 Welcome back. So we saw Agrippa's response. Each one's response was so different and Agrippa is saying you are almost convincing me but Paul says listen I want you to become altogether like me except for these chains. Finally even Agrippa is unwilling to respond to the gospel right away so he just goes to Festus and he says you know what this man in whatever he has shared there's nothing wrong basically he would have been free unless he would have been free just that he has requested to go and meet Caesar. If he had not appealed to Caesar then as a king right even he was an authority and he could have even convinced Festus right now this man is under you Festus you set him free because there is nothing wrong in what Paul had shared so that was Agrippa's response. He said look if you were not if he had not asked to go to Caesar he would have been set free but now that he has appealed he has to go to Caesar. So he needs to be sent to Caesar right. Where is Caesar? Caesar the highest authority Augustus Caesar he was in Rome Italy okay and Paul as a Roman citizen he needed to go there. We know that the Romans had gained you know power the Roman Empire right they had conquered and they had gained power over different regions. So there was Roman authority you know that that was all over the place and also Paul himself he was a Roman citizen so he's going back to Caesar to make an appeal. So he is entrusted to a person called as Julius a Centurion. Now they had to give him as a prisoner under the Centurion so that he's protected right and the prisoner would be made to travel all the way to Rome for the proceedings for the proceedings of this case. So that's what happened so they gave Paul to Julius and said okay you take him to Rome. Now the journey starts and some people call this the fourth journey but we know that it was not like an intended missionary journey from Caesarea to Rome but there was a lot of ministry that happened in this journey so sometimes you know people call it the fourth journey so don't get confused if people say oh three missionary journeys what about the four missionary journeys of Paul because although this was not a planned one it is sometimes included as the fourth journey so we saw you know for some time Paul was at Caesarea and finally it is time for him to go to Rome. Okay now I wondered actually there are a lot of places that you know we'll read the names because it's a journey so I feel like it'll be good for us to just see the map once so let me do that. So just before I show us about the journey to Rome quickly a little bit about the timelines okay because we haven't talked about it at all so we said that the first years of the church was about eight years okay when the church grew and the church was in revival and all and then when Paul came on scene it was the next about nine years okay so already how much time has passed by eight years eight percent fifteen years have passed by alright so at 30 AD is when the church was birthed so 30 AD now about 45 45 in fact exact would be 47 47 AD so 17 years and then we see the missionary journeys of Paul right taking place in the next 20 years so we're talking about three decades here three or you know nearly 30 yeah 37 37 years okay over three decades so 20 years is what the time span is when you are reading from Acts chapter 13 to Acts chapter 28 so don't forget that right he spent a lot of time in different places first missionary journey he spent two years second missionary journey he spent about three years then third missionary journey he spent four years you know then we know in Caesarea we saw right Felix kept him for two years he didn't make any decisions or two years spent there then you have the Roman imprisonment we are going to read about that another three years okay then we also have you know the final years of Paul which is about four years and then finally you know in AD 68 we are told that Paul was actually martyred AD 68 okay so he would have been in the 60s when he actually died he came to know the Lord at around what age he said you know 30 years or 33 years that was also Paul's age and when he died he was about over 60 like if you calculate I think it comes to 66 years so that was the age of Paul so you have first missionary journey second missionary journey third missionary journey then Caesarean imprisonment then your imprisonment in Rome and then the final years of Paul and one more thing for us to remember is that in all this right as the time went by wherever Paul was under each missionary journey there was you know the writing of epistles so he did oversee the churches that he planted he gave them that apostolic you know governance meaning he instructed them on the things of God and he instructed them on you know the right way to worship the right way to live you know the right way to conduct themselves in the house of God he was instrumental in appointing elders leaders we saw how he mentored people like Timothy Titus so overall you know when you look at the life of Paul what an amazing kingdom worker you know Paul's life and that example of his life really is because he you know how he told King Agrippa I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision he did all this as an apostle as a leader that his pastoral heart we saw that in efficient sorry acts 20 when he met the elders of Ephesus how he gave them instructions you know like you hold on to the word the word will build you up there will be people who may rise against you but you know be strong so that pastoral heart we truly see you know that he served so passionately and so obediently so that is that gives us an understanding of the way Paul served and you know for about 30 33 years of his life once he accepted Christ what an amazing way what an amazing way yes he never saw Jesus or you could say was with Jesus when he when Jesus was alive but still when Jesus encountered him on the road to Damascus there was a very real transformation what a testimony a persecutor turned into a preacher and an apostle who served God you know and we see right we see how there was nothing that people could even bring against him and also when you read about you know his missionary journeys you see that these instructions I told you he gave governance to the churches he wrote epistles epistles are letters which were written to different churches so under the first missionary journey he wrote first and second Thessalonians because remember that's sorry second missionary journey because in the first missionary journey he had been there he couldn't stay there for long right remember Jason they brought him they beat him up they brought him they took an amount bail amount from him and then they told him hey don't do all this you know preaching the gospel and all that so he didn't spend much time in Thessalonica so he wrote to the Thessalonians first and second Thessalonians during his second missionary journey and then similarly you know we read that in his third missionary journey when Paul was in the third missionary journey he wrote Galatians and he wrote 1st Corinthians ok he also wrote 2nd Corinthians and from Greece he wrote a letter to the Romans as well so till now he has not gone to Rome but you see he already wrote to the Romans when he was in Greece you know maybe Athens so these are the epistles that he wrote in the 2nd missionary journey Galatians 1st Corinthians 2nd Corinthians and a letter to the Romans now he wrote it in the 3rd missionary journey ok I hope I said 3rd missionary journey 1st 2nd 3rd it's all getting mixed up ok so 1st missionary journey there are no epistles 2nd 1st and 2nd Thessalonians 3rd the 4 epistles that I shared later on you know during his Roman imprisonment he writes to more churches so he writes to the Colossians then you know there is a philemen, Ephesians and Philippians ok these are known as the prison epistles of Paul there are 4 epistles that Paul wrote and then in his final years you know how he exhorts Timothy right I have fought the good fight of faith I have finished the race you be like a good soldier and all so 1st and 2nd Timothy he writes towards the end of his life his life is going to end now they are going to kill him so that is the time he had an idea just like Jesus he also had an idea my time is up so he gave those specific instructions to Timothy he wrote 1st and 2nd Timothy he told him how should you select leaders you know how should you take care of the church and also Titus ok so these are the epistles which he wrote towards the very end of his life so the last book which he actually wrote was 2nd Timothy ok so 2nd Timothy is what he wrote so if you count up the number of epistles that he wrote you would have yeah ok I am correct so 13, 13 epistles is what Paul wrote but there is also a speculation that the book of Hebrews you know when you read the book of Hebrews it is hard to tell who wrote it there are many theories you know Aquila Priscilla they wrote it, Apollos wrote it, somebody else wrote it, Paul wrote it, Silas wrote it so there are all these contentions about the book of Hebrews if Paul is the one who has written it which a lot of people say it is Paul it would be 14 but otherwise 13 epistles is what Paul wrote and you know we see therefore that this is how the time span also is when you consider the book of Acts ok so about 37 years is what we read here now till the Roman imprisonment we will see that we read about the life of Paul but after the Roman imprisonment right abruptly Acts chapter 28 we know the chapters and all are what came in later but Luke could not complete further the life of Paul now we don't know what happened why why didn't Luke write more about the final years of Paul what happened after the Roman imprisonment you know we have to study about all that through the epistles so whatever he writes here and there and again you know some historical records that gives us an idea about Paul's life after the Roman imprisonment but Acts 28 ends abruptly you could say or suddenly you could say only describing the Roman imprisonment ok only till there we see so about 37 years you could say is what you have we have looked at in the book of Acts so far ok 37 years but to that we can always add you know more years the final years of Paul and then his martyrdom so that would be again another maybe 5 years 5 years or so so 37 plus 5 you know if at all those years were also mentioned how much is that 42 years ok so through an entire 42 years to start for us for like the book of Acts to unfold and the life of Paul to kind of be seen and till the end of Paul's life right it's about I said 42 right yeah 42 years so that's little bit about your time span in the book of Acts I do have a summary which I told you I will post I will I'll post it this is basically a compilation from the publication we have a publication by the name of revivals visitations and moves of God and that records the book of Acts very beautifully like a revival to go ahead and read it but I'm going to post this for Google Classroom students as well as the e-learning students so you will have a good picture now let's quickly look at the map and then we can cover up the remaining remaining things here in the two chapters yeah so go with me here can you all see it ok ok so great great wonderful so this is how it's going to be everyone so you see here cesaria right he's in cesaria from Jerusalem they took him to cesaria and here Paul boards a ship sent to Rome to appeal to Caesar that we are quite clear of let me see ah you can see it big now very good so here he's boarding the ship now this is the journey he'll go basically there are lots of names ok don't get confused by that if you are the kind who cannot remember all the names it's ok that's why I'm just showing you the picture first and then I'll take you into the what really happened so Paul boards the ship here and then I told you with Julius one of the one of the centurions and then he's moving he's moving sit on and then they try to change a ship here so they go up over Cyprus they come here to this place over here they're changing ok the ship changed to a grain ship sailing to Italy so you know it's like how we go ok if I have to go somewhere I go to by or I go to Chennai I change my flight and then from there the the route happens so something like that there is a way and they are taking that route so over here they change the ship it moves this way but then you know it moves towards you know Salmon Salmon and last year over here fair heavens here you know by now you will notice that the weather was changing ok the weather was changing and it was likely for the ship to get wrecked and Paul already had an idea so he warns them the winds are changing and all that happened so Paul warns them about the dangers of the voyage he tells them hey look if we continue and if we continue in this route you know the creed and all that then we are going to get into trouble but they actually don't listen to him they continue in that journey so now once they give into the journey the winds are not favourable ok so things become very very it becomes very troubled so now the wind is kind of you know carrying the ship and you see how it's not a it's not a like a straight line it's going here and there it's just to show that the ship is caught up in a storm for four days ok so it is tempest tossed and the hope to be saved is given up ok but God gives a word to Paul when the ship is in this situation and it's not just Paul there are some 200 odd people on that ship but initially when Paul warns the people here he tells them look if you go it's dangerous there's going to be loss of life as well as material things but later on you know God gives him an encouragement and says ok you know Paul you have been praying and you know that the only the ship will be destroyed people will not be destroyed so that's what actually happens so let me make it all right so then the journey happens like that it's not very smooth because of the tempest then they decide it's hard to control the ship we need to bring it we need to go and stop somewhere ok so they come to this island called as Malta this is where the ship is actually stopped so you will see that from here right once Paul tells them that the life is not going to be lost the the sentient right he listens he listens and the people on the ship also they they try to heed his words so they try to stop the ship so there's a lot of the ship language you know they put the anchor and they do this and that and again if you're not the kind you don't understand everything about how to manage the ship it's ok so just understand that they try to stop the ship with minimum damage but when they did that they try to stop it but still they couldn't bring it bring you know the ship to halt in a gentle way so it goes and crashes right but before that also they give permission for people to jump off the ship and swim safely to the island so here the ship lost in the storm all aboard swim safely to the shore so they come to this place called Malta and over here there is a ministry that Paul and you know Paul is engaged in so we will read about that this would be in Acts chapter 28 then after that he will go you see the route here Syracuse, Rijam and then he will go wait let me show you this ok yeah finally all the way come here meet some believers and all that fellow believers Enroute you know Paul always does that right so Enroute also there's some ministry going on finally come to Rome so in Rome you know he will share that this is the accusation against me and that is why I just appeal to Caesar I've come here and then they kind of give him some time right so he stays in a rented home and then he continues preaching about Jesus to the Roman people now please note the book of Romans was written much ahead he goes to Rome only later even in his book in his epistle he says that you know he says that ok I wish to come to you and also he's never really met them so finally he comes here in 2 years under house arrest meaning he can't go wherever he likes he has to be within the home but even there he's able to do the ministry so I hope this has really helped all of you I just quickly show you the look at this picture right you look at the picture of from the Judean region Caesarea this way he's going all the way ok because of the storm it's not smooth but yeah they come and crash on Malta otherwise they probably would not have crashed here they would have you know maybe the route would have been something like this I don't know and then come to Italy come to Rome which is the capital so that he can make his appeal and also this has the coloured regions for you so I'll quickly touch on things again here you see here the Judean region Syria Syrian Antioch remember Antioch then from here we know that he went to his first missionary journey he went to Macedonia right Macedonia you see here so he wanted to enter Asia but then God didn't allow him at that time but later on Ephesus he came and he ministered in Ephesus so Macedonia Macedonia Achaea remember Achaea where you had the Corinthian church then Athens right and then your another main church here is Ephesus and you know how we read about those 7 churches 7 churches right 7 churches in the book of Revelation look at that 7 churches Pergus Pergamus Pergamum Taitira Sardis Philadelphia Laudecia Smirna Ephesus so the 7 churches over here this is what the Apostle Paul writes to they were actually churches in those days so you know a very very beautiful picture here and of course today if you look at the map it is you may not have the same names like the names have changed in the modern map Asia Minor Turkey you know those are the countries that we're talking about but you can compare it you can compare it with the old map such as what was written about by Luke to today's map so you won't find these names you know Galatia, Pontus, Bithynia and all so you just have to maybe superimpose these and understand these regions with today's names okay so this is little bit more just for your interest regarding the final journey of Paul and I really hope that was helpful okay so now it becomes easy for us to understand Acts chapter 27 and Acts chapter 28 yeah so now don't get confused oh I'm saying so many names it's okay just relax if you can't understand so now we saw that with Julius Paul is sent and then in Acts chapter 27 the voyage or the ship journey is described so they start sailing and also the name of the ship is mentioned a dramatium it was put to sea and notice here Luke says we put to sea so that means Luke is also in the travel okay Luke is also with Paul over here meaning to sail along the coast of Asia then Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica was with us and the next day we landed at Sidon okay remember those places so there is not just Paul but you also have other people with him so Luke is there Aristarchus is there they're all travelling okay Aristarchus I think I talked about him Aristarchus and Secondus right and we said that Aristarchus is Thessalon he seems to be a rich and prominent person from Macedonia and at the same time Secondus was you know he was from a lower starter of society but you see what the gospel did there were the rich people and the poor people all serving to get them okay and God gave favor to Paul so we read here that Julius treated him kindly and gave him liberty to receive his friends and receive care from his friends so now when they were sailing they sailed under the shelter of Cyprus remember you saw that Cyprus but because the winds were sailed by the shelter of Cyprus because the winds even there the winds were not very helpful or friendly so you know they when you travel a little closer to the land there's more safety so they went you know closer to the land and then they come to certain regions Lycia we saw that so they come there and over there they change the ship so they found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy so basically they have to get a ship that goes to Italy so now they board that ship okay when they started to sail slowly many days they had difficulty why because the wind was not permitting them to proceed so again they kind of sailed a little differently went to Crete of Salmon and then they came to a place called Fair Heavens near Lycia over here is where Paul wants them and he advises them and he says you know we have spent a lot of time and sailing is dangerous and it seems like you know at that time people were also on a fast alright so he advises them and he tells them look men I think you know this voyage will end with disaster and much loss not only of the cargo and ship cargo is like the things that they are carrying those days through ship they would transport right all those precious things you had food items and different things so all that is going to be destroyed ship would be destroyed and also our lives how did Paul know that prophetic the spirit of God would have told him and also maybe you know Paul from his past he is pretty well versed in so many things he has travelled quite a bit so he might have had an idea about you know the ship and the way this wind is going to affect the ship so he gives them a warning but you know the they don't listen the centurion he goes ahead you know with the way he wanted to deal with things and he does not heed to the warning of Paul they continued they continued to go yeah so their their intention was if we try to go now maybe we can reach quickly okay we can reach safe zone quickly and from there we will see what to do however the whole wind happened and we saw you know this old difficulty the tempest and all and it was called you know these days you have these cyclones no they have a name so even those days on on the sea Euro Clyden was the name of the tempestess wind that arose okay and it arose and it disturbed them on their way so they did so many things on the ship trying to just you know make it little more secure but obviously you know if you've seen certain movies on which the ship is in tempest you know they're doing their best to fix this fix that you know bring in some stability use some cables undergird the ship so all that you would see and I remember I gave you a link for this movie of acts of the Apostles it is in accordance with the verses okay so it's it's not it's not outside of what is there in the book of acts so it'll be good if you can watch it so then you you will have a better idea of how they try to protect themselves so they did all that they tried to lighten the ship okay but they were still struggling on the ship but after a long time when you know they had struggled and they were also scared that they're going to die at that point you know Paul came back and he encouraged them and said that look an angel came and like I have a message from God that we yes there is going to be destruction of the ship but one thing I want to tell you you know God said that he has heard my prayers and that the people on the ship you know will not die so do not be afraid okay so he kind of encourages the people so let me read it for you I'm trying to look at all the things quickly and tell you sir a little bit of a you know confusion here in the scriptures okay so he tells the people men you should have listened to me and not have sailed this is verse 21 of chapter 27 so he says you should not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss and now I urge you to take heart for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship for there stood by me this night an angel of God to whom I belong and whom I serve saying do not be afraid Paul you must be brought before Caesar and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you so he encouraged them therefore take heart men for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me however we must run aground on a certain island so he gives them advice so now they listen to him okay and we are told that the 14th night had come and then they kind of you know work on the ship and tells them we need to go to an island so they do their part of setting the you know the anchor down and all of that and he also remember I told you there was a fast people were on a fast so Paul also encourages them and says okay we have been on a fast for a while let's go ahead and eat and so people were encouraged and at that time the the Centurion was a little afraid because it was not just Paul a prisoner that that he had on board but there were other prisoners as well so if the ship is going to be wrecked okay and the ship is going to be destroyed the prisoners will escape isn't it but still so what what in charges would generally do is they would kill the prisoners because if the prisoners escape then they are in trouble but still you know this person had faith in Paul and he had faith in the word that Paul had spoken and he did not want to kill anyone because if he killed other prisoners they would also need to kill Paul but he was kind towards Paul and he just you know decided that he wouldn't do it and they gave permission for people to swim to shore with faith that okay they will not escape in any way okay so they gave permission for that and when they had kind of tried to secure the ship unfortunately yeah it slowed down but it went and crashed on this island and that island is called Malta and I showed that to you okay so this island again it seems like it was a little obscure it was not a well traveled place you know some places people go often so they know about it but this place was not well traveled at all so it was like a bay with a beach and they you know through that they went over here and finally they landed over here all the prisoners and everyone they were about 200 people you know in total who landed on this island called Malta and they were all safe now on the land okay so on this island of Malta as soon as they came over there the people were hospitable you know they were quite kind they were these island people and they made a fire for these people you know the ship folks so when they made a fire and you know Paul came and sat there apparently a wiper okay a wiper because of the heat you know they say that when there is heat then snakes come out so the wiper came out and it fastened itself on the hand of Paul so the moment the islanders saw it you know sometimes people who don't know about God you know they may have their own concepts about God and you know what God does so they thought that God is judging you know this man he must be some sinner maybe he is a murderer that look at this you know how he tried to escape already when he was on the ship there was such a tempest which would have killed him but this man has escaped even then you know the way they looked at it is look at this God is not sparing his life destiny is not sparing his life the wiper has fastened around his hand so if the islanders thought that then it is likely that the snake or the wiper that they are talking about it was a poisonous one isn't it because unless it was a poisonous one why would they think that Paul is going to die it was definitely a poisonous one but you see that Paul shook off the creature into the fire and he suffered no harm sometimes when these poisonous creatures they even touch us our body can have a reaction and who knows what kind of a reaction they have seen people have because of this wiper but it was amazing that nothing happened to Paul you know how we read that isn't it in the in the gospels that even deadly snakes Jesus said that you are going to overcome those snakes but of course it was not a little thing it was more of we will overcome Satan but in this case you notice that the snake did not affect Paul in any way or the venom or the poison of the snake did not affect Paul in any way so how do we understand this you know when we are serving God there are miracles of protection that happen so every time do you think we can go catch a snake put it on us poison a snake and expect nothing to happen no I don't think it will work because we are trying to test God you know when we do foolish things like that however when we are caught in a situation in this case Paul was caught in a situation he didn't know what else to do he was there and the snake came but God protected him he shook the snake off into the fire then when the people saw this you know they they changed their mind and they thought he was a God you know how even earlier we have seen this in Lystra when they healed a lame man Paul and Barnabas they were called as God and that time Paul and Barnabas they told the locals they said hey come on don't call us God we are not God we are just serving ok we are we are ministers we are servants of God so here again on the island Paul is thought of as God but we know that that wasn't obviously it's not mentioned that he he discouraged them but he would have because that is the common pattern we see the early church anyone who praises and puts a preacher or a minister on a pedestal they always say no please give God the glory we are also human beings just like you so that's what Paul would have done one more incident of ministry here is there is the you know a leading citizen of the island meaning must be somebody who is popular or somebody who is a leader or elder in that place his father was sick so his name is Publius his father lay sick with fever and dysentery and we are told that Paul went there and prayed and healed him laid hands on him and healed him so this amazing miracle also took place in this island of Malta and when it happened you know many of many people with diseases were brought and they were healed another thing for us to note here is who's writing this book or who's writing this letter it also could be a defence letter remember we said that maybe Luke was writing all this so that in Rome when Paul goes to meet Caesar he can give this to the authorities and say these are the details ok let him go free this would be a legal account as well so this is Luke and he is also a doctor and for a doctor to say that Paul prayed laid hands and the fever was healed is a big thing because you know doctors very logical unless they see it they confirm it they would never write about it so Luke wrote about it and he also says here that the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed so we can consider the report of a doctor here about healing so finally after all this happens we saw how once again they got another they got on to a ship and then they moved towards Rome and he finally comes to Rome ok and there en route he meets other believers he interacts with them stays with them and they are also very pleased with Paul so it's like this mutual friendship and mutual encouragement that they have for one another and Paul was very happy so we see here verse 15 that he thanked God and he took courage when he saw these other believers finally they come to Rome the centurion gives over Paul to the captain of the guard and Paul is permitted to dwell on his own with the soldier who guarded him so you know the way Paul lived there is also if you've seen pictures you would see that you know there was a like a chain tied to Paul and the chain would be tied to a prisoner so sorry a soldier so Paul can't escape wherever he goes he has to go with the soldier or the who is this guard he has to go with the guard so that is the way in which he was allowed to live freely but under house arrest and he was with the guard all the time now Paul goes and he shares to the authorities and same thing he tells them look I have been accused of these these these things so which is why I made an appeal to come and meet Caesar for this reason therefore I have called for you to see you and speak with you because for the hope of Israel I'm bound with this chain so he reveals that these are the things that happened but I have come here then they said to him we neither received letters from Judea concerning you nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you but we desire to hear from you what you think for concerning this set we know that it is spoken against everywhere so the Jews there they were interested to find out more about what is this way who is this Jesus who is this Paul what is all this noise about so they say okay hold on you know we will hear you so he was put under house arrest and you know it's very beautiful when you read how he was there in house arrest he had some freedom people could come people could listen to him so we are told that you know many came to him at his lodging to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God persuading them concerning Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets from morning till evening you imagine how much revelation one should have to share God's word from morning till evening and first of all he's a prisoner okay and we saw he was there for a couple of years so many people heard the gospel many responded many Jews believed and also there were Jews who disbelieved right they heard and they said what is this we don't want to believe in this Jesus or this Paul okay so in this way you know God ministered through Paul and the gospel went out to the Jews it went out to the Gentiles and also because of the way Paul was ministering there was also a dispute among the Jews okay that's what we read here so he lived here two whole years in his own rented house and all who came to him you know they he allowed people to come to him he was preaching about the kingdom of God teaching regarding the things which concerned him and with all confidence and nobody was actually stopping him so that's the end of Acts chapter 29 but again you know it's quite sudden you're like okay what happened then he was in Rome he was preaching day and night what next so it ends abruptly now again why it ended abruptly that's another question right that we have but we know that the work that God started by the Holy Spirit never really ended and that is why sometimes you have people use the term acts 29 there's no 29 chapter in the book of Acts but that acts 29 is God continuing his work today through you and me yes Paul did his work and we know you know later on after this the final years of Paul's life and you know the end when he wrote 2 Timothy and then he was killed right so that was the end of Paul's life but God's work continues through each one of us it will continue through anyone and everyone who believes and that is that is what this entire book of acts is all about with that we come to a close of the book of acts and I'm you know blessed to be able to share about the book of acts and I encourage you you can go read it in different versions read it with the maps read it with you know the current map you could also watch the movie right the link that I shared with you and you know every time different incidents just minister to our hearts and the depth of what God did in and through the book of acts really strengthens us okay so let's end with a word of prayer I would just like to request one of us to please go ahead and pray please and with that we close this course on acts yeah let me pray thank you lord for being with us throughout this semester and lord thank you for letting us type in the book of acts and letting us study about the great seven of yours law father who shakes the world upside down law father we believe that law father you have used them law father we believe and know that law father you are going to use us to law father like in your words it's law father many are called but few are chosen law father we want to be the few who will go out to be your voice to the world right to the kingdom for your kingdom so father whatever we have learned from day one law father let us all apply this in our daily walk with you and law father we just want to say thank you that law father for placing past the Nancy law father might be for your to be your voice law father to us law father we pray that law father you will use her might be for your kingdom and let your faith shine upon her and be precious to her throughout her life law father so long place everyone in law father keep us clear conscious law father towards you law father throughout our life and Jesus name I pray amen amen amen yeah thank you everyone God bless you thank you for joining along I hope you were blessed thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you bye bye God bless