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Somewhere around 60 A.D., Paul was en route to Rome on a ship that transported grain
Paul had desired to get Rome to share the gospel;
Paul never imagined his journey there would be on a ship as a prisoner.
Not only as a prisoner; but also in the middle fo the worse storm of his life.
He had boarded on the Isle of Crete and they set sail and not long after a fierce “northeastern storm” blew the ship off course.
the storm was called an Euroclydon
In a language that us floridans can understand.
They got caught in a hurricane,
It did not look good for Paul and those that were on the ship
It looked like all would be lost.
Even their lives.
The storm was more than what the ship could bare
They began to toss everything off the ship to try to lighting the Load but to no avail.
Tossed around like a toy; the ship was being battered.
"It was on the 14th night”,
They were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea when they sensed land approaching.
They took some measurements and the measurements confirmed what they were thinking.
Land was close.
Being afraid of the possibility of crashing into rocks
because it was dark and they could not see where they were going or what might be in their path,.
the bible tell us in vs 29 that they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for the day to come.
Understand tonight
Paul was not living in sin.
Paul was not doing what he was not supposed to be doing .
Paul simply wanted to honor God and wanted to tell others about the message of hope
and now Paul has found himself in a mess
some of you are in a mess tonight.
maybe you in a mess and it’s not even your fault.
Paul simply had a desire to get Rome and preach the gospel
got caught in a sotrm
it was so bad for them that vs 20 tells us that they had given up all hope.
But we looked at it last night ,
Paul had an encounter with an angel and Paul was reminded of what God had told him.
and Paul was encouraged in his spirit
He spoke to the other men on that ship and told them that not one of them would loose their life.
Paul told them to take heart
and when the fourteenth night had come they dropped the anchors and prayed for daylight.
tonight I want to continue preaching on the subject
The anchor holds.
anchor defined by Webster:
a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
It can also be defined as: that which gives stability, safety, and protection in the midst of a storm
an anchor is what we hold on to when nothing make since
an anchor is what we hold to when we don’t have the answers.
an anchor is what we hold to when its the 14th night and storm has not relented
an anchor is what you hold to when all hell has been unleashed against you and you see no light in sight.
an anchor is what you hold to when you have tried and tried but to no avail.
an anchor is what you hold to when you done all you can do and it seems like everything you done is not working.
Paul and the crew let down four anchors
and those anchors in that moment saved them from being destroyed.
The anchors on that ship were designed to hold that vessel in place.
but I want us to look at a different anchor.
I want to look at the anchors that kept Paul in place in his life.
The first one we talked about last night was the Presence of God.
Even in the midst of that raging storm, Paul found that he was not alone.
The Lord came to him to minister peace to his heart.
Our anchor is found in the presence of the Lord.
But look with me if you will in your bibles
Acts 27-
As Paul weathered that long, terrible storm, the Lord came to him with a precious promise.
He reminded Paul that he would stand before Caesar, and that all those on the ship were to be spared as well.
For Paul,
“God’s promise” was enough to anchor him and give him blessed assurance.
Friend if it was good enough foe Paul
It’s good enough for me.
Not only do we have the anchor of the Presence of God
2. The Anchor of the promises of God
I COME TO TELL YOU TONIGHT!
That God is not slack concerning His promises
His promises are true and steadfast.
Psalms
The promise of God is that there will be Brighter days
You might be in the middle of “the battle of your life that has caused you countless tears,
But hold on friend
The morning in on the horizon’’
Your tears are gonna be turned into joy.
His promises are based on His word
it is pure
it is inspired
and it will stand the test of time.
a man by the name of Dr. Everek R. Storms spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture.
He said that the scripture contained a grand total of 8,810 promises of which all would not come to pass.
When i read that I immediately got defensive.
that is until he begin to clarify.
he said that 991 of those promises were of one person making a promise to another person
290 were promises of man making promises to God.
29 were promises made by angels
9 were promises made by satan.
2 promises were made by evil spirits.
I got to calculating that out and thought that that was a lot of promises
991 man to man
+290 man to God
+29 promised by angels
+9 made by satan
+2 by evil spirits = 1,321
But I got to thinking in my mind
but there were a whole lot more than
there was a total of 8,810
well that leaves 7,489
well who made these promises.
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