Bible Study With Jairus - Acts 27

睚鲁的圣经世界

Acts 27 records Paul's voyage to Italy. This journey involves a variety of places, and often people don’t understand the details of Paul's journeys and the spiritual significance behind them. Paul’s four journeys encompassed many different locations and can really be confusing to those who haven’t studied it to the point of understanding. When we were reading the bible this time, we got the illumination of the Holy Spirit thus we had a clear understanding of Paul's fourth journey and had a deeper understanding of the spiritual significance behind it. We won’t focus on the names of the locations at this point. Instead, let’s pay attention to the problem of the winds blowing against the ship. In this story, a centurion named Julius listened to the words of the ship’s pilot to continue the voyage. Paul advised him not to sail on but he didn't listen, and they encountered a storm that nearly cost them their lives. . But because Paul received the word of God, he told them that they would not lose their lives, but would just run aground on some island. In the end, as expected, things happened according to Paul's prophecy, so everyone's lives were saved. God used the ship wreck so that through Paul, the tribal people on the island of Malta in Chapter 28 were healed and saved. This is the rough outline of the story. But the details are very important. Acts 27:1 mentioned "it was decided" that Paul was going to sail to Italy. Who decided that? Was it King Agrippa and Festus? Was this decision correct? Did it come from God? Although this decision was made by the Gentiles, God’s sovereignty may have come into play, because Jesus told Paul that he would stand trial before Caesar in Rome to testify (Acts 23:11). They started from Caesarea, a place north of Jerusalem, where Paul was imprisoned in Acts 26. They found a ship from Adramyttium which was about to sail along the coast of the province of Asia. Paul and others boarded the ship. The Bible also specifically recorded that there was a Macedonian from Thessalonica who was with them (NIV, Acts 27:2). All Scripture is God-breathed (NIV, 2 Timothy 3:16) so this seemingly insignificant information is worth its weight in gold. We felt that the Holy Spirit hinted to us that Paul may have planned to travel to Rome through Macedonia. Thessalonica was near Macedonia. Perhaps Paul would have visited the church he established in Thessalonica. Read More: Donate to Us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZXYKY6RYVLGJC Our Website: https://jairusbibleworld.com/