It’s almost a divine travelogue, the Book of Acts. Everybody is going somewhere! And Paul is the principal participant!

His “First Missionary Journey.”

Then his “Second Missionary Journey.”

Followed by, of course, his “Third Missionary Journey.”

And now, his long voyage to Rome!

“And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. And when we had launched from thence, we SAILED under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.” Acts 27:3-4

“We,” Luke being among them.

“Sidon,” a Phoenician coastal city.

And Paul even has friends there! He was a “people person” indeed. He did not work well alone.

Yet this group is travelling (Paul dong so under arrest, under compulsion) during a dangerous time of the year. As we shall soon see!

But now back to my main “thought” this morning …

Why such an “on-the-go” mood in Acts?

Well, in chapter 1 verse number 8 Jesus tells us: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Wow, watch the trajectory of this Gospel expansion! Yes, now consult your Bible map. “Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria” merely start the great global expansion!

Outward from Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified, buried and raised from the dead, from the grave!

Ever outward (necessitating travel for these “witnesses”) unto “the uttermost part of the world!”

And so Paul was merely obeying that divine commission, “Great Commission” we call it now! Following that “grid!”

So in these last two chapters of Acts … not Paul on the road as much as Paul aboard ship … but still witnessing nonetheless!

By the way, that’s why we still support missions, isn’t it? Sending the soul-saving Gospel around the world!

Are you helping?

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

I haven’t even mentioned Paul’s great plan to go to “Spain” and preach the Gospel! Romans 15:24 … “Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey.”

Yes!

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