Two Are Better Than One

B. ACTS 8:26-40 SPIRIT-LED CONVERSION OF ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH

a. 8:26 LORD'S ANGEL DIRECTS PHILIP FROM REVIVAL TO DESERT

But an angel of the Lord spoke unto Philip, saying,

Arise, and go toward thesouth unto the way

that goes down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

b. 8:27-28 “IN-SEASON” OPPORTUNITY OF ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH

And he arose and went: and lo, a man, an Ethiopian,

a eunuch of great authority under Candace,

queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her :treasure,

who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

28and he was returning and sitting in his :chariot,

and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

c. 8:29 THE SPIRIT DIRECTS PHILIP TO JOIN THE CHARIOT

And the Spirit said to :Philip,

Go near, and join this :chariot.

d. 8:30 PHILIP QUESTIONS UNDERSTANDING OF EUNUCH'S READING

And :Philip ran to him,

andheard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said,

Then you understand what you read?

e. 8:31a EUNUCH SEEKS A GUIDE

And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me?

f. 8:31b EUNUCH REQUESTS PHILIP TO BE HIS GUIDE

And he besought :Philip to come up andsit with him.

g. 8:32-33 ISAIAH 53 - THE EUNUCH'S PASSAGE

Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this,

He was led as a sheep to slaughter;

and as a lamb before his :shearer is dumb,

So he opens not his :mouth:

33In his:humiliation his :judgment was taken away:

His :generation who shall declare?

For his :life is taken from the earth.

h. 8:34 EUNUCH SEEKS TO KNOW THE SUBJECT OF THE PROPHECY

And the eunuch answered :Philip, andsaid,

I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this?

of himself, or of some other?

i. 8:35 THE GOSPEL IS JESUS!

And :Philip opened his :mouth,

and beginning from this :scripture,

preached the gospel to him, :Jesus.

j. 8:36 THE EUNUCH REQUESTS BAPTISM

And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water;

and the eunuch says, Lo, water;

what hinders me to be baptized?

k. 8:38 PHILIP BAPTIZES THE EUNUCH

And he commanded to stop the chariot;

and both went down into the water,

both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

l. 8:39 SPIRIT TAKES PHILIP AND GIVES JOY TO EUNUCH

And when they came up out of the water,

the Lord's Spirit caught away :Philip;

and the eunuch saw him no more,

for he went on his :way rejoicing.

m. 8:40 PHILIP PREACHES FROM AZOTUS TO CAESAREA

But Philip was found at Azotus:

and passing through he preached thegospel

to all the cities, till he :came to Caesarea.

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