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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXVII - IX
"I, Paul, noticed that the sailors aboard the ship that is supposed to take us from Myra to Phoenix were very busy... They were lowering the lifeboat from the ship into the water... I wondered why they were doing that.... Were they perhaps going to lower some anchors from the bow?.... Or were they perhaps trying to escape?.... I sensed that they were, in fact, trying to escape... That must not happen.... For the angel had made it very clear to me that we could only be saved if we all stayed together... These men needed to understand that escaping would be disastrous for them and for us... I looked for the Roman Centurion who is in charge of us... I walked over to him as soon as I spotted him... He could see from my face that I had something important to say to him... And he was more than willing to listen to me... He should have listened to me when we were still in Myra... No doubt, he regrets not having done so.... This time things were different for the moment I approached he stopped what he was doing.. He asked me what he could do for me... I told him that these sailers who were trying to escape should not be allowed to leave....For if they did no one would be saved.... He could see from my facial expression that I was very serious.... He knew too that action needed to be taken that very moment... So he ordered the soldiers to cut the ropes that held the lifeboat... It fell into the water... The sailors looked silently on...They knew their chance of escape had gone... They may not have fully understood that by this action their lives were being saved... They will find that out in time... Obedience always pays off even when it does not make sense."...Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the sailors aboard the ship were prevented from escaping....
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXVII - IX
It seems the sailors aboard the ship that is supposed to take Paul and all those with him from Myra to Phoenix, do not entirely trust the words of Paul for they decide to take their fate into their own hands as you can read in Acts 37:30
In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.
However, Paul, no doubt, warned by the Holy Spirit, puts a stop to their escape as you can read in Acts 37:31-32
Then Paul said to the Centurion and the soldierss, "Unless these men stay with the boat, you cannot be saved." So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it fall away.
Paul knows that everyone has to stay on board the ship for them to be saved for the angel has promised him that the Lord has given the lives of all those who sail with him, including the lives of the sailors.
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