Mission to Malta! Acts 28:1-11. Times Square, NYC.

Mission to Malta!

Acts 28:1-11

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Mission to Malta

1. Native Hospitality2. Shake the Snake!3. Pagan Religion4. Island in Revival

Saint Paul’s Bay

Hebrews 13:2

• Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Shake the Snake!

• When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

• He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

• Acts 28:3,5

Acts 27:23

• For this very night there stood before me an angel of

the God to whom I belong and whom I worship

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Acts 27:24-25

• and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

• So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

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Island Revival

• It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.

• And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

• Acts 28:8-9

Matthew 8:14-17

• When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

• He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.

• When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Healing in the Atonement

• 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”–(see Isaiah 53:4)

Romans 8:28

• And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.