PASTOR RON SNYDER - GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH - WILLMAR, MINNESOTA EXPOSITORY PREACHING FROM GOD'S HOLY WORD - ACTS 28:1-6
RECORDED JAN 9, 2011

"GOD PUTS THROUGH THINGS AND TRIALS IN LIFE TO TEST US, TO TRY OUR FAITH..."

Acts 28:1-6
New King James Version (NKJV)
Paul's Ministry on Malta

28 Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. 2 And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live." 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.