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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXVII - V
"I, Paul, realised that my warning to the Roman Centurion at Myra was beginning to come true... We were in the middle of a violent storm... And we were in danger of losing everything.... That is what I had told him would happen if we set out to sea.... I am sure the Centurion wished he had listened to me.... And had stayed over in Myra rather than trying to sail to Phoenix in Crete.... But it was not the time to accuse anyone of making the wrong decision.... It was time to do what we could to try and save the ship... And to save ourselves...My role was to pray to Almighty God... And plead for our safety.. Because I know I am supposed to go to Rome to testify for Him there....The role of the sailors is to try and save the ship...They have been hard at work trying to do just that... It looks like more needs to be done... They have already thrown very valuable cargo overboard....They then threw the tackle overboard....They did that with their own hands...However, the storm has continued to rage for days.... And there does not seem to be and end in sight... We have, in fact, not seen the sun for many days now.... This is affecting all those on board of our ship....They have actually begun to lose all hope....But I know that my God will come through for us.... However, it will be in His way and in His time.... All I can do is wait...I believe that He will speak.... And when He does... He will have a message of encouragement for the men."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the people on board the ship Paul is travelling on have become very desperate....
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACYS
PART XXVII - V
Paul and the others on board the ship that is to take them to from Myra to Phoenix realise more needs to be done in order to save the ship and themselves so they make the painful decision to get rid of the cargo as you can read in Acts 27:18
We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
However, even that is not enough so they make the decision to get rid of another valuable item as you can read in Acta 27:19
On the third day, they threw the tackle overboard with their own hands.
But the storm continued day after day as you can read in Acts 27:20
When neither the sun not stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
Desperation set in for nothing they have done has been of any help so all they can do now is to wait for death; at least that is how they feel.
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