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1. God accomplishes His plan by protecting His people.
“You are invincible until you have accomplished the task God has for you.”
The hero catches a break!
The islanders are super friendly.
They welcome the 270 some shipwrecked people.
They end up building a fire for them.
So Paul catches a break… until he decides to help out.
Paul gathered up a bundle of sticks to throw on the fire.
Possibly because of his poor eyesight.
And because it was cold.
In the bundle of sticks is a viper.
And it bit him.
Paul calmly shook it off.
(1) A. Bad things happen to people who are doing the right thing.
Bad things don’t happen to good people.
Bad things happen to people made righteous by the blood of Christ.
Any good that happens is God’s grace!
Paul was doing the right thing.
He was following God’s will.
He was also just trying to help.
The islanders thought Paul must have been a murder.
But we are surprised.
We act like the other men on the ship and try to bail out.
(1) B. God will only put us through what is necessary for us to go through to accomplish His purpose in our life.
God will give us more than we can handle, but never more than we need.
We can count on God’s protection during these trials.
God’s didn’t save Paul from...
Being beaten by the Jews.
Unfair trials.
Prison.
Shipwreck
But He did save His life.
Because God had a plan for Paul and He wasn’t finished with him.
2. God accomplishes His plan by providing for His people.
Part of God’s protection is His provision.
Paul was able to be a blessing to the leader of the Island.
In turn God used him to provide their needs.
“Such things as were necessary.”
God will give us what we need to keep going.
We need to recognize what are needs and what are wants.
(2) A. Paul’s contentment was something he learned.
vs 11 I have learned to be content.
Learning to be content with God’s provisions is a process.
(2) B. Paul was content when times were slim .
Not just when he was given a gift.
Not just when he had what he thought he needed.
But also in hunger.
Yes, God let him get hungry.
He had the food he needed, not the food he wanted.
(2) C. Paul was content when times were good.
This may seem weird, but the Bible teaches that it is hard to be content when things are good too!
Jason Sautel: “If we were always alright, we wouldn’t need Jesus.”
3. God accomplishes His plan by encouraging His people.
Paul had been through a lot.
God lovingly encourages him through brothers in Puteoli.
God knows we need encouragement and makes sure we get it.
(3) A. God’s primary means of encouraging His people is through His people.
I. We gather to give as much as we gather to get.
You are the means God will use to encourage His people.
II.
If you want to be encouraged you need to be where God’s people are.
The first thing we do when life gets hard is abandon God’s people.
We quit gathering.
(3) B. God provides time for us to be with His people to be encouraged.
In Paul’s case, God stopped him and put him with people for 7 days.
There are times for you to gather and be encouraged.
Sunday School
Sunday morning service.
Sunday evening.
Wednesdays.
Fifth Sundays and holiday weekends.
Examine your priorities.
What keeps you from gathering?
We make time for what is important.
4. God accomplishes His plan through obedient people.
Paul continues to live on mission!
No matter what is going on in his life...
No matter how hard
No matter how unfair
He knows he has one purpose… be an ambassador for Christ!
No matter how open hearts are.
He quotes Isaiah: their hearts have grown dull.
The outcome is familiar.
Some believed and some didn’t.
This is a valuable lesson.
Stay on mission for the ones that will be saved.
What we have seen is that Paul has been obedient.
No matter the cost.
No matter the outcome.
Are we obedient in theory or agreement?
Or are we actually obeying God’s Word?
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