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Exodus 30; Exodus 31; Exodus 32; Acts 8

Scripture


Philip and the Ethiopian

Acts 8:26-40

26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.
31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:
"He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth."
34 The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?" 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.


Observation

Have you ever wondered how God did something that is mentioned in scripture? In verse 39 it says that, “the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away” I wonder how God did that? I know that it really doesn’t matter how He did but I am still curious and I would love to know. Did Philip fly in the air, or did he just suddenly appear in a different place? Some things we will just never know while we are here on earth!

Application

My God is all-powerful and He can do what ever he needs to do to see someone come to know Him. I need to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading and witness every chance I get.


Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you that you are not limited to do things in the same way all the time. I love it when you do things like you did with Philip and the eunuch. Lead me to someone that needs to hear the Good News!


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