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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME

by Steve Wagers

Scripture: Acts 28:1-10


There's No Place Like Rome
Steve Wagers
Acts 28: 1-10


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Acts 9-28 - Diary of the Apostle Paul
Conversion - Calling - Consecration
Rescued from Damascus Stoned at Lystra (Stripped/Left for dead)
Imprisoned at Philippi Mocked at Athens
Exiled at Ephesus Shipwrecked in Mediterranean Sea

R. Kent Hughes: ''Acts 28 is the LAST page of the FIRST chapter of Christian history.''

The proverbial saying 'There's no place like home' is derived from the 1823 song Home, Sweet Home, written by John Payne.

'Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble,
There's no place like home.

A charm from the skies
Seems to hallow us there,
Which seek thro' the world,
Is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home, home, sweet sweet home,
There's no place like home,
There's no place like home.

Having survived the storm, and shipwreck of Acts 27, Paul moves one step closer to the will of God for his life. He is about to discover there's no place like Rome.

1) A New DAY ARISES!

Acts 28 - The Ministry of Melita (Malta) - 50 miles from Sicily

A) The GREETING Paul FOUND (2)

''Barbarians'' - Anyone who did not speak Greek (Natives)
SPARKS - SNAKES - SICKNESS
BARBARIANS - BEASTS - BLOOD

''Kindness'' - (Gr. Philanthropia) PHILANTHROPY to 276 sailors

B) The GRATITUDE Paul FELT

With everything Paul had been through, no doubt he was grateful for:

1) WELCOME - ''received us everyone''

276 seaweed, soaked, smelly strangers are all taken in
If the world can welcome strangers, the Church should be able to welcome SINNERS

2) WARMTH - ...

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