1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:03,840 And and I'll tell you what we're going to talk about. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,000 So as we're going through this, you can kind of have it in, in 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,200 the back of your mind, but how do we weather a storm and we 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,480 hear about it all the time, you know, how do you get through 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,320 trials, you know and and the cliche is if you're not in a 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,920 storm you're going to go through one soon or you just got out of 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,920 1. And so I'm going to steer clear 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,240 of of try to steer clear of of most of the cliches and things 9 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:26,080 that we hear when we're talking about trials. 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:34,040 But I'm not necessarily going to encourage so much that hey, 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,280 everybody goes through it because. 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,760 But that's true. I'm going to talk about tonight 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,680 how do we get through them, how do we weather the storm. 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,480 And and originally I was going to say how do, how do we beat 15 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:46,160 the storm, but I don't think we ever beat it. 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,560 The storm is a storm. It's you didn't beat it. 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,120 You got through it is is a more correct way to put it. 18 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,520 So that's why I titled this How do we, How do we weather the 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,880 storm? And if you go to Acts Chapter 20 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,240 21, our text is going to be in Acts Chapter 27. 21 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,480 But I want to give you a little bit of a a history lesson, so to 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,400 speak, on what what? How do we get to Acts Chapter 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,600 27? What happens? 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,880 And so if you look at the book of Acts, does anybody know who 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,000 wrote the book of Acts? Miss Barbara? 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:19,880 Luke. Very good. 27 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,840 It was a trick question and she wasn't tricked. 28 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,440 They believe it was Luke. It's really an anonymous. 29 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,970 An anonymous author but it's as you go through this and we'll 30 00:01:29,970 --> 00:01:35,690 see this in in chapter 27 he's always saying we and we went 31 00:01:35,730 --> 00:01:38,690 it's not Paul speaking even though though a lot of it's 32 00:01:38,690 --> 00:01:41,410 about Paul. But then that's starting in 33 00:01:41,410 --> 00:01:45,090 about chapter 21. The previous chapters of the 34 00:01:45,090 --> 00:01:49,530 book of Acts are the the book is titled the Acts of the Apostles. 35 00:01:49,530 --> 00:01:52,050 That's why it's called Acts. And I think sometimes, 36 00:01:52,050 --> 00:01:54,570 especially if we grew up in church, you just Matthew, Mark, 37 00:01:54,570 --> 00:01:57,270 Luke, John, Axe, Romans, you don't know what Acts even means 38 00:01:57,270 --> 00:01:59,750 but it's the Acts of the Apostles that are being 39 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:02,990 recorded. And so it's really recording the 40 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:05,270 1st 3 decades of the early church. 41 00:02:05,390 --> 00:02:08,389 And basically then your your timeline for Acts is Acts 42 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:16,590 chapter 8030 to 80, this thing shining in my eye 8030 to 8063, 43 00:02:16,590 --> 00:02:19,910 so about 30 years there. And it's it's talking about the 44 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:23,310 spread of Christianity as as they were persecuted and as the 45 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:27,930 church as believers multiplied. This is all after obviously the 46 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:30,810 ascension of Jesus Christ. Now what happens in chapter two 47 00:02:30,930 --> 00:02:35,330 of Acts? Anybody know Acts chapter two? 48 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:38,130 Yeah. What is it? 49 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:42,610 It's Pentecost. It's Pentecost and I believe 50 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:43,890 that's the the start of the church. 51 00:02:44,170 --> 00:02:48,250 Acts chapter two, we have Pentecost and But but Jesus is 52 00:02:48,250 --> 00:02:52,730 gone at that point. And so then the rest of up to 53 00:02:52,850 --> 00:02:56,970 chapter 21, it's detailing and the book. 54 00:02:56,970 --> 00:03:00,930 The Bible's like this in all of its books. 55 00:03:00,970 --> 00:03:03,490 It's not a comprehensive church history. 56 00:03:04,370 --> 00:03:07,290 It's not every little detail of everything that happened in the 57 00:03:07,290 --> 00:03:11,890 early church, but it. But it's a focusing on Peter's 58 00:03:11,890 --> 00:03:14,970 ministry. And who was Peter primarily 59 00:03:14,970 --> 00:03:18,490 ministering to? You don't have to raise your 60 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:22,840 hand, just just shout the Jews And then it talks about Paul's 61 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,360 ministry and he was primarily to the Gentiles okay so in Acts 62 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,920 Chapter 21 and we're going to pick up right there and this is 63 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,240 where we're going to go through some history. 64 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,040 This doesn't have so much to do with our our message tonight as 65 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,280 much as it has to do with how did Paul get in the situation 66 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,240 he's in, in Chapter 27. So we're going to look at it 67 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,960 very quickly. So Acts 21 versus one through 9. 68 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,480 You may have headings in your Bibles. 69 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,890 If you do I'm pretty much following those but not not 70 00:03:52,370 --> 00:03:56,050 100%. But versus one through 9, we see 71 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:59,210 they make a stop and you'll you'll see this if you're going 72 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:02,410 through there, they make a stop at tire and I was going to give 73 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:05,770 you all a map that you may have one in your Bible of this trip. 74 00:04:06,050 --> 00:04:11,850 This this is where Paul is, is getting ready to head to Rome. 75 00:04:11,850 --> 00:04:13,730 I'm going to jump the gun. But he's heading to Rome. 76 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:18,510 Okay because he's been he's getting ready to go on trial in 77 00:04:18,510 --> 00:04:19,870 Rome. So versus one through 9 they 78 00:04:19,870 --> 00:04:22,029 stop at tire they fellowship with the brethren. 79 00:04:22,390 --> 00:04:27,110 And these brethren warn Paul and look at verse 3. 80 00:04:27,110 --> 00:04:29,070 Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it. 81 00:04:29,390 --> 00:04:32,470 We left it on the left hand and sailed into Syria and landed at 82 00:04:32,470 --> 00:04:34,110 tire. For the other ship was to unlaid 83 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:37,750 her burden and finding disciples we tarried there seven days who 84 00:04:37,750 --> 00:04:40,510 said to Paul through the spirit that he should not go up to 85 00:04:40,510 --> 00:04:42,830 Jerusalem. So verses one through 9, we have 86 00:04:42,830 --> 00:04:47,080 these Christian brothers saying, hey, I wouldn't go to Jerusalem, 87 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,120 maybe it's because they knew how how much persecution was 88 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,960 happening, but the church there is a church in Jerusalem, so 89 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,600 they're still making headway. Now remember the Church of 90 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,400 Jerusalem was primarily to focusing on the Jews, right, 91 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,120 Peter and James. And so they may not have had but 92 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,200 so much opposition. Now granted, they oppose Jesus 93 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,620 Christ to the point of death, so it wasn't like it was easy 94 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:15,340 sailing, but they were very much focused on the Jews. 95 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:18,740 And so maybe, maybe they saw it as a help, kind of like we see 96 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:21,700 in the world today. We don't want religion, but they 97 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,420 help us, so we'll allow them to to stay. 98 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:28,980 Then in verses 10 through 16, you see another prophet in verse 99 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:32,940 10, as we tarried there many days there came down from Judea, 100 00:05:32,940 --> 00:05:36,060 a certain prophet named Agabis. And what did Agabis do? 101 00:05:37,150 --> 00:05:41,150 He takes that cloak and he binds Paul's hands and says whoever's 102 00:05:41,150 --> 00:05:43,830 hands are bound by this cloak, you're gonna have problems in 103 00:05:43,830 --> 00:05:45,870 Jerusalem. Basically, he's prophesying 104 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:48,030 you're gonna get to Jerusalem and you're gonna have issues. 105 00:05:48,630 --> 00:05:51,750 That's in verses 10 through 16, verse 17. 106 00:05:51,750 --> 00:05:56,630 Still in chapter 21, verse 17, the Brethren, which James is 107 00:05:56,630 --> 00:05:57,950 there. This is interesting because 108 00:05:57,950 --> 00:05:59,350 we're going through the book of James. 109 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:03,110 But when verse 17, when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren 110 00:06:03,110 --> 00:06:06,070 received us gladly, so they're warned not to go. 111 00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:08,430 They show up anyway. And verse 18 and the day 112 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:11,910 following, Paul went in with us unto James and all the elders 113 00:06:11,910 --> 00:06:14,830 were present. So James is the same James that 114 00:06:14,830 --> 00:06:16,390 we're talking about in the book of James. 115 00:06:17,190 --> 00:06:22,750 He's the the pastor there. So James welcomes Paul, and 116 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:28,490 warns him of headhunters that are made threats that were made, 117 00:06:28,490 --> 00:06:31,450 because they think he's teaching to forsake the teachings of 118 00:06:31,450 --> 00:06:35,170 Moses. And we see that in verse 21. 119 00:06:35,290 --> 00:06:38,690 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews 120 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:41,890 which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they 121 00:06:41,890 --> 00:06:44,250 ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after 122 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:46,530 the customs. What is it there for? 123 00:06:46,530 --> 00:06:49,370 The multitude must needs come together, for they will hear 124 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:51,530 that thou art come. So these are the elders at 125 00:06:51,530 --> 00:06:54,830 Jerusalem, and they're telling Paul this is what they think 126 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:57,310 you're teaching. Now, was Paul teaching that? 127 00:06:57,710 --> 00:07:00,590 No, he wasn't telling the Jews, don't, don't circumcise your 128 00:07:00,590 --> 00:07:01,630 kids. He was your boys. 129 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:04,030 He was saying it's not necessary for salvation. 130 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:07,230 That's all he was saying. But remember, Paul is going to 131 00:07:07,230 --> 00:07:11,870 the Gentiles. So remember, Paul withstands 132 00:07:11,870 --> 00:07:15,790 Peter to the face because a big part of that was he was, he was 133 00:07:15,790 --> 00:07:18,270 fine with Gentiles getting saved until the Jews opposed him. 134 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:19,430 And then Peter was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. 135 00:07:19,430 --> 00:07:22,730 It's not for the Gentiles. And Paul with stands goes to 136 00:07:22,730 --> 00:07:26,450 Peter and to his face says you're wrong and that was a part 137 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:29,370 of this so that but then they warned him hey there are Jews, 138 00:07:29,570 --> 00:07:32,010 unsaved Jews. Obviously they want you dead 139 00:07:32,490 --> 00:07:35,810 because they think you're teaching against what Moses 140 00:07:35,810 --> 00:07:40,050 taught us to do. Then we see in verse 27 Paul is 141 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:45,260 arrested. And look at that real quick. 142 00:07:45,260 --> 00:07:48,700 And when the seven days, verse 27, were almost ended, Paul 143 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:50,980 takes a vow. Remember they said, hey, there's 144 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:54,260 four, four guys, I think it's four that have taken this vow. 145 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:55,980 They've shaved their heads, they've taken this vow. 146 00:07:56,060 --> 00:08:00,980 You need to at least show that you're attempting to be a part 147 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,380 of the Jews and you're not. You don't hate us or completely 148 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:06,580 or against us. So take that vow with them. 149 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:09,180 That's what this is saying in verse 27, when the seven days 150 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:12,250 were almost ended, the Jews, which were of Asia when they saw 151 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:14,650 him in the temple, stirred up all the people and laid hands on 152 00:08:14,650 --> 00:08:16,890 him crying out. Men of Israel help. 153 00:08:17,410 --> 00:08:20,570 This is the man that teaches all men everywhere against the 154 00:08:20,570 --> 00:08:23,690 people in the law in this place. And further brought Greeks also 155 00:08:23,690 --> 00:08:25,730 into the temple, and if polluted, this holy place. 156 00:08:25,730 --> 00:08:29,130 They're crying out against Paul. Now Paul addresses that later. 157 00:08:29,130 --> 00:08:30,810 He says, I didn't take anybody into the temple. 158 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:35,890 Now I can only imagine that when Paul is traveling, he had some 159 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:38,809 Gentiles with him and they saw him in the street. 160 00:08:38,809 --> 00:08:42,960 If you read through this these chapters, they saw Paul in the 161 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,720 street with the gentile near to the temple and just assumed he 162 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,760 took him in the temple and that's what they're ready to 163 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,120 kill him about over here in verse verse 28. 164 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:59,080 But then verse still in verses 27 through 36 the he's beaten 165 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,480 almost almost killed see verse 30. 166 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,600 And all the city was moved and the people ran together and they 167 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,000 took Paul and drew him out of the temple. 168 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,240 And forth with the doors were shut. 169 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,370 And as they went about to kill him, the Hidings came under the 170 00:09:10,370 --> 00:09:13,610 chief captain of the band which was Julius, that all Jerusalem 171 00:09:13,610 --> 00:09:17,290 was in an upper. So they get Julius, hey, all 172 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:19,370 Jerusalem's in an upper where they're trying to kill Paul. 173 00:09:19,370 --> 00:09:22,410 And that's really the only thing that saved Paul's life is this 174 00:09:22,410 --> 00:09:26,090 Roman comes down and puts an end to it. 175 00:09:26,090 --> 00:09:32,500 So verse 37 through chapter 22 and verse 21, we see Paul is 176 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,580 granted permission to speak. And this is where we get the 177 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:37,180 testimonies of Paul. You know, when when Paul talks 178 00:09:37,180 --> 00:09:39,380 about the road to Damascus, that's where we see these 179 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:42,540 testimonies. And what he's doing is telling, 180 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:46,660 giving these men his testimony of, hey, I'm a Christian, I'm 181 00:09:46,660 --> 00:09:51,380 doing, I'm, I am not opposing what Moses taught. 182 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:54,020 I'm telling you that Jesus Christ fulfilled that and you'll 183 00:09:54,020 --> 00:09:57,040 see that all the way through. Well verse. 184 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,640 Starting in verse 37 of 21 Paul hat gets permission to speak. 185 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,080 It's also interesting he starts speaking he asks permission in 186 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,200 Greek and and the Julius the chief captain says canst thou 187 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,400 speak Greek? Art thou not the Egyptian which 188 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,240 before they so they don't even know who he is. 189 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,640 That's that's what's going on here. 190 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:20,320 Is this all Jerusalem's in an uproar and this chief captain 191 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,520 comes down, thinks he's this Egyptian guy. 192 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,240 Verse 38. Art not the thou the Egyptian, 193 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,240 which before these days made an uproar and let us out into the 194 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,640 wilderness. 4000 men that were murderers and Paul's. 195 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:32,360 Bradley. What are you? 196 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,520 What are you talking about? Verse 39. 197 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,800 I'm a man which I'm a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Silicia, a 198 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,600 citizen of no mean city. And I'd be he suffered me to 199 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,200 speak unto the people. So he's like, I'm not sure what 200 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,720 you mean by the Egyptian guy, but no, I'm not him. 201 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,480 So now this chief captain is going well, Who is this guy? 202 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,510 And he speaks Greek too. So then verse 40, Paul starts 203 00:10:53,510 --> 00:10:56,470 speaking in the end of verse 40. He spake unto them in the Hebrew 204 00:10:56,470 --> 00:11:00,270 tongue so that, well, now they hear him speaking in Hebrew 205 00:11:00,270 --> 00:11:03,110 starting in chapter 22. And they they're silent because 206 00:11:03,110 --> 00:11:05,710 they're like, Oh well, man, he maybe he is one of us because 207 00:11:05,710 --> 00:11:07,910 he's speaking in Hebrew. And we see that all the way 208 00:11:07,910 --> 00:11:12,710 through chapter verse 21 of chapter 22 that Paul is giving 209 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:17,510 them his conversion testimony. And and but then in verse 22 of 210 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:21,010 chapter 22 they gave him audience unto this word, and 211 00:11:21,010 --> 00:11:23,170 then lifted up their voices and said away with such a fellow 212 00:11:23,170 --> 00:11:25,250 from the earth where it does not fit that he should live. 213 00:11:25,570 --> 00:11:27,210 They, they, they try to kill him again. 214 00:11:27,210 --> 00:11:31,370 And then you see him. Verse 22 through 30, Paul is 215 00:11:31,370 --> 00:11:33,970 spared a beating due to his Roman citizenship. 216 00:11:34,930 --> 00:11:38,210 So everything we know about Paul, this is all coming into 217 00:11:38,210 --> 00:11:41,650 play all at one time. In this one story, they get 218 00:11:41,650 --> 00:11:45,050 ready to go take him into this castle to beat him, and say 219 00:11:45,050 --> 00:11:46,890 what? Who are you and what are you 220 00:11:46,890 --> 00:11:48,330 doing? They're going to beat him and 221 00:11:48,330 --> 00:11:50,530 they get ready to whip him. And he says, you sure you want 222 00:11:50,530 --> 00:11:54,210 to do that to a Roman citizen? And you see that in verses 2222 223 00:11:54,210 --> 00:11:57,730 through 30, the chief camp chief captain answered with a great 224 00:11:57,730 --> 00:12:01,250 sum or verse 26 When the centurion heard that, he went 225 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:02,810 and told the chief captain saying, take heed. 226 00:12:02,810 --> 00:12:04,370 What I'll do is this man is a Roman. 227 00:12:04,930 --> 00:12:07,570 And then the chief captain comes back and said unto him, tell me, 228 00:12:07,570 --> 00:12:09,290 art thou a Roman? He says, yes. 229 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:11,970 Chief captain answers, How are you a Roman? 230 00:12:12,210 --> 00:12:17,250 So we're getting to chapter 27. So we go to chapter 23 now, call 231 00:12:17,250 --> 00:12:19,930 addresses the Jewish Council, and if you read through this, 232 00:12:20,130 --> 00:12:23,930 it's almost the identical story, the identical testimony that he 233 00:12:23,930 --> 00:12:26,690 just gave to the Hebrews while he's standing on that step. 234 00:12:26,730 --> 00:12:29,290 After they just beat him literally half to death. 235 00:12:30,530 --> 00:12:33,850 Verse chapter 23 verses one through 11, he addresses the 236 00:12:33,850 --> 00:12:37,660 Jews the Jewish council which was made of Sadists and 237 00:12:37,660 --> 00:12:39,380 Pharisees. And he pits them against each 238 00:12:39,380 --> 00:12:42,460 other because Sadists don't believe in the resurrection that 239 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:45,340 Pharisees do and he gets them going against each other. 240 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:47,660 And he actually has the Pharisees trying to spare his 241 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:53,540 life in verses one through 11. Then we see in verses 12 through 242 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:58,310 35. All right, so verse 10. 243 00:12:58,310 --> 00:13:00,750 And when there arose a great dissension, the Keith chief 244 00:13:00,750 --> 00:13:03,670 captain fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by 245 00:13:03,670 --> 00:13:06,670 the sad disease and Pharisees commanded the soldiers go down 246 00:13:06,670 --> 00:13:09,230 and take him by force from among them and bring him into the 247 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:12,670 castle. Then in verse 12, when it was 248 00:13:12,670 --> 00:13:15,190 day, certain of the Jews banded together and bound themselves 249 00:13:15,190 --> 00:13:17,670 under a curse saying that they would neither eat nor drink till 250 00:13:17,670 --> 00:13:20,430 they had killed Paul. And there were more than 40 251 00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:23,350 which made this conspiracy. So Paul hears about this and he 252 00:13:23,350 --> 00:13:27,630 actually gets his nephew, I believe to go down and tell the 253 00:13:27,630 --> 00:13:29,590 chief captain, hey, they're going to kill him. 254 00:13:29,870 --> 00:13:32,430 You need to get him out safely undercover of night. 255 00:13:32,430 --> 00:13:37,030 And we see that happen in verses 12 through 35 of chapter 23. 256 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:41,350 Because he's a Roman citizen. This chief captain says, OK, I'm 257 00:13:41,350 --> 00:13:43,350 going to spare his life. I don't want a Roman citizen 258 00:13:43,350 --> 00:13:45,430 dying on my watch. I'm going to get him out of 259 00:13:45,430 --> 00:13:47,390 here. And you see that Verse 22. 260 00:13:47,510 --> 00:13:50,230 So the chief captain then let the young man depart and charged 261 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:51,550 him. See thou tell no man that thou 262 00:13:51,590 --> 00:13:53,890 showed these things to me. He called on to him two 263 00:13:53,890 --> 00:13:57,490 centurions verse 23, saying make ready 200 soldiers to go to 264 00:13:57,490 --> 00:14:02,130 cessaria and horsemen 3 score and 10 and Spearman 200 at the 265 00:14:02,410 --> 00:14:04,290 third hour of the night. And provide them beasts that 266 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:06,490 they may set Paul on and bring him on to Felix the governor. 267 00:14:06,490 --> 00:14:10,810 So this guy's like saying get him out of Jerusalem and set him 268 00:14:10,810 --> 00:14:12,930 under. Take him to Cessaria and set him 269 00:14:12,930 --> 00:14:16,090 under Felix because and let Felix deal with it. 270 00:14:16,090 --> 00:14:17,650 I don't want to deal with this guy anymore. 271 00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:20,090 He's he's he's Hebrew. He's a Greek. 272 00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:22,730 He's a Roman citizen. And I don't even know who he is. 273 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,560 Let Felix deal with him. So that's what we see in verse 274 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,360 24. Paul then speaks before Felix 275 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:34,040 and he's on trial and and it's interesting in verse 27. 276 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,080 But after two years Porsches hold on 26. 277 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,800 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, 278 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,400 that he might lose him. Wherefore he sent for him the 279 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,680 oftener and commune with him. Felix is just a crooked 280 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,340 politician, is what he is. He's talking to Paul over the 281 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:56,940 course of two years, often just trying to get money he thinks he 282 00:14:56,940 --> 00:14:59,300 doesn't know. They don't know who Paul is, so 283 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:01,180 he's thinking this guy must be important. 284 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,860 He says they're in there. In his testimony. 285 00:15:03,860 --> 00:15:06,820 I sat under Gamalio in Jerusalem, so they don't know 286 00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:09,020 who Paul is. He must be important. 287 00:15:09,220 --> 00:15:12,060 And it says that he's trying to get money out of Paul for two 288 00:15:12,060 --> 00:15:13,940 years. He's incessoria. 289 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:19,500 And then in verse 27, Festus takes over for Felix. 290 00:15:20,530 --> 00:15:23,490 But after two years Porsches Festus came into Felix's room 291 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:24,930 and feel. And what that means is he took 292 00:15:24,930 --> 00:15:28,490 his spot and Felix, willing to show the Jews of pleasure, left 293 00:15:28,490 --> 00:15:31,730 Paul bound. So he leaves him bound again. 294 00:15:32,130 --> 00:15:38,170 And finally in verse in chapter 25, verses 21 through 12, 295 00:15:38,450 --> 00:15:42,290 because Festus isn't, is not listening to what Paul has to 296 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:43,610 say. He's the pro Council there in 297 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:47,090 Cesarea. And he finally says, I want to 298 00:15:47,090 --> 00:15:50,010 talk to, I want to talk to, I'm appealing to Caesar. 299 00:15:50,010 --> 00:15:51,730 So verse 12. Then Festus, when he had 300 00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:54,090 conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed 301 00:15:54,090 --> 00:15:56,330 unto Caesar, unto Caesar thou shalt go. 302 00:15:56,570 --> 00:16:00,890 And it's kind of like, best thing I can figure is, is Kevin 303 00:16:00,890 --> 00:16:03,650 will probably understand this better than me, even is when 304 00:16:03,650 --> 00:16:08,210 you're, you know, in in, in a police station being 305 00:16:08,330 --> 00:16:11,730 interrogated, not just interviewed, but interrogated. 306 00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:13,010 And you say, I want to talk to my lawyer. 307 00:16:13,450 --> 00:16:15,410 All right, that's it. That's what happens here in 308 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:17,890 verse 12. I want to talk, I want to appeal 309 00:16:17,890 --> 00:16:19,610 to Caesar. They say okay, then you're going 310 00:16:19,690 --> 00:16:21,290 to, then to Caesar, you're going to go. 311 00:16:21,650 --> 00:16:27,970 And we're getting to chapter 27. So chapter 25 verses 23 through 312 00:16:27,970 --> 00:16:33,370 chapter 26, verse 32, Paul. This is where Paul talks to 313 00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:37,090 Agrippa, King Agrippa. Paul was not trying to get 314 00:16:37,090 --> 00:16:40,970 Agrippa to free him. He had already appealed to 315 00:16:40,970 --> 00:16:42,850 Caesar. But Agrippa said, I want to talk 316 00:16:42,850 --> 00:16:44,570 to him. I want to see what what happened 317 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,540 here. And if you look at verse 32 of 318 00:16:46,540 --> 00:16:51,500 chapter 26, that's where. Right here at the end is where 319 00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:54,540 Agrippa says, hey, you've almost persuaded me to be a Christian. 320 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:57,660 And Festus in verse 24, Festus said with a loud voice Paul 321 00:16:57,660 --> 00:17:00,020 Thauer beside thyself. Much learning doesn't make thee 322 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:03,220 mad. But in verse 2627, King Agrippa, 323 00:17:03,820 --> 00:17:06,099 verse 28, King Agrippa said, almost. 324 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:08,220 Thou has persuaded me to be a Christian. 325 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,819 But then look at verse 32. Then said Agrippa. 326 00:17:10,819 --> 00:17:13,740 Under Festus this man might have been set at liberty if he'd not 327 00:17:13,740 --> 00:17:16,859 appealed unto Caesar. So Grippa is convinced he's not 328 00:17:16,859 --> 00:17:18,660 guilty of anything. I had to let him go, if he 329 00:17:18,660 --> 00:17:21,500 hadn't appealed to Caesar. And now we get to chapter 27. 330 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:24,540 And this is where our text starts. 331 00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,740 And I would like to read the whole passage, but the whole 332 00:17:26,740 --> 00:17:29,620 chapter, but I don't have time. So verse 27, when it was 333 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:32,700 determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul 334 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,180 and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius a centurion of 335 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,390 Augustus's band. And entering into a ship, they 336 00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:41,910 start the journey to Rome. All right. 337 00:17:41,990 --> 00:17:44,750 So this is out of Cesaria. This is where they're coming out 338 00:17:44,750 --> 00:17:50,390 of. And anyways here we see that 339 00:17:50,390 --> 00:17:55,870 Paul when Paul's getting ready to to head to Rome almost 340 00:17:55,870 --> 00:17:59,470 immediately very early on they get into this storm and and 341 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:00,950 that's what we're going to talk about tonight. 342 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:03,030 And I don't know if I prayed if I didn't we're going to pray 343 00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:04,950 right now. And that was the introduction 344 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:07,750 and we're going to get into it and and it will go quickly 345 00:18:07,750 --> 00:18:09,760 through it tonight. Father, I thank you for this day 346 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,920 you've given us. And I pray that as we look at 347 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,280 the storms here that Paul was involved in that we can apply 348 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,600 them straight to our lives. Now we're going to go through 349 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,800 storms. We know that. 350 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:25,280 And I pray that we would take these, these steps to be able to 351 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,760 weather the storm come out on the other side stronger but also 352 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,080 to come out on the other side. God, I pray that you would help 353 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,520 us as we do go through these storms. 354 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,760 Got some of some are in them right now. 355 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,860 And I pray that this will be an encouragement and and got just a 356 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:43,860 instruction for how do we get through these storms? 357 00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:47,380 In Jesus name I pray Amen. Look at verse 13. 358 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:51,180 I couldn't help but think this as I was reading chapter 27 359 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:55,540 verse 13 and when the South wind blew softly supposing that they 360 00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:58,900 had obtained their purpose losing thence they sailed close 361 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:00,980 by Creek. Now before this, Paul says, 362 00:19:00,980 --> 00:19:03,900 don't. I wouldn't go now to to Rome. 363 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:07,540 And the and the captain of the ship says I know better and they 364 00:19:07,540 --> 00:19:10,580 get ready to go. And a S wind blew softly. 365 00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:13,660 And I couldn't help but thinking, you know, a S wind is 366 00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:15,780 when you're sitting in church and somebody's preaching and 367 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,500 you're agreeing with everything. Hey, man, I agree with that. 368 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:21,260 That's the South wind. It's really, really easy sailing 369 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,740 if you've never had your faith tested. 370 00:19:25,580 --> 00:19:28,700 You don't know what your faith actually is yet. 371 00:19:28,860 --> 00:19:30,220 That's what. That's the only thing I can 372 00:19:30,220 --> 00:19:33,180 think of here in 13, Wyatt. When the South wind blew softly, 373 00:19:33,180 --> 00:19:36,150 they were like, hey, let's roll, this weather's good, but the 374 00:19:36,150 --> 00:19:40,510 South wind was blowing in this this storm because of verse 14. 375 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:44,790 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind 376 00:19:44,990 --> 00:19:49,230 called Euroclydon or Euroclydon. And when the ship was caught, it 377 00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:52,790 could not bear up into the wind. We let her drive. 378 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:55,790 And so I want to ask a question tonight. 379 00:19:56,910 --> 00:19:59,270 How many of you like thunderstorms? 380 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:02,390 How many of you like them? I I figured lots of people like 381 00:20:02,390 --> 00:20:05,840 them. How many of you like being stuck 382 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,960 in a thunderstorm? Not very many. 383 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,840 We like watching the storm from the outside, from the inside, I 384 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,440 suppose. From inside our house, where 385 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,680 we're nice and dry, we know the thunders. 386 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Outside it's booming. Our houses have been made to 387 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,880 withstand all the the the lightning and all the rest of 388 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,840 that. We're all grounded and 389 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,760 everything else. But when you're it's a 390 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,920 completely different thing when you're outside standing in the 391 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,840 storm, right? And I think we often judge 392 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,940 people going through a storm when we're watching it. 393 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:37,620 You know, we see somebody going through a storm. 394 00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:39,180 Like, why doesn't he just do this? 395 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:42,380 Why does he just do that? It's a lot different when we're 396 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:45,260 in the storm. So that's kind of a side note. 397 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,980 Be careful to judge somebody that's in a storm. 398 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,060 We don't really know what they're going through. 399 00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:53,300 But remember also that God puts us through storms so that we can 400 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,900 help others when they go through their storm. 401 00:20:56,060 --> 00:21:03,070 So don't forget that either. But we go through all different 402 00:21:03,070 --> 00:21:05,470 kinds of storms in our life and I'm going to hurry through. 403 00:21:05,790 --> 00:21:10,470 We go through spiritual storms, mental storms, physical storms 404 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:14,830 with our physical health, financial storms, emotional 405 00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:18,310 storms, and we see there in verse 14. 406 00:21:18,390 --> 00:21:21,510 Normally when those storms come, we're not expecting them. 407 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:23,910 They come up on us as a surprise. 408 00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:27,190 The South wind is blowing, Everything is smooth. 409 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:29,980 And then all of a sudden we're in the middle of a storm and 410 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:33,420 it's too late to turn back. We've made the decisions going, 411 00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:36,500 you know, too long. Now we can't get back to where 412 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,420 to the shore. And so now we have to deal with 413 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:43,540 the storm and how do we do that? And I wrote this down too often. 414 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:48,820 Storms are of our own making. Not all of them, but often 415 00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:52,220 storms are of our own making. Think about in the area of 416 00:21:52,220 --> 00:21:57,420 finances, you know, we have to have these things, or we we have 417 00:21:57,420 --> 00:22:02,460 to, or we make a poor investment decision and get ourselves into 418 00:22:02,540 --> 00:22:06,300 a financial storm. Think about anonycence of fire. 419 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:09,140 That was completely, 100% of their own making. 420 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:12,900 Now they didn't make it out of the storm, but that was a 421 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:17,040 completely of their own making. Think about marriage issues, I 422 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,640 think. I think This is why it's so 423 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,360 important for our young people to understand, you know, the 424 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,800 principles of the Bible. We do not marry unbelievers. 425 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,520 I don't care how good looking they are, how nice they are. 426 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,400 You cannot marry an unbeliever. And we have that example. 427 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,720 Look at Samson, Samson tells his dad. 428 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,760 Go get me that woman. They're pretty or whatever his 429 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,360 reason was. It happens. 430 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,560 And at the end of Samson, they ended up killing him. 431 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:42,920 And before they killed him, he was a. 432 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,530 He was a like a clown in the circus that they had a party and 433 00:22:46,530 --> 00:22:49,690 they wanted Samson to come so they could make fun of him and 434 00:22:49,690 --> 00:22:52,770 laugh at him. But sometimes marriage issues 435 00:22:52,770 --> 00:22:57,250 are of our own making, sometimes our children, of our having 436 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:59,650 issues with our children are of our own making. 437 00:22:59,650 --> 00:23:04,570 Think of Eli and his sons. I mean, his sons were wicked, 438 00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:08,730 wicked men. And Eli, the Bible says Eli let 439 00:23:08,730 --> 00:23:10,850 them do that. He just didn't correct them. 440 00:23:11,620 --> 00:23:13,540 Maybe sometimes it's because we know better. 441 00:23:13,580 --> 00:23:15,900 I'm not going to spank my kids. I'm not going to do that. 442 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:19,500 I don't think that's what does the Bible say, You know, So 443 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,500 sometimes those storms are of our own making. 444 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:24,860 And having said all that, sometimes storms are not of our 445 00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:27,260 own making either. Sometimes they just, they they 446 00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:30,620 come on us and we have to know how to get through them. 447 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:34,300 So here's four things, four things quickly, how do we get 448 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:36,580 through? How do we weather a storm? 449 00:23:36,820 --> 00:23:40,740 Look at chapter 27, verse, verse 18, and I think these are very, 450 00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:44,860 very clear in this passage. How did Paul get through this 451 00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:46,540 storm? Verse 18, and we being 452 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:48,060 exceedingly tossed with The Tempest. 453 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:53,060 The next day they lightened the ship and the third day we cast 454 00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:55,340 out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 455 00:23:56,180 --> 00:23:58,900 And then we see it again later. They have, they eat, and then 456 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,460 they toss out the rest of the wheat. 457 00:24:00,620 --> 00:24:02,580 They're trying to lighten the ship. 458 00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:05,000 And I think it's something we can apply. 459 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,840 I mean, you you see in Jonah, when Jonah gets on that ship and 460 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,600 they get into a storm, almost immediately, they toss 461 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,400 everything that's that they don't need off the ship. 462 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,080 It's it's a practice that's been been used often. 463 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,600 And I can't help but thinking, you know, sometimes when we 464 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:27,400 start into our journey or we start into an endeavor, we're 465 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,040 carrying so much stuff. I remember we had a guy that 466 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,800 went camping with us one time. Now remember the men's camp out 467 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,420 in Pennsylvania? This is a Thursday night, 468 00:24:35,420 --> 00:24:37,500 basically Thursday evening, Friday. 469 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:41,180 And then we come home Saturday and I'm, I'm, I'm not kidding. 470 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:44,060 This guy had like 10 bags of stuff. 471 00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:46,660 And I we were laughing at him and he was laughing about it 472 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:48,140 too. But we were like, what is in 473 00:24:48,140 --> 00:24:49,820 there? And he had, I mean, he had 474 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:52,660 everything you could think of for camping and probably eight 475 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:54,060 of the bags stayed in the trailer. 476 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:57,020 They never got opened. All right, now if he was 477 00:24:57,020 --> 00:24:59,500 traveling, this happened all the time when when people would go 478 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:03,890 West too, they would carry cases of books and chests full of you 479 00:25:03,890 --> 00:25:08,330 know, China and it when it got tough, they would just toss it. 480 00:25:08,450 --> 00:25:11,450 It's not important anymore. I think that's what we see here 481 00:25:11,450 --> 00:25:13,850 with Paul and he's not the one tossing stuff out. 482 00:25:13,850 --> 00:25:17,290 But it's a principle that we can we can apply to our lives. 483 00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:20,930 Lighten the shit. Sometimes I can't help but 484 00:25:20,930 --> 00:25:24,050 thinking of Hebrews chapter 12. The weight, right? 485 00:25:24,730 --> 00:25:28,770 Lay aside the weight and the sin which so easily besett us and 486 00:25:30,270 --> 00:25:33,790 the the these. These things are not again 487 00:25:33,790 --> 00:25:36,950 necessarily bad and I think it's very easily applied to Hebrews 488 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:38,990 chapter 12 verse one. Those weights are not 489 00:25:38,990 --> 00:25:41,630 necessarily sins because then he says and the sin. 490 00:25:42,390 --> 00:25:45,230 So what are those weights? What weights can we. 491 00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:47,990 Some of them may be sin, but what are those weights that we 492 00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:50,230 can cast off? And I'm gonna just kind of read 493 00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:51,830 through. I have lots of stuff underneath 494 00:25:51,830 --> 00:25:53,750 them, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna skip through. 495 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:59,350 But how about unforgiveness when you're going through a storm? 496 00:26:00,170 --> 00:26:02,050 I mentioned it this morning in Sunday school. 497 00:26:02,690 --> 00:26:05,450 But there are people that will hold grudges. 498 00:26:05,450 --> 00:26:08,730 They'll hold bitterness against somebody else for for years and 499 00:26:08,730 --> 00:26:10,530 years, decades. They'll die with it. 500 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:14,450 And I am not forgiving them because they did whatever to me. 501 00:26:15,090 --> 00:26:17,290 When you're going through a storm, I mean, we have very 502 00:26:17,290 --> 00:26:19,730 clear instruction in the Bible to forgive. 503 00:26:20,610 --> 00:26:22,330 That's something we can cast off. 504 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:25,930 There's no reason to carry that extra weight when we're going 505 00:26:25,930 --> 00:26:28,250 through a storm. Second thing is fear. 506 00:26:29,050 --> 00:26:31,050 I think fear is a magnifying glass. 507 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:35,090 Things that are really not that big a deal when we're when we're 508 00:26:35,090 --> 00:26:39,490 going through a storm and that fear is not it magnifies those 509 00:26:39,490 --> 00:26:46,050 little things. I was thinking of fear when I 510 00:26:46,050 --> 00:26:48,010 was younger. I was probably, I don't know 511 00:26:48,010 --> 00:26:49,890 eight or eight, eight years old probably. 512 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:52,770 And I think I've mentioned this before but my dad used to make 513 00:26:52,770 --> 00:26:54,930 us run. I say make we were. 514 00:26:54,930 --> 00:26:59,700 We would run 5 k's, three 3.1 miles. 515 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:03,420 And we were, we were in the summertime, we would practice 516 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:07,420 every day and my dad would get home almost every day from work 517 00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:08,540 and say, hey, did you guys run yet? 518 00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:10,980 No, Sir. All right, get you running 519 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:12,940 clothes on and make sure you get your running. 520 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,060 Well, the worst thing that that could possibly happen is if he 521 00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:19,100 forgot to ask, because it didn't matter what time of the day it 522 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,340 was when he finally remembered. Hey, did you guys run? 523 00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:23,260 No, Sir. Go run. 524 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:26,460 Well, one one night it happened and it was dark outside already 525 00:27:26,950 --> 00:27:29,230 and it was a little course that we run a mile and a half out and 526 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:32,510 a mile and a half back. And both of my brothers, they 527 00:27:32,510 --> 00:27:35,150 probably wouldn't admit it, but they were about the same speed. 528 00:27:35,150 --> 00:27:36,430 They could keep up with each other. 529 00:27:36,430 --> 00:27:38,990 But I was little Pastor's 4 years older than me. 530 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,790 And when you're 8 years old, a 12 year old's way faster than 531 00:27:41,790 --> 00:27:45,070 you. And I just remember that I don't 532 00:27:45,070 --> 00:27:48,510 know what our time was, but I'm sure I beat my time by far 533 00:27:48,790 --> 00:27:53,610 because when they took off I was not letting them get get out of 534 00:27:53,610 --> 00:27:56,010 my sight. You know, the dark, the fear is 535 00:27:56,010 --> 00:27:57,970 a magnifying gas. There's nothing in the weeds. 536 00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:01,930 I run by that all the time. But in the dark when that fear 537 00:28:02,530 --> 00:28:05,930 is chasing you and and you know it's right behind you. 538 00:28:06,210 --> 00:28:10,330 Same thing with the storms. Set that fear aside them and and 539 00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:14,250 Jesus tells us that in first Peter 57. 540 00:28:14,410 --> 00:28:18,690 Or Peter tells us that casting all your care upon him, cast it 541 00:28:18,690 --> 00:28:21,720 on him. There's no reason for us of 542 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,080 fear. Third thing we can cast off self 543 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:30,120 pity. Feeling sorry for yourself feels 544 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,720 good, but it doesn't accomplish anything. 545 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,080 It feels really good. It really does When you're 546 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,040 sitting there and man, nobody else has to deal with this and 547 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,080 you just get madder and madder and that self pity feels good. 548 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,560 But it doesn't help anything to get you through this storm. 549 00:28:49,410 --> 00:28:52,090 All it does is it makes maybe some, maybe a mistake that you 550 00:28:52,090 --> 00:28:53,850 did make we talked about at the beginning. 551 00:28:53,850 --> 00:28:55,490 Sometimes storms are of our own making. 552 00:28:55,930 --> 00:28:57,930 It makes those mistakes feel insurmountable. 553 00:28:57,930 --> 00:29:03,850 I can't get over it because poor me, self pity, entitlement. 554 00:29:03,890 --> 00:29:07,170 And I think this one is probably one of the one of the worst. 555 00:29:07,290 --> 00:29:09,210 Why me? Why me? 556 00:29:09,210 --> 00:29:10,570 Why am I going through this storm? 557 00:29:10,610 --> 00:29:12,530 Why not you? Right. 558 00:29:12,610 --> 00:29:14,090 Why? Why should you not go through 559 00:29:14,090 --> 00:29:16,250 the storm? What are why are you so much 560 00:29:16,250 --> 00:29:19,080 better than somebody else that you shouldn't go through the 561 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,720 storm. Second Timothy, Chapter 3, verse 562 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,800 12. All that will live godly shall 563 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,880 suffer persecution. You're going to go through the 564 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,840 storm so not why me? Why me God Why why do why are 565 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:30,880 you putting me through the storm. 566 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,040 That's the better question to ask. 567 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,600 So entitlement. And again, I have lots of notes 568 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,920 under this, but I think, I think sometimes this Why me attitude 569 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,240 turns into bitterness against God himself. 570 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,160 And that's a that's a dangerous place to be. 571 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:48,330 Keep your finger in Acts chapter 27 because we're going to come 572 00:29:48,330 --> 00:29:50,570 back. But look at Psalm chapter 107 573 00:29:50,650 --> 00:30:00,290 quickly. Instead of why me, how about 574 00:30:00,290 --> 00:30:07,650 this In Psalm chapter 107 and verse 8. 575 00:30:12,990 --> 00:30:15,150 He, verse 7. And he led them forth by the 576 00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:17,790 right way that they might go to a city of habitation. 577 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:21,150 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for 578 00:30:21,150 --> 00:30:23,670 his wonderful works to the children of men. 579 00:30:24,150 --> 00:30:27,350 For he satisfy at the longing soul and fill up the hungry soul 580 00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:30,270 with goodness. How about instead of Why me that 581 00:30:30,390 --> 00:30:34,470 be our attitude cast off. Lighten the ship by getting rid 582 00:30:34,470 --> 00:30:36,870 of that entitlement attitude. And. 583 00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:38,790 And these are much more practical. 584 00:30:38,950 --> 00:30:41,510 But but how about when you're going through a storm, get rid 585 00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:46,220 of the social media. I mean sometimes we it's just a, 586 00:30:46,340 --> 00:30:50,500 it's just a a mindless thing. It's not even that we're going 587 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,940 to social media looking for help, even though I'm sure 588 00:30:52,940 --> 00:30:55,340 people do put it out there. I've seen that before. 589 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,660 Hey, this is my problem. Any help would be appreciated. 590 00:30:58,660 --> 00:30:59,620 And they're not looking for money. 591 00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:02,900 They're looking for advice that's they'll go to social 592 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:04,300 media, but that's not even what I'm talking about. 593 00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:07,100 I'm talking about just get off of the social media. 594 00:31:07,580 --> 00:31:10,660 I guess they, I think they call them social media fasts, but 595 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:13,990 it's not a bad thing. Put it all away, put the phones 596 00:31:13,990 --> 00:31:17,030 away, put the TV shows away. I can't miss that show. 597 00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:20,790 You're going through a storm. You've got to lighten the ship 598 00:31:21,150 --> 00:31:24,790 and and focus on getting through this storm. 599 00:31:24,990 --> 00:31:27,990 And then lastly with lightning, the ship don't fall into the 600 00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:31,110 humanistic approach. I was, I was studying for this 601 00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:35,150 and I read something and I was looking for something completely 602 00:31:35,150 --> 00:31:37,830 different. I came across this article where 603 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:41,700 it said it was a lady writing and she said, what do you do 604 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:42,900 when you're going through a trial? 605 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,300 And I was like, well, let's see what she has to say. 606 00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:48,180 And it was some, some. I don't know if she was 607 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:50,500 psychiatrist or what she was, but then here's what she said. 608 00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:55,420 First thing, number one key, you must do your yoga and 609 00:31:55,420 --> 00:31:59,980 meditation. That that was her first piece of 610 00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:01,500 advice. Do your yoga and meditation. 611 00:32:02,060 --> 00:32:05,180 That's not what we need. I'm fighting for every breath in 612 00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:06,820 this storm. I don't need to do yoga. 613 00:32:06,940 --> 00:32:10,820 I need to lighten the ship as all the things that we just 614 00:32:10,820 --> 00:32:13,140 talked about. Second thing is look at verse 615 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:15,340 21. We're going to go. 616 00:32:15,460 --> 00:32:16,740 We're getting through these pretty quickly. 617 00:32:16,740 --> 00:32:20,060 Verse 21, But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in 618 00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:22,620 the midst of them and said, Sirs, you should have harkened 619 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:25,860 unto me and not have loosed from Crete and to have gained this 620 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:27,900 harm and loss. And this is a side note too. 621 00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:31,900 Paul is the man of God, right? He's not here preaching, but he 622 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:34,140 is the man of God on this shit whether they know it or not, 623 00:32:34,140 --> 00:32:35,900 whether they like it or not. And he said you should have 624 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:37,900 listened to me. This is a good this is good 625 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:41,200 advice. Our pastor is not God. 626 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:46,480 But if if our pastor gives you advice, you at least need to 627 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,600 listen. If nothing else. 628 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,840 Because in chapter 27, Paul says I don't think I wouldn't lose. 629 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,400 I wouldn't leave. It's not a good idea. 630 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:54,840 And they say we're going to leave anyways. 631 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,720 The next thing you know they're in this, in this storm. 632 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,720 But the second thing is get alone with God. 633 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,440 In verse 21, where was Paul? It says, But after long 634 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,030 abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them. 635 00:33:08,190 --> 00:33:10,790 Now I think there's two things there after a long time of not 636 00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:14,750 saying anything, but I think that Paul had gone to a place in 637 00:33:14,750 --> 00:33:17,310 the ship in the middle of the storm and just got alone with 638 00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:20,590 God. And the reason I know that, or I 639 00:33:20,590 --> 00:33:22,550 believe that is from our Third Point. 640 00:33:22,550 --> 00:33:25,350 And we'll get there in a second. But nobody else can give us an 641 00:33:25,390 --> 00:33:28,990 answer for our storm. Not a boyfriend, not a 642 00:33:28,990 --> 00:33:34,190 girlfriend, not a parent, not another, a good friend, not even 643 00:33:34,190 --> 00:33:38,840 your pastor can give you the answer for what you need to get 644 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,960 through the storm. Now, after you've gone to God 645 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,840 and he's given you your answer, it's not a bad idea to go to 646 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,680 godly counsel and say, hey, I think this is what I need to do. 647 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,320 What do you think? I think that's great advice, but 648 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,360 get along with God first. And I have a whole bunch of 649 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,560 verses for this and I'm just going to read a few of them. 650 00:33:55,880 --> 00:34:00,000 But Psalm 91 verse one, He that dwelleth in the secret place of 651 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,800 the most tie shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 652 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,440 That doesn't sound like getting advice from a girlfriend or a 653 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,560 boyfriend. Abide under the dwell in the 654 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,159 secret place of the Most High, and you'll abide under the 655 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:14,000 shadow of the Almighty. And that shadow is talking about 656 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,840 the protection of the Almighty. Isaiah, chapter 26 that will 657 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,400 keep him in perfect peace, whose mind has stayed on thee because 658 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:26,679 he trusteth in thee. Psalm 62 verse one. 659 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,560 Truly my soul waiteth upon God. From him cometh my salvation. 660 00:34:32,510 --> 00:34:35,389 Mark 135 And in the morning, rising up a great while before 661 00:34:35,389 --> 00:34:39,630 day, he went out and departed into a solitary place and sought 662 00:34:39,630 --> 00:34:42,590 advice from his best friends and prayed. 663 00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:46,230 He got alone with God. And I know that's easy to say 664 00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:48,190 when you're going through the storm. 665 00:34:48,830 --> 00:34:53,750 I've heard of people that some of my own friends, older men, 666 00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:55,590 that they're like, you know when they're going through that I 667 00:34:55,590 --> 00:34:57,670 couldn't even pray. I couldn't even, I couldn't even 668 00:34:57,870 --> 00:35:00,630 calm my mind enough to be able to talk to God. 669 00:35:00,630 --> 00:35:04,230 But we have to do that. We must run to God. 670 00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:07,230 So I'm 63. Verse six, when I remember thee 671 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:10,190 upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches. 672 00:35:10,190 --> 00:35:12,590 What's he doing up in the night Watches He's going through a 673 00:35:12,590 --> 00:35:15,150 tough time. And I meditate on thee in the 674 00:35:15,150 --> 00:35:17,470 night watches because thou hast been my help. 675 00:35:17,470 --> 00:35:21,350 Therefore, in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice my soul. 676 00:35:21,350 --> 00:35:24,610 Follow with hard after thee, and my right hand uphold with me. 677 00:35:25,170 --> 00:35:27,370 That's what we need when we're going through a storm. 678 00:35:27,570 --> 00:35:31,530 Get alone with God, and this is nothing you've not heard before. 679 00:35:31,770 --> 00:35:34,810 But you know why Satan keeps Christians so busy with with 680 00:35:34,810 --> 00:35:37,090 silly things? Because he knows if he. 681 00:35:37,090 --> 00:35:41,850 If we get quiet and we listen for that still small voice, 682 00:35:41,850 --> 00:35:43,690 we're going to get through the storm that we're in. 683 00:35:43,690 --> 00:35:47,610 We're going to be able to come out on the other side, maybe not 684 00:35:47,610 --> 00:35:53,150 unharmed, but alive and ready to go to work for Christ if he can 685 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:57,630 keep us from walking with our God and communing with him and 686 00:35:57,630 --> 00:36:00,470 being and being used by and for his work. 687 00:36:00,470 --> 00:36:07,230 That's why he keeps us busy. And and here's another point for 688 00:36:07,230 --> 00:36:10,110 get alone with God. I wrote this down. 689 00:36:10,590 --> 00:36:12,550 Get alone means nothing else going on. 690 00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:15,750 No phones, no social media, no work, no video games, no 691 00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:18,270 excuses. Just you and your God. 692 00:36:18,430 --> 00:36:20,550 That's what we need. Get alone with God. 693 00:36:21,050 --> 00:36:24,210 And why do I think that Paul thirdly, was alone with God? 694 00:36:24,210 --> 00:36:29,490 Because in verse 24, verse 23, For there stood by me this night 695 00:36:29,530 --> 00:36:35,090 the Angel of God, who's I am and whom I serve, and saying he 696 00:36:35,090 --> 00:36:37,690 heard from God, that's why he got alone with God. 697 00:36:37,770 --> 00:36:41,210 You you think this is the end of Paul's life? 698 00:36:41,690 --> 00:36:44,010 He's going to Rome, and in Rome he'll be killed. 699 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,120 Now he was there for a couple years, under house arrest and 700 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,400 everything else, but he's about his life is almost over by this 701 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,160 point in Paul's life. He knows how to get through 702 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,320 storms. Remember all that He lists, 703 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,080 everything he's been through, however many times he was beaten 704 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,720 and however many times he suffered shipwreck. 705 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,400 Paul knows how to get through a storm, So what does he do when 706 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,000 they get into a storm? He gets alone with God. 707 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,200 And then in verse 24 he hears from God saying, fear not, Paul, 708 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,500 thou must be brought before Caesar, and low God hath given 709 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,260 thee all them that sail with thee. 710 00:37:15,820 --> 00:37:19,220 And then verse 25, Paul says, wherefore serves be of good 711 00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:21,300 cheer. I heard from God, and this is 712 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:25,140 what's going to happen. And I have a whole bunch of 713 00:37:25,140 --> 00:37:27,900 verses for this too. I'm just going to read a couple 714 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:32,300 of them. But but I wrote this down too. 715 00:37:32,980 --> 00:37:36,180 We don't need the advice of wellmeaning friends. 716 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:37,700 Think about think of Job's friends. 717 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:42,220 I think they were good guy. Job was a godly godly man. 718 00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:44,660 He wouldn't have had slouches for friends. 719 00:37:45,460 --> 00:37:48,700 And even those friends, well, this they gave him advice. 720 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:51,140 I think it's because you're in sin or whatever else. 721 00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:54,380 But that's not we don't need the advice of well meaning friends 722 00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:57,540 or discouraged family. Think of Job's wife. 723 00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:00,460 She said you should just curse God and die. 724 00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:04,780 There's no hope for you. I don't think Job's wife was an 725 00:38:04,780 --> 00:38:06,740 ungodly woman either. But I think they had been 726 00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:09,620 through this storm and she just seen him go through so much. 727 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:15,540 She just said Job just just ended and but but Job didn't do 728 00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:17,620 that. He heard from God. 729 00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:21,860 And I think some of the hardest times to hear from God are when 730 00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:23,100 we're in the middle of that storm. 731 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,700 And here's a few verses that I wrote down. 732 00:38:26,980 --> 00:38:30,220 So Philippians 419. But my God shall supply all your 733 00:38:30,220 --> 00:38:32,420 need according to his riches in glory. 734 00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:35,100 By Christ Jesus. I'm sorry I jumped to the I 735 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,520 jumped to my other point. John 847. 736 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,920 He that is of God heareth God's words. 737 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,400 Isaiah 30, verse 21 and 90 years shall hear a word behind the 738 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,840 saying. This is the way walkie in it. 739 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,680 When you turn to the right hand and when you when you turn to 740 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,680 the left. Listen for God's voice. 741 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,000 I love that verse. Your ears will hear a word 742 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,880 behind the saying. This is the way walkie in it. 743 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,760 You think you're going to hear that when the TV is blaring in 744 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:00,840 the background. You're not. 745 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,710 You have to get along with God. Hear from God and he will guide 746 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:07,310 you through that storm. That's what we saw here with 747 00:39:07,310 --> 00:39:10,030 Paul. And then the last point, believe 748 00:39:10,030 --> 00:39:14,150 the promises of God. Paul's all of a sudden hey fear 749 00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:18,270 not or or verse 25 sirs be of good cheer. 750 00:39:18,270 --> 00:39:22,230 I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me how be it 751 00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:24,150 we must be cast upon a certain island. 752 00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:27,310 And then verse 27. But when the 14th night was 753 00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:34,830 come, as they were driven up and down in Ageria anyways calls 754 00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:38,590 this 14 days later they're still bobbing out on this storm in the 755 00:39:38,590 --> 00:39:42,430 ocean and but Paul tells them we have a good cheer and verse 28. 756 00:39:42,470 --> 00:39:48,190 Well let's see verse 35. And when he had thus spoken, he 757 00:39:48,190 --> 00:39:50,310 took bread and gave thanks to God and the presence of them 758 00:39:50,310 --> 00:39:51,750 all. And when he had broken it he 759 00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:53,750 began to eat. I think it's interesting too 760 00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:57,710 here and I'm almost done. I don't think Paul said bless 761 00:39:57,710 --> 00:40:01,130 his food to our bodies. I think Paul was was being a 762 00:40:01,130 --> 00:40:04,490 testimony to these unsaved men, these prisoners on this ship. 763 00:40:04,930 --> 00:40:09,010 He took the bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of 764 00:40:09,010 --> 00:40:11,730 them all. And I think it's important here 765 00:40:11,970 --> 00:40:17,090 that that Paul was probably thanking God not just for the 766 00:40:17,090 --> 00:40:20,010 food, thanking God for everything that he'd been 767 00:40:20,010 --> 00:40:21,330 brought through up to this point. 768 00:40:21,690 --> 00:40:24,450 And and I don't mean he's, you know, he's not bragging to these 769 00:40:24,450 --> 00:40:27,410 guys, but Paul has seen God deliver him. 770 00:40:27,730 --> 00:40:29,450 Paul has seen God work in his life. 771 00:40:29,690 --> 00:40:33,330 Paul has seen look at this conversion testimony, just that. 772 00:40:34,290 --> 00:40:37,810 And Paul says thank you for everything in the presence of 773 00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:39,530 the mall. And when he'd broken it he began 774 00:40:39,530 --> 00:40:41,690 to eat. Then they were all of good cheer 775 00:40:41,690 --> 00:40:44,770 and they also took some meat and then they and when we were all 776 00:40:44,770 --> 00:40:48,410 in the ship, we were in all in the ship, 203 score and 16 777 00:40:48,410 --> 00:40:49,610 souls. So the number of men. 778 00:40:50,010 --> 00:40:52,250 And when they had eaten enough, they lighten the ship again and 779 00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:55,400 cast out the weed into the sea. And when it was day, they knew 780 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,040 not the land. But anyways, Paul believes the 781 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,680 promises of God. I'm going to give you a few 782 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:05,800 verses on this as well, because nothing I say, I'm going to get 783 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,800 you through your storm. God's word is what gets us 784 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,400 through our tough times. But think, look at this Jeremiah 785 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,880 chapter 29, verse 11. For I know the thoughts that I 786 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,840 think toward you say it the Lord, thoughts of peace and not 787 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,670 of evil. To give you an expected end. 788 00:41:22,670 --> 00:41:24,870 What's the expected end? To die in the storm? 789 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:30,350 No, to get through that storm. Stronger, closer to him, more 790 00:41:30,350 --> 00:41:32,430 spiritual. And what's the purpose of being 791 00:41:32,430 --> 00:41:35,870 more spiritual? It's not to be to be looked at. 792 00:41:36,430 --> 00:41:37,870 He's spiritual. She's spiritual. 793 00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:39,790 Look at her. Look how she went through that 794 00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:42,150 storm. It's to bring glory to God. 795 00:41:42,670 --> 00:41:45,270 Jeremiah 2911, Psalm chapter 37, verse four. 796 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:48,720 Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the 797 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,640 desires of nine heart. Romans 828 We know that all 798 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,920 things work together for good to them that love God, and to them 799 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,680 who are the called according to his purpose. 800 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:01,360 These are promises of God. These are not, these are not 801 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,040 versus saying, God will get you through it. 802 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,200 These are promises. I'm going to get you through 803 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,000 this. Believe on these promises. 804 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,520 And that's what Paul said there wherefore serves be of good 805 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,760 cheer. I believe God, that it shall be 806 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:17,610 even as it was told me. Man, there's so many, so many 807 00:42:17,610 --> 00:42:19,130 verses I'm and I'm going to skip through. 808 00:42:19,130 --> 00:42:23,930 But there's a couple that I want to read dude around me. 31, 809 00:42:23,930 --> 00:42:25,410 verse six. Be strong and have a good 810 00:42:25,410 --> 00:42:27,970 courage. Fear not, nor be afraid of them. 811 00:42:28,210 --> 00:42:31,570 For the Lord thy God he it is that doth go with thee. 812 00:42:31,690 --> 00:42:34,090 He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 813 00:42:35,050 --> 00:42:38,130 Matthew 1128 Come unto me, all you that labor and our heavy 814 00:42:38,130 --> 00:42:41,890 laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn 815 00:42:41,890 --> 00:42:45,050 of me, For I am meek and lowly and heart, and ye shall find 816 00:42:45,050 --> 00:42:50,620 rest unto your souls. Isaiah 43 Two, When thou passes 817 00:42:50,620 --> 00:42:53,300 through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the 818 00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:55,140 rivers they shall not overflow thee. 819 00:42:55,460 --> 00:42:58,140 When thou walkest through the fire, thou shall not be burned 820 00:42:58,260 --> 00:43:00,260 either shall the flame kindle upon you. 821 00:43:00,540 --> 00:43:02,780 And I'm going to. I'm going to be done with the 822 00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:05,500 verses there. But that's a promise that you 823 00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:09,300 can hang your hat on When you walk through the fire. 824 00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:10,740 I'm going to be with you. I mean, look. 825 00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:12,620 Look at the three Hebrew children. 826 00:43:13,220 --> 00:43:18,310 I was with them, but we're going to, We'll close here tonight, 827 00:43:20,190 --> 00:43:22,230 wrote this down. Are you in a storm tonight of 828 00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:26,310 finances or discouragement or depression or a storm of 829 00:43:26,310 --> 00:43:30,190 decision or a storm of a wayward child or a spouse who has 830 00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:33,990 disappointed or an illness that has you deeply concerned or 831 00:43:33,990 --> 00:43:36,670 rebellious teen, an unsafe spouse? 832 00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:38,150 We go through all of these storms. 833 00:43:39,310 --> 00:43:42,790 It's not just cancer. That's a storm. 834 00:43:43,230 --> 00:43:44,830 But that's not the only thing we go through. 835 00:43:44,990 --> 00:43:48,750 And and sometimes to different people, storms are much more 836 00:43:48,750 --> 00:43:51,590 serious. Some of us may get into 837 00:43:51,590 --> 00:43:54,670 something that maybe is a big storm to somebody else and and 838 00:43:54,670 --> 00:43:58,030 we get we get into it and oh man, this is this is a bump in 839 00:43:58,030 --> 00:43:59,870 the road. But we get through it to other 840 00:43:59,870 --> 00:44:02,590 people. It's a big storm and your big 841 00:44:02,590 --> 00:44:05,230 storm is coming. Those four things lighten the 842 00:44:05,230 --> 00:44:09,870 ship, get along with God, hear from God and trust his promises. 843 00:44:10,790 --> 00:44:13,910 And the last thing I'll say is, it's not over. 844 00:44:14,030 --> 00:44:16,590 There's another one coming. Look what happens in verse 28. 845 00:44:17,190 --> 00:44:18,950 They get on this, they get on land. 846 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:23,670 There's verse one. And when they were escaped, when 847 00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:26,150 they knew that the island was called Melita and the barbarous 848 00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:27,870 people showed us no little kindness. 849 00:44:27,870 --> 00:44:30,030 Now they were they were actually kind, but they're Barbarians. 850 00:44:30,710 --> 00:44:33,270 And this is where Paul gets bit by the serpent and and all the 851 00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:36,110 rest of the storms are not over. Paul goes from one thing to the 852 00:44:36,110 --> 00:44:40,580 next to the next. Don't get through your storm and 853 00:44:40,580 --> 00:44:42,260 then pile all your stuff back on. 854 00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:45,460 All right? There's a reason we go through 855 00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:48,500 the storms to lighten it up. Now, we talk about this all the 856 00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:50,340 time. You know, as hard as you can, 857 00:44:50,340 --> 00:44:56,460 try not to gather things. You end up gathering things when 858 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:58,580 you're in a house and you know how much you gathered when you 859 00:44:58,580 --> 00:45:02,100 go to move, right? Where did all this stuff come 860 00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,180 from? We're trying to get rid of stuff 861 00:45:04,180 --> 00:45:05,700 all the time, and we just have stuff. 862 00:45:05,980 --> 00:45:07,340 We do that in our Christian lives. 863 00:45:08,070 --> 00:45:10,030 We get through a storm, we've lightened the ship. 864 00:45:10,030 --> 00:45:12,950 Maybe we finally made it to the other side and then we start 865 00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:14,710 gathering. I have to have that. 866 00:45:14,790 --> 00:45:18,630 I have to have this. Let's let's keep the things that 867 00:45:18,630 --> 00:45:22,150 we learned in our storm in the in the forefront for the next 868 00:45:22,150 --> 00:45:24,510 storm that's coming. And maybe some of that will keep 869 00:45:24,510 --> 00:45:25,750 us from getting into those storms. 870 00:45:25,750 --> 00:45:29,070 If they had listened to Paul to begin with, don't set sail, they 871 00:45:29,070 --> 00:45:30,510 would have never been in this storm. 872 00:45:32,070 --> 00:45:34,270 And the and the applications can go on. 873 00:45:34,910 --> 00:45:37,700 But we'll end there tonight. Lighten the ship. 874 00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:40,300 Get along with God. Hear from God and trust his 875 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:42,180 promises. You will go through a storm. 876 00:45:42,180 --> 00:45:45,860 You may be in one now. But these things can help us. 877 00:45:46,220 --> 00:45:47,260 And read. Read acts. 878 00:45:47,460 --> 00:45:49,980 Read the book of Acts, especially starting there in 21. 879 00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:53,300 And see what Paul went through and how he got through that with 880 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:56,540 God's help, let's pray. Father, I thank you for this day 881 00:45:56,540 --> 00:45:59,340 that you've given us. Gotta thank you for the 882 00:45:59,340 --> 00:46:03,580 opportunity to open your word and to to apply some of these 883 00:46:03,580 --> 00:46:06,800 things to our lives. God, I pray that those that were 884 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,640 here and listening and hearing tonight, I pray that I got each 885 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:14,600 one of them as my friends, and I pray that some of us are going 886 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,280 through storms. God, I pray that you'd help us, 887 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,760 as we talked about in Sunday School this morning, to be an 888 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:23,200 encouraging, edifying friend that can help us get through the 889 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,240 storm. We're not getting through the 890 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,160 storm unless you get us through it. 891 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,400 So I pray that these principles tonight would help us get 892 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,800 through the storms that we come across in our lives, that we 893 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,560 remember the promises that you've given us and that we 894 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,080 would not just remember them. We would lean on them and we 895 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,520 would lean heavily on them. Cast all of our care on you, 896 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,200 because you care for us and you want us to put our burden on 897 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:47,160 you. You'll carry it. 898 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:49,880 And I pray that we would remember that tonight. 899 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,120 In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.