# 58: 5-16-08

Acts 27: The Church Age

Sea voyage – the church age

Paul – the Word of God

Other prisoners – sons of Adam, born under condemnation

Julius, the centurion – authority of man in the church

Ship – Christendom

Sea – humanity; the Gentile nations

Luke and Aristarchus – the witness of the Holy Spirit

Friends – those who gladly receive the Word of God; believers

Contrary winds – the doctrine or thinking of this world; anti-God and anti-Christ

Owner-captain – Papacy

Sailors – self-righteous members of Christendom

Certain island – heaven

Soldiers – God’s justice

Broken bread – Christ crucified

Wheat – gospel