ACTS 27
This chapter reads like an adventure story with Paul lost at sea for two weeks in a violent storm, and finally being shipwrecked on a strange island.
- Who accompanied Paul to Rome? (27:1-2) How did this honor God's word and will? How do you think Paul felt about this? How would you have?
- Did the voyage to Rome start out well or with difficulty? (27:3-9) What did Paul prophecy to the ship's crew and Roman guard concerning it? (27:10) Did they listen to Paul? How did they decide what to do? (27:11-12) What does this teach us for our own life? What was the consequence of the centurion not taking Paul's advice? (27:13-41) What can we learn from this for our own life?
- How did Paul encourage the passengers on the ship in the midst of their trouble? (27:21-26, & 33-36) How was he able to do this? (27:23-25) What effect did it have on them? (27:36)
- Are you an encourager to the people around you in the midst of trouble, a discourager, or neutral? How can you be more of an encourager?
- What was the result of the shipwreck; how was God's word through Paul honored? (27:42-44) How does this effect your life?
- Who was responsible for all the difficulties the people in this chapter went through: God, Sa-tan, or themselves? What does this tell us for our own life?