39.520 but ultimately 00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:40.520 it is God's 00:24:40.520 --> 00:24:41.259 word that is 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.680 going to 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.640 save us 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.320 from the 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.960 storm 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.100 of God's 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.500 wrath 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.360 and it's 00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.020 his word 00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:47.400 that is 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.840 going to 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.600 save us 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.320 through life 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.800 and bring 00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.140 us 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.360 to our 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.800 eternal 00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.320 home 00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:54.360 God will 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.040 do that 00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:56.980 he speaks 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.440 to give 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.320 people hope 00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.660 and that's 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.000 what we 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.440 have in 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.840 the midst 00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.140 of the 00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.680 storm 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.280 God 00:25:02.280 --> 00:25:02.860 speaking 00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.180 his 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.740 saving 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.200 hope 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.960 to the 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.360 people 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.179 helpless 00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:07.559 and hopeless 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.879 as we 00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.479 may be 00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:11.039 that's the 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.500 power 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:13.359 of God's 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.659 word 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:16.599 so there 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.000 we have 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.439 three 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.159 anchors 00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:20.159 to hold 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.719 on to 00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:22.479 in the 00:25:22.479 --> 00:25:22.979 midst of 00:25:22.979 --> 00:25:23.599 the storm 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.399 in which 00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.979 we're in 00:25:24.979 --> 00:25:26.899 but the 00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.479 question I 00:25:27.479 --> 00:25:27.939 come to 00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.399 here 00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:30.119 and what 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.419 we can 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.240 ask ourselves 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.799 now is 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.439 how does 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.920 this 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.039 become a 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.539 reality 00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.539 for me 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:37.400 how do 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.600 we 00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.680 experience 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.840 what Paul 00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.600 experienced 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.180 not in the 00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.580 sense of 00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.080 how do I 00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.640 manage to 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.039 get into 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.660 a storm 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:45.400 but how 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.140 can God's 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.019 word affect 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.519 me and 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.420 change me 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:50.660 as it 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.059 did to 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.759 Paul and 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.240 those who 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.600 were with 00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:52.840 him 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:55.400 well it 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.740 comes 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.299 simply 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.019 through 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.779 faith 00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:59.319 in what 00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.619 God 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.220 says 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.119 faith 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.720 in what 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:02.980 God 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.299 says 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.619 look at 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.460 verse 25 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:07.420 he says 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.319 keep up 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.259 your courage 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.740 men 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:12.160 for I 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.460 have 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.160 faith 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.079 in God 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.539 that it 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.519 will happen 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.299 just as 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.759 he told 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.039 me 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.680 it will 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.180 happen 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.899 just 00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.740 as he 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.259 told me 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.119 this isn't 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.519 wishful 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.019 thinking 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:28.599 this is 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.180 based on 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.680 the sure 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.220 and certain 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.859 truth that 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.379 God 00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.359 will do 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.059 what he 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.519 said 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.079 he will 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.500 do 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.480 God 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.220 is always 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.980 faithful to 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.420 his word 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.099 he cannot 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.720 contradict 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.359 his word 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.859 he cannot 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.339 forget 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.879 his word 00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.440 he will 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.059 always 00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.720 deliver 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.539 on the 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.019 things 00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.599 that he 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.180 says 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.400 what he 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.759 says 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.139 he will 00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.680 do 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.779 and 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.240 therefore 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.740 we can 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.259 trust 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.680 him 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.700 with our 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.299 lives 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:54.559 but how 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.879 do we 00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.579 do that 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.559 well I 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.980 think this 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.240 is a 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.559 wonderful 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.939 little 00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.740 parable 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.099 it's 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.439 true 00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:00.819 to the 00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.319 story 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.720 but I 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.059 think it's 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.539 also like 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.319 a parable 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.259 showing us 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.480 how we 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.679 can 00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.720 experience 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.159 this same 00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.720 things 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.039 we've got 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.699 to act 00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.379 on his 00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.720 word 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.119 look at 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.799 verse 30 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:17.019 in an 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.519 attempt 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.740 to escape 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.200 from the 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.519 ship 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.740 the 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.200 sailors 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.700 let the 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.299 lifeboat 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.700 down 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.220 into the 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.579 sea 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.039 pretending 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.740 they were 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.240 going to 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.799 lower some 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.339 anchors 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.759 from the 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.039 bow 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:30.119 then Paul 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.599 said to 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.440 the centurion 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.759 and the 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.220 soldiers 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.779 unless 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.720 these men 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.460 stay with 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.039 the ship 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.879 you cannot 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:39.200 be saved 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.200 you see 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.660 God had 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.259 spoken his 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.720 word of 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.200 promise 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.700 hadn't he 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.059 he had 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.640 spoken it 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.259 that God 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.000 had graciously 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.799 given to 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.160 Paul 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.140 everybody who 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.519 was with 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.080 them and 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.360 that they 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.880 would all 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.440 be kept 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.039 safe 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.600 but the 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.100 only way 00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.440 that they 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.740 could experience 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.799 that safety 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.420 the only way 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.080 to make that 00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.660 a reality 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.059 in their 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.559 lives was 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.000 to put 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.460 God's 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.920 word to 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.700 the test 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:04.620 it was 00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.180 only by 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.539 having 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.220 faith 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.000 in what 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.700 God said 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.059 he would 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.319 do 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.980 so you 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.279 put 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.680 yourselves 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.059 in that 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.759 situation 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.740 the storm 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.160 going 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.080 lifeboat 00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.860 God's 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.279 word on 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.580 the other 00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:14.799 side 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.059 saying 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.559 stay in 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.860 the boat 00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.180 you'll be 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.400 kept 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.740 safe 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.440 lifeboat 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.759 what am 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.019 I going 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.380 to do 00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:21.420 verse 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.779 20 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.160 verse 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.700 32 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.900 so the 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.380 soldiers 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.000 cut 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.019 the ropes 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.600 that held 00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.340 the lifeboat 00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.900 and let 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.299 it drift 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.680 away 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.660 you see 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.560 true faith 00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:35.420 holds on 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.800 to what 00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.279 God 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.500 says 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:39.360 it acts 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.100 on what 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.620 God has 00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.140 promised 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.480 it steps 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.820 out 00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.580 when everything 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.019 else is 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.820 saying no 00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:46.460 it allows 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.080 us to take 00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.880 these massive 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.660 steps of 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.519 so called 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.980 risk 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.440 but it's 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.080 not risk 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.960 it's trust 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.380 in what 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.920 God has 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.380 said 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.259 letting go 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.820 of all 00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.160 of our 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.940 securities 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.820 and all 00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.300 the things 00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:57.620 that we 00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.000 want to 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.460 hold on 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.720 to 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:00.180 and trusting 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.500 in the 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.019 very word 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.540 of God 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:05.779 that's 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.099 how we 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.039 experience 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.319 his 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.759 assuring 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.359 comfort 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:10.240 and his 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.759 sustaining 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.440 reminder 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:13.379 and saving 00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.879 hope 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:15.700 in faith 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.500 we act 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.480 on what 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.879 God 00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.859 has said 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:21.220 you see 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.720 Luke could 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.240 have easily 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.799 have written 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.460 and we 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.079 sailed from 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.879 Caesarea to 00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.539 Rome and we 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.159 travelled up 00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:28.159 to meet 00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.619 Caesar 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.099 but he 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.639 didn't 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.440 he wrote 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.660 this 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.560 an amazing 00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:33.300 account 00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.740 this detailed 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.460 account 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.500 an adventure 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:39.759 but it's 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.280 there to 00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:41.000 remind us 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.480 that when 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.420 the storms 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.100 come 00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:45.000 as threats 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.680 come to 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.540 the mission 00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:47.259 of God 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:49.180 when obstacles 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.020 are thrown 00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:51.180 in front of 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.980 us in our 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.340 life 00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.620 it is faith 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.600 in God's 00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:54.980 word 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.460 that will 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.400 keep and 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.020 sustain 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.859 his 00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.480 servants 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:01.019 the anchor 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.440 that we 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.119 need in 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.619 our lives 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.200 when all 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.660 else is 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.480 being tossed 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.440 and thrown 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.879 about 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.160 is the 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.000 rock solid 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.839 certainty 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:10.660 of God's 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.980 word 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.619 this is 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:12.920 where 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.799 our 00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.460 face 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.579 should rest 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.299 and this 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.660 is where 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.440 our eyes 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.740 should be 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.200 focused 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.619 let's pray 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.519 together 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:36.240 our 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.519 father 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.859 God 00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.240 in a 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.839 time 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:40.599 when 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.299 so many 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.839 words 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.480 fail 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.920 us 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:46.039 when 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.240 the 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.599 words 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.180 of others 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.680 whether it 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.039 be the 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.420 government 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.259 and promises 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.759 that they 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.160 make 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:52.259 words 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.799 that just 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.299 fail 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.919 and do 00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.740 not stand 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.159 up 00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:59.019 even our 00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.619 own words 00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.019 fail 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:03.720 we thank 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.019 you for 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.599 the reminder 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.279 this morning 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.879 that your 00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.339 word 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.779 is the 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.359 anchor 00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:11.419 it's what 00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.879 we hold 00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.359 on to 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:15.039 because it 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.579 is sure 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.899 and it 00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.500 is certain 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:18.319 it will 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.759 always 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.480 accomplish 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.259 what you 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.680 say it 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.039 to do 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:25.259 so father 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.899 this morning 00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.220 we 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.139 come to 00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.339 you 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.899 afresh 00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:30.839 forgive 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.319 us 00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.420 for not 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.879 trusting 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.259 you 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:35.480 forgive 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.920 us for 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.519 holding on 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.899 to our 00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.200 own 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.460 little 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.200 securities 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:40.839 help us 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.399 even in 00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.119 that picture 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.440 there 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.879 to cut 00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:45.240 those 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.920 securities 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.079 to cut 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.759 the ropes 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.019 that tie 00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.440 us to 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.720 other 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.319 things 00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.740 and to 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.079 other 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.579 people 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:53.879 and to 00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.279 trust 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.920 completely 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:56.839 in the 00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.220 word of 00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.519 God 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.720 help us 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.039 to do 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.400 that 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.359 sustain us 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.779 and keep 00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.180 us 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.519 as we 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.859 journey 00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.160 through 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.559 life 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.059 whatever 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.660 storm 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.160 may come 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:10.799 and thank 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.119 you that 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.519 you will 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.099 do that 00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:13.299 as you 00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.900 have promised 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.480 in jesus 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.940 name 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.480 amen 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:22.920 we're going 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.180 to