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Name the Famous Ending

ReviewKnew afflictions awaited him in JerusalemAttacked in the temple by Asian JewsMultiple Legal TrialsShipwrecked at sea with 270 people

Land Ho! Acts 28:1-2

Land Ho! Acts 28:1-2

Barbarians Acts 28:3-6

Notice a couple of things

It seems that the people knew this was a poisonous snakeBut typically poisonous snakes strike quickly but dont hang onNotice how fickle people areeither a murder or a godneither were truewhy are people like this?6Mark 16:1817Andthese signs will accompany those who believe:in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;18they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them;they will lay their handson the sick, and they will recover.

150 Churches in the US use poisonous snakes

If the Spirit of God moves on me to pick up snakes, I should have a constitutional right to do so

How is it a religious expression?.the same as a Catholic uses wine in their services

When "Nightline" spoke with him at his church in November, Coots scoffed at the notion that he was taking the Bible too literally or out of context.

"To me that's what God taught me to be about," he said. I dont tell people to go and handle snakesA cult is someone one who tells people that if you dont do this youre hell bound and not apart of uswe are not a cult.

Feel that it brings them closer to God

I dont wish to die by a snake bitebut Id rather die of a snake bite at home with people praying for me

7Caring & Healing Acts 28:7-10

Arrival at Rome 28:11-16

Syracuse stayed for 3 daysRhegium stayed 1 dayNext day Puteoli and stayed 1 weekNavigation on the Mediterranean began each spring on Feb 8th Rhegium to Puteoli 180 Miles

9A hypothetical visitVirgil's tomb the saint stood viewing, And his aged cheek bedewing, Fell the sympathetic tear ; Ah! had I but found thee living, What new music wert thou giving, Best of poets and most dear

The Roman Jews 28:17-28

Paul expounded.explainedopenedexposed.TestifiedTried to convince (persuade)

This salvation of God has been sent to the Gentilesthey will listen. 11Summation 28:30-31For 2 yearsStayed in his own rented houseWelcomed all who came to see himBoldly and without hindrancePreached the kingdom of GodTaught about the Lord Jesus ChristActs 1:11In the first book, OTheophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus beganto do and teach,2until the day whenhe was taken up, after hehad given commandsthrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

So what did Jesus continue to do?Essential ConclusionJesus continued to work through the Holy Spirit in His peopleand still is today

ThereforeBoldly preach the kingdom of GodTeach about the Lord Jesus Christ

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