“Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.” - Act 28v30-31
Praise God for His sovereign hand. After all the trouble – the arrests, the beatings, the imprisonments, the storm, the shipwreck, and the snakebite Paul was finally in Rome. It seems like, for a man being detained, he did not have it too bad. He lived in a rented house with only one guard and people came and went as they wished. And while he was there he did something – he preached and he taught with confidence and without restriction. The gospel was faithfully preached in Rome, possibly the most powerful city in human history.
As a result Europe would be changed and millions would be saved. The Roman roads and the widespread use of Greek would allow God’s word to spread quickly throughout the known world. Christian thought would permeate the western world. This little statement has a massive impact that Paul could never have imagined.
How did this happen? One man, convinced that God has a task for him to do, would not be dissuaded, he would not quit.
How much can one man do? As much as the omnipotent God will allow him to do. May we have Paul’s attitude to serve God and sing with the old spiritual – “I will not be moved.”
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