63. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. He was shipwrecked, but not with regard to the faith.

19 November 2020

Acts 27

The Shipwreck

41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.

42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. 

43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. 

44 The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.

Apostle Paul was shipwrecked, yet no matter what suffering, he pressed on toward the goal.

2 Corinthians 11

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

Philippians 3

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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Bob Cornuke and Graham Hutt claim that the location of the shipwreck was at St. Thomas Bay on the southeast of Malta on a sandbar called Muxnar Reef. However the traditional location is called St. Paul's Bay. Four Roman era anchors from this location are in the Malta Maritime Museum in Birgu. The nearby city, Valletta, hosts a church named 'Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck'. Yet another theory is that the shipwreck was off Qawra Point and outside Salina Bay. A number of anchor stocks have been found in the area.

From Google.

Shipwrecked, the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking. the remains of a wrecked ship. destruction or ruin: the shipwreck of one's hopes.

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Apostle Paul suffered physical shipwreck. Some suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

1 Timothy 1

The Charge to Timothy Renewed

18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 

19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

I have been shipwrecked, I have ran aground, I hit rock bottom.

My hopes were shipwrecked. I was shipwrecked beyond repair. I was helpless. I was WORN OUT in affliction.

Then I was made known with the WORD OF GOD like never before!

I had one-on-one Bible study with Pastor Dan Guzman at home in Lipa. 

I was welcomed to the cell group of Kuya Nanie and Ate Becks Perez. 

I, my wife Marlou and our three children started to attend Christian Sunday worship.

The rebuilding from the shipwreck. It was beyond repair, yet the impossible happened. The Lord lifted me from my affliction.

I was one time WORN OUT, I have in due course WORN OUT my Bible.

From Our Daily Bread By:  Joanie Yoder

“I’m not proud of the years when my Bible was considerably under-used. During that time, I was falling apart instead of my Bible. Amazingly, God used my condition as a means of whetting my appetite for His Word.

One day I sensed that God was reminding me that His Word is full of truth that works. From that point on, I desired to put those truths into action in my life. For me, the Bible was no longer just a guilt producer and a dust collector. Little by little, as I read it, digested it, and underlined key phrases, my Bible began falling apart instead of me!

I’ll always remember the Bible teacher who held up his well-worn Bible and said, “Every believer should wreck a copy of the Bible every 10 years.” In other words, we should use our Bibles so much that they gradually wear out. His challenge also reminds me of the saying: “A Bible that’s falling apart is usually owned by someone who isn’t!” This certainly became true for me.

In the margin of many pages in D. L. Moody’s Bible, he wrote the letters T and P, meaning “Tried and Proved.” He had put into practice passages from God’s Word, proving that they work. You too can try and prove God’s wonder-working Word.”

I have wrecked one Bible like this, which I cannot now locate; it was given to me by Ate Becks Perez around 2004.

I now use the internet Bible.

My children's children will one day say, wala ka sa Lolo ko, he was shipwrecked, but not with regard to the faith. Amen.

May you be blessed. Amen.

Maraming salamat.