Good morning! We made it to Acts 21 and will begin looking at all the different people and places that the Apostle Paul and his team visit on their way to Jerusalem. It's their plan to be there by Pentecost and so they need to continue moving f…
Good morning! We made it to Acts 21 and will begin looking at all the different people and places that the Apostle Paul and his team visit on their way to Jerusalem. It's their plan to be there by Pentecost and so they need to continue moving forward despite some of the things that are being shared with them by others along the way. What is the Spirit of God saying? How is Paul responding? We will discuss this today out in the cold.
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The Hoy Scriptures shared today ...
Acts 21:1-14
And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo. And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home. When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for one day. On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied. While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem..
