I was again amazed that no matter what situation Paul found himself in, he loved and served others and preached boldly about Jesus. In this chapter he prayed for the islanders, healed their sick, and preached to anyone who visited him while on house arrest.
2. How does this passage relate to any other Scripture I know?
In Colossians 4:2-6, Paul asks the believers to pray for him that he would declare the mystery of Christ, "for which I in chains." He goes on to say, "make the most of every opportunity..." Acts 28 helps me realize he is not just writing Christian pleasantries to the church in Colosse, he has lived it out, literally.
3. What does this mean for my life?
This book actually ends abruptly. We don't know the end of the story. But what it makes me realize is that the book of Acts is in many ways still being written. I'm not talking about adding things to the Bible, I'm simply saying that the story of God's work in the church is still being written. My life is a part of God's Kingdom work just like Peter, and Stephen, and Philip, and Ananias, and Paul. It's not that they were extraordinary men, but they all had faith in an extraordinary God.
4. What questions do you have about this passage?
What happened next? What happened to Paul? Which letters were written in jail and which were written before that?
That is it for Acts. We made it through our first whole book of the Bible. Only 64 to go. Tomorrow I will start reading Romans 1. Join me and feel free to leave comments.
In Christ, Dan
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