A plot to take Paul’s life is put into action, but overheard by Paul’s nephew. Paul is then given 470 soldiers to escort him to Herod’s beach house, where he spends the next two years getting some much needed R&R.

Paul is standing before the council of Pharisees and Sadducees and brings up the topic of the resurrection, thus starting riot #3. The Lord stands by Paul and tells him to take courage. God has a plan even in the darkest hour.

When you look down, you see darkness. When you look around, you see death. But when you look up, you see the greatness of God.

Captain Zac brings us through Jeremiah and 2 Kings to see that there are consequences to rejecting God, hardening of hearts, fearing man [instead of God] and prideful rejection of repentance. Yet through God’s mercy we learn that He corrects those He loves to save them from themselves.

How do you turn a relationship of slavery into a relationship of love?