SF092 - HOW TO SURVIVE THE STORM (Acts 27 21-25)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF092

@TITLE = HOW TO SURVIVE THE STORM

@LEVEL ONE = ACT 27:21‑25

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Storms Are Used To Illustrate Life

@LEVEL THREE = Old Testament

@LEVEL FOUR = Noah ‑ God's grace

@LEVEL FOUR = Moses ‑ God's judgement

@LEVEL FOUR = Jonah ‑ God's conviction

@LEVEL THREE = New Testament

@LEVEL FOUR = Peter ‑ God's protection

@LEVEL FOUR = Paul ‑ God's providence

@LEVEL TWO = Textual Background

@LEVEL FOUR = Set sail for Rome

@LEVEL FOUR = Caught in a terrible storm

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. HEED GOD'S WARNING (v.21; vv.9‑12)

@LEVEL TWO = Three Factors To Consider When Making A Decision

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. The Voice Of Conviction

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. The normal reasoning process

@LEVEL FOUR = Deals with facts

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. General inner feeling

@LEVEL FOUR = Deals with feelings

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@LEVEL THREE = 3C. The heart inclination

@LEVEL FOUR = Deals with desires

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. The Voice Of Circumstance

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Be careful

@LEVEL FOUR = Both God and Satan can open doors

@LEVEL FOUR = Opportunity does not always equal call

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Be cautious

@LEVEL FOUR = Satan pushes ‑ God never does

@LEVEL FOUR = Satan always urges us to act on impulse‑ God never does

@LEVEL FOUR = Satan always says "It's now or never" ‑ God never does

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. The Voice Of Command ‑ God's Word

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Peruse the Word

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Pray to the Father

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Persist until He answers

@LEVEL FOUR = He will align all three when it is right!!

@LEVEL FOUR = The Word is the ultimate test!

@LEVEL TWO = If We Heed God's Warning We May Be Spared The Storm

@LEVEL TWO = However, Often We Find Ourselves Like Paul In The Midst Of The Storm ‑ What Then

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@LEVEL ONE = 2A. HOLD TO GOD'S WORD (vv.22‑25)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. A Word Of Comfort (v.22)

@LEVEL THREE = Reveals God's Priorities

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. God's love for people

@LEVEL FOUR = Many on board were lost ‑ Paul had interceded for them

@LEVEL FOUR = Who have you "saved" by your intercession

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. God's use of possessions

@LEVEL FOUR = The ship was of no real importance to God

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. A Word Of Commission (vv. 23‑24)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Given to God's child (v.23b)

@SCRIPTURE = ROM 8:16<R>The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

@SCRIPTURE = GAL 3:26<R>You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,

@SCRIPTURE = 1JO 3:10<R>This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

@SCRIPTURE = 1JO 5:2<R>This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.

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@ILL TITLE = BELONGING AND SERVING

@ILL TEXT = The Gospel Hearld once published this pointed illustration: "When little Wilhelmina was crowned queen of Holland, the happy child was too young to realize the gravity and importance of the occasion.  She was overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of the festivities.  As thousands cheered when they saw her she wondered what it involved on her part.  'Mama,' she asked, 'does this mean that all these people belong to me?'  Smiling, her mother shook her head and replied, 'No, dear child, it means you belong to all these people!'"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Given for God's glory (v.24)

@LEVEL FOUR = God had chosen Paul to witness to Caesar

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. A Word Of Confidence (v.25)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Built on our faith (25a)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Based on God's faithfulness (25b)

@SCRIPTURE = 1CO 1:9<R>God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

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@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION

@LEVEL TWO = Storms Will Come ‑ We must

@LEVEL THREE = Heed God's Warning

@LEVEL THREE = Hold To God's Word

@ILL TITLE = WHO'S YOUR PILOT?

@ILL TEXT = Once a boy became a sailor while very young.  He rose rapidly in the profession and was soon made captain of a ship.  At the end of one voyage, he was approaching land when a passenger who was familiar with maritime procedures asked if he intended to anchor the ship and call for some help in entering the harbor. "Anchor?  Not I!  I expect to be in dock with the morning tide."  The passenger persisted, urging him to signal for a pilot.  "I am my own pilot," came the abrupt reply.  Determined to reach port by morning, he took a narrow channel to shorten the distance.  His crew of weathered seamen just shook their heads.  Passengers said that they were in no hurry and hoped he would take the wider course.  He laughed at all of them and repeated his prediction to be on land by daybreak.  Indeed, he was on land before daybreak.  But his vessel was wrecked, and his own life was lost because of his blunder.

@ILL TEXT = Our voyage through time and into eternity is too treacherous to attempt without God's help.  Unless the Lord Jesus is our Captain, we will never make it safely to the heavenly shore.