Father Mike Schmitz

And not only that, but he is all about preaching the gospel and using this opportunity, this opportunity to be in Rome under house arrest, to preach to the Praetorian Guard.

I mean, he uses any opportunity, any and every opportunity.

There's no situation, no circumstance in which Paul will not

be willing to preach the gospel even to the end, to the very, very end.

And so that is just, again, not only picks up sticks and builds fires, he's always willing to preach the gospel.

So that's the end of Acts, the apostles chapter 28.

But as we know, the church continues on and we have, we live in the age of Acts chapter 29.

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Paul's letter to the Philippians, happily enough, is actually written when Paul was under house arrest in Rome.

Paul is writing to the Philippians as a prisoner, which is really incredible.

Once again, highlighting Paul's character.

Paul doesn't even hardly mention.

I mean, he does mention some things that happened to him, but he even says that, yeah, I want you to know, this is for chapter one, verse 12.

I want you to know that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.

What's happened to me is I'm under house arrest, right?

But what's happened to me has really served to advance the gospel so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.

And that is, again, here is Paul saying,

The letter to the Philippians is the letter of joy.

Remember way back, we have Jeremiah and Ezekiel, we have the weeping prophets, all those.

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