![]() > Notice that God did not keep Paul from going through the storm or even from the consequences of other people’s bad decisions. Everyone reached shore with no loss of life. ![]() The centurion’s intervention kept the soldiers from carrying out their plan. But when the ship ran aground, the soldiers determined to kill all the prisoners to prevent them from escaping (v. 42). Paul’s confidence that God would keep His promise helped him encourage the frightened sailors. The angel also told Paul that God had graciously given him all the lives of those who sailed with him (v. 24). However, when the weather proved to be as treacherous as Paul had suspected, God sent an angel who reassured Paul that he must stand trial before Caesar. The apostle’s warning in verse 10 was probably his own judgment based on current conditions. The centurion who had custody over Paul and the other prisoners who sailed with him unwisely decided to travel on from Fair Havens despite unfavorable sailing conditions (vv. 9–12). Paul’s journey to Rome was also interrupted by a terrible storm. ![]() I felt I did trust in Christ alone for salvation.” That night Wesley wrote in his journal, “I felt my heart strangely warmed. Two years later, he read Martin Luther’s preface to the book of Romans. Wesley, who was already a preacher and considered himself a Christian, realized that they possessed a type of faith that he didn’t. While everyone around him seemed terrified, a band of believers known as Moravians were untroubled. During a violent storm at sea, the 18th-century evangelist John Wesley experienced a crisis of faith. ![]()
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