Acts 8:26-40
This would be a season of reaping souls for Christ.
Philip is directed by an angel! Today we are directed mainly by God’s completed word. The question that comes to me is; why would an angel be sent to direct my day? Am I living for the gospel that an encounter with an angelic being will make a difference? Today you and I will meet someone that is heading to an eternity in Hell. Why am I unconcerned about that when God has told me that without the gospel that is their destiny? There are many religious systems that say believe in Jesus. But this is a head knowledge and not a call to repent and trust in Jesus’ work on the cross. Many who claim Christianity are not born again, so share the gospel with someone today.
Philip is not led to Hawaii but to the desert. We are not told if Philip knew why or if he was just directed to go. God does not tell us the future, just our present, we walk knowing God holds our future.
Philip finds an Ethiopian eunuch a man of great authority traveling on the road. The angel of God sent him this, for now the Spirit of God tells Philip to join the chariot. God had already been working on the Ethiopian man. He had just finished worshiping God and he was now reading scripture.
Philip desired for someone to show him the meaning of Scripture. You will meet someone today who knows a little and needs you to help them surrender and receive Jesus. Philip showed him Jesus. Secondly, Philip led him to be baptized. Notice he could not get baptized unless he believed first. This is why we hold to believer’s baptism, not infant baptism. Baptism is that first step of obedience after salvation. We need to make baptism a very important next step. Tradition has this Ethiopian man taking the gospel in the Africa.
The chapter closes with Philip being carried away by the Spirit. One minute Philip is with the chariot and the next God moved him to the next place that he needed to share the gospel. Everywhere you find yourself share the gospel of Jesus.
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