Shake it Off! (2 of 3)
Series: God in the Fire
Lenny Ports
Acts 28:1
Acts 28:1 Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. 2 And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ''No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.'' 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
There are all kinds of snakes in the world, some are harmless, and some are poisonous, and their venom can kill a person if it is not tended to immediately. The viper in this text was a poisonous one. The natives knew it and they expected Paul to drop dead after he was bit by it. But Paul simply shook it off into the fire. While the natives thought they would see Paul's fate, God reversed it and they all saw the viper's fate.
This story takes place in the last chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Paul was doing the work of the Lord. From his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus in the 9th chapter of Acts to being filled with the Holy Spirit through a person named Ananias, to spending time away in the desert with the Lord in preparation for the ministry, and then living His life no longer for himself or for a diabolical cause, but now for the glory of Jesus. Like a dramatic film, we watched this changed man Paul preach the Name he once persecuted, heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead. We saw him on his missionary journe ...
Series: God in the Fire
Lenny Ports
Acts 28:1
Acts 28:1 Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. 2 And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ''No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.'' 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
There are all kinds of snakes in the world, some are harmless, and some are poisonous, and their venom can kill a person if it is not tended to immediately. The viper in this text was a poisonous one. The natives knew it and they expected Paul to drop dead after he was bit by it. But Paul simply shook it off into the fire. While the natives thought they would see Paul's fate, God reversed it and they all saw the viper's fate.
This story takes place in the last chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Paul was doing the work of the Lord. From his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus in the 9th chapter of Acts to being filled with the Holy Spirit through a person named Ananias, to spending time away in the desert with the Lord in preparation for the ministry, and then living His life no longer for himself or for a diabolical cause, but now for the glory of Jesus. Like a dramatic film, we watched this changed man Paul preach the Name he once persecuted, heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead. We saw him on his missionary journe ...
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