# Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch

An episode of [Messages by David Antwi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1069725119), 26 Apr 2025, 1 h 07 min.

Audio: https://yetanothersermon.host/_/kc/media/mp3/69210.mp3

Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch Series: Book of Acts Pastor: David Antwi Date: 27th April 2025 Passage: Acts 8:26-40 ------------------- Explore Acts 8 with David Antwi and discover how Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch reveals profound truths about obedience, the transformative power of scripture, and the importance of preaching Jesus from the text. A message for those seeking deeper understanding and revival.

## Transcript

[0:00] Thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry.
[0:04] Every true revival is a product of the strong preaching of God's word.
[0:08] ! May you receive a word from this message that will spark a revival in you.
[0:12] In the book of Acts chapter 8.
[0:17] Thank you, Jesus.
[0:20] Acts 8, 26.
[0:21] And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying,
[0:25] Arise and go towards the south unto the way
[0:29] that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza, which is desert.
[0:40] And he arose and went, and behold, a man of Ethiopia,
[0:45] an eunuch of great authority under Candace,
[0:49] the queen of the Ethiopians,
[0:51] who had the charge of all her treasury,
[0:55] and had come to Jerusalem for to worship.
[0:59] was returning and sitting in his chariots,
[1:04] read Esaias, the prophet.
[1:07] Then the Spirit said unto Philip,
[1:10] Go near and join yourself to the chariot.
[1:14] And Philip ran thither to him,
[1:17] and heard him read the prophet Esaias,
[1:20] and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
[1:26] And he said, How can I,
[1:28] except some man should guide me?
[1:32] And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
[1:38] The place of the scripture which he read was this.
[1:42] He was led as a sheep to the slaughter,
[1:44] and like a lamb dam before his shearest,
[1:48] so opened he not his mouth.
[1:52] In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away,
[1:56] and who shall declare his generation?
[1:58] For his life is taken from the earth.
[2:03] And the eunuch answered Philip,
[2:06] and said, I pray thee,
[2:09] of whom speaketh the prophet this,
[2:12] of himself,
[2:13] or of some other man?
[2:15] Then Philip opened his mouth,
[2:17] and began at the same scripture,
[2:19] and preached unto him Jesus.
[2:23] And as they went on their way,
[2:26] they came unto a certain water,
[2:30] and the eunuch said,
[2:32] See, here is water.
[2:34] What doth hinder me to be baptized?
[2:39] And Philip said,
[2:40] If thou believeth with all thine hearts,
[2:43] thou mayest.
[2:44] And he answered and said,
[2:45] I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
[2:48] And he commanded the chariots to stand still,
[2:52] and they went down both into the water,
[2:55] both Philip and the eunuch,
[2:57] and he baptized him.
[2:59] And when they were come out of the water,
[3:03] the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip,
[3:06] that the eunuch saw him no more.
[3:09] And he went on his way rejoicing.
[3:11] But Philip was found at Azotus,
[3:16] and passing through,
[3:17] he preached in all the cities,
[3:20] till he came to Caesarea.
[3:23] Here ends the reading of God's word.
[3:25] Shall we please pray?
[3:27] Father, thank you so much
[3:28] for giving us the privilege to get into the word.
[3:31] We pray that give us illumination,
[3:34] understanding, enlightenment.
[3:36] For you said in your word
[3:38] that the entrance of your word
[3:40] brings light and gives understanding
[3:42] to the simple.
[3:43] Oh, teach us to know your word
[3:46] so we can apply our hearts unto wisdom.
[3:50] As your word is taught,
[3:51] let confusion be dispelled.
[3:53] Let doubt be removed.
[3:57] Let faith rise.
[4:00] Let manifestations of your power
[4:03] and your glory be the common occurrence
[4:05] as your word is taught.
[4:07] We pray, take us into avenues
[4:10] and chambers in your word
[4:11] which natural men can take us.
[4:14] We pray,
[4:15] give us understanding.
[4:18] Give us help.
[4:20] For our help is in your name.
[4:22] Thank you
[4:22] that our lives will be the same again.
[4:25] We are contacting dimensions of grace.
[4:28] That can only come
[4:30] through the teaching of your word.
[4:32] to the glory of your name
[4:34] in Jesus' name.
[4:35] Amen.
[4:38] It feels,
[4:39] it feels like the reading
[4:42] is so sweet.
[4:46] It feels like this is a reading
[4:47] that doesn't need explanation.
[4:52] It's so sweet and so nice.
[4:55] In our previous session,
[4:58] we saw how Philip,
[5:01] one of the seven
[5:03] who were chosen to serve tables.
[5:07] In Acts chapter 6,
[5:08] we are introduced to the seven
[5:10] starting with Stephen
[5:12] and then Philip.
[5:14] And then in Acts chapter 7,
[5:16] it was primarily about Stephen.
[5:20] Then in Acts chapter 8,
[5:22] we are introduced to Philip.
[5:25] So practically,
[5:26] almost all of Acts chapter 8
[5:28] is Philip.
[5:29] Acts chapter 7 is Stephen.
[5:31] Acts chapter 8 is Philip.
[5:34] And then you'll find out later
[5:36] that Acts chapter 9
[5:37] is the conversion
[5:38] of the greatest missionary.
[5:41] But Philip, we can see,
[5:42] was the first person
[5:44] to embark on a missionary trip.
[5:47] He introduced the church
[5:48] or missions in the church.
[5:51] Philip.
[5:52] So let's look at Philip again.
[5:53] We saw how he went down
[5:55] to Samaria,
[5:57] not because he planned
[5:58] to travel there,
[5:59] but because they were all scattering.
[6:01] And he ended up in Samaria.
[6:04] And we saw in our previous teaching
[6:07] how he preached in Samaria
[6:09] and even the sorcerer
[6:12] got attracted to follow him.
[6:14] And the whole city
[6:15] had so much joy
[6:17] because the word of God
[6:18] had come.
[6:19] So we saw the impact
[6:22] God made
[6:22] through Philip's ministry
[6:24] in Samaria.
[6:26] But something interesting happened.
[6:28] For God to make sure
[6:29] or to make a statement
[6:31] that what was happening
[6:33] in Samaria,
[6:34] even though the Samaritans
[6:35] and the Jews
[6:36] don't,
[6:38] they don't agree,
[6:39] they are not in good terms.
[6:41] God wanted to make sure
[6:43] that what had started
[6:44] in Samaria
[6:45] was intricately linked
[6:48] to what he had started
[6:49] in Jerusalem.
[6:51] As I said,
[6:51] so Peter and John,
[6:53] God,
[6:54] they didn't give them
[6:56] the Holy Spirit
[6:56] until Peter and John
[6:58] got there
[6:58] and prayed for them
[7:00] that they might receive,
[7:02] verse 17,
[7:02] that they might receive
[7:04] the Holy Spirit.
[7:05] But God could have given them
[7:07] that already.
[7:08] God wanted it to be clear
[7:10] to the Jews in Jerusalem
[7:11] that what is happening
[7:12] in Samaria
[7:13] is not different
[7:14] from what is happening
[7:14] in Jerusalem.
[7:15] And he wanted those
[7:16] in Samaria to also know
[7:17] that you are not detached
[7:19] from Jerusalem.
[7:20] So don't do your own thing.
[7:22] It's one body.
[7:23] One body.
[7:24] By one spirit
[7:25] have we been baptized
[7:26] into one body
[7:27] as the scriptures say
[7:29] in 1 Corinthians 12,
[7:30] verse 13.
[7:32] In Ephesians chapter 4
[7:33] it says that
[7:34] there is one spirit.
[7:35] Ephesians chapter 4,
[7:37] verse 4 and 5
[7:38] it says one spirit.
[7:39] So it's the same spirit
[7:41] who is awake
[7:41] in the church in Jerusalem
[7:42] who is also at work
[7:44] in the church in Samaria.
[7:46] And so one thing
[7:47] that I want to draw
[7:48] your attention to
[7:49] is after all that
[7:51] Simon the Sostra did,
[7:52] you know Simon the Sostra,
[7:53] I didn't get to tell you
[7:54] that there is a word
[7:56] called psi-money.
[7:58] Psi-money is to give money
[8:00] for church position
[8:02] or for promotion.
[8:04] So let's say
[8:04] you want to be a bishop,
[8:06] you pay, yeah.
[8:07] Psi-money is to give money
[8:09] so that you can be made
[8:10] a pastor.
[8:10] Give money
[8:12] so you can be made
[8:12] a bishop.
[8:13] It was quite common
[8:14] in the Middle Ages
[8:15] where,
[8:16] it's still common
[8:17] someplace now,
[8:18] where people pay
[8:18] their way
[8:19] to church authorities,
[8:21] ag-bishops,
[8:22] popes,
[8:23] bishops,
[8:23] they pay their way,
[8:24] they give them money
[8:25] so someone can be
[8:27] in the church
[8:27] not born again
[8:28] but can give money.
[8:29] Listen,
[8:29] I like that position.
[8:31] Can you make me a bishop?
[8:31] They pay, yeah.
[8:32] It's called psi-money
[8:33] and that tells you
[8:35] where it came from.
[8:36] It was derived
[8:36] from Simon Magus.
[8:39] Simon Magus,
[8:40] the magician
[8:40] who tried to buy
[8:42] office in the church,
[8:44] tried to buy
[8:44] relevance in the church,
[8:46] tried to buy
[8:47] importance in the church
[8:48] with his money.
[8:50] Psi-money,
[8:51] it is the buying
[8:52] or selling
[8:52] of advantages
[8:54] such as
[8:56] paid positions
[8:57] in the church.
[8:59] So,
[8:59] you are buying
[9:00] advantage by
[9:00] paying
[9:01] and getting
[9:02] into the,
[9:02] that's just
[9:03] for your information.
[9:04] So,
[9:04] Simon is a,
[9:05] it's a word
[9:06] that came from Simon.
[9:07] Now,
[9:08] after Simon Magus
[9:09] was rebuked,
[9:10] I saw something
[9:11] in verse 25
[9:12] that really
[9:12] thrilled my heart.
[9:14] Bible says,
[9:14] Peter and John
[9:15] and when they
[9:16] had testified
[9:17] and preached
[9:17] the word
[9:18] of the Lord,
[9:20] they returned
[9:20] to Jerusalem
[9:21] preaching the gospel
[9:23] in many villages.
[9:25] That's Simon and John.
[9:26] See,
[9:27] preaching was
[9:28] very regular.
[9:30] They actually,
[9:31] after they went
[9:31] to pray for them
[9:32] to receive
[9:32] the Holy Spirit baptism,
[9:34] they testified
[9:35] and preached
[9:36] the word of the,
[9:37] they testified
[9:38] and preached
[9:39] the word of the Lord.
[9:40] That's what
[9:41] they were actually doing.
[9:43] That's what
[9:43] the church life
[9:44] really is.
[9:45] The church life
[9:46] is about
[9:47] learning more
[9:49] of Christ
[9:50] from scripture.
[9:52] From scripture.
[9:53] Getting to know
[9:54] Jesus more and more.
[9:56] So,
[9:57] as I said
[9:57] at that time,
[9:58] it is necessary
[9:59] to,
[10:00] not minimize,
[10:02] a serious church
[10:03] must find
[10:04] every means
[10:04] to potentially
[10:05] eliminate
[10:06] pulpit entertainment
[10:07] and have
[10:09] Bible-centered
[10:11] preaching.
[10:13] Bible,
[10:14] I taught you
[10:14] the other time
[10:15] that one of the
[10:16] main signs
[10:17] of a true church
[10:18] is
[10:19] its biblical
[10:21] practices
[10:22] and biblical
[10:23] teachings.
[10:24] That's one of the
[10:25] main signs
[10:25] of a quality
[10:26] and a genuine
[10:27] church.
[10:28] The preaching
[10:28] is very biblical
[10:30] and it explains
[10:31] what the scripture
[10:32] says.
[10:34] So,
[10:34] these guys,
[10:35] that's their
[10:36] normal life.
[10:37] After they testified
[10:38] and preached
[10:40] the word of the Lord,
[10:41] they returned to
[10:41] Jerusalem and it's like
[10:43] from villages
[10:44] preaching,
[10:45] preaching the gospel,
[10:46] preaching the gospel,
[10:47] preaching the gospel.
[10:48] I believe God
[10:49] will be also
[10:49] working miracles.
[10:50] But focus was not
[10:51] given to the miracle,
[10:52] but the focus
[10:53] of giving to the
[10:53] preaching.
[10:54] Because the miracles
[10:55] are not essential.
[10:57] What are miracles
[10:57] without preaching?
[10:59] Yes,
[11:00] yes,
[11:00] yes.
[11:01] Satan can do it.
[11:02] Satan can do it.
[11:05] But God can use
[11:06] preaching without
[11:07] miracles.
[11:08] He does miracles
[11:09] to bring attention
[11:10] to the preaching.
[11:12] Miracles are signs.
[11:13] So,
[11:14] Bible says that,
[11:15] as I spoke about
[11:16] in verse 12,
[11:17] I like that text
[11:18] so much.
[11:18] but when they
[11:20] had believed
[11:20] Philip,
[11:21] as he preached
[11:22] the things
[11:23] concerning the
[11:24] kingdom of God
[11:25] and the name of,
[11:26] that's what he
[11:27] was preaching.
[11:28] Nothing else.
[11:30] He was preaching
[11:30] the things
[11:31] concerning the
[11:32] kingdom of God
[11:33] and the name of
[11:34] Jesus.
[11:35] Both men and
[11:35] women were baptized.
[11:36] Why?
[11:37] Someone,
[11:38] Margo's himself,
[11:39] got baptized
[11:40] and following
[11:41] Philip,
[11:42] wondering and
[11:43] following and
[11:43] was amazing,
[11:44] seeing the miracles.
[11:46] But you see,
[11:46] when someone,
[11:47] the social was
[11:48] mentioned,
[11:48] Bible put
[11:49] emphasis on
[11:50] miracles.
[11:50] That's what
[11:51] was brought in
[11:52] your attention,
[11:53] as I said.
[11:53] But when you
[11:54] look at the
[11:54] verse 12,
[11:55] Bible says that
[11:56] we believe the
[11:57] preaching.
[11:57] He was preaching
[11:58] and explaining
[11:59] the verse 12
[11:59] that he taught
[12:00] the things
[12:01] concerning the
[12:01] kingdom and
[12:02] that's why
[12:03] they were
[12:03] baptized,
[12:04] based on that,
[12:05] not based on
[12:06] the miracles.
[12:08] And so,
[12:09] miracles are not
[12:10] important,
[12:10] they are essential,
[12:12] they are necessary,
[12:13] but you can be
[12:14] saved without
[12:14] miracles.
[12:16] But you can,
[12:17] and then you,
[12:17] you can have
[12:19] miracles without
[12:20] being saved.
[12:21] You can have
[12:22] miracles without
[12:23] being saved.
[12:23] In fact,
[12:24] there are people
[12:24] who are following
[12:25] Jesus Christ,
[12:26] and when he
[12:27] multiplied the
[12:27] bread,
[12:28] he multiplied
[12:29] bread and fed
[12:30] them.
[12:30] John chapter 6,
[12:32] from verse 66,
[12:33] or something,
[12:33] the Bible says,
[12:34] and the disciples
[12:35] left him,
[12:36] they didn't follow
[12:36] him again.
[12:37] Meanwhile,
[12:37] from verse 20,
[12:38] they came to
[12:39] make him a king.
[12:40] They said,
[12:40] Jesus,
[12:41] they wanted to
[12:42] make,
[12:42] because of bread,
[12:43] they ate.
[12:43] when they
[12:45] saw the
[12:45] yeah,
[12:46] chapter 6,
[12:48] of John,
[12:49] verse 24,
[12:50] no,
[12:50] it can't be 24,
[12:51] 24,
[12:52] 25,
[12:53] 26,
[12:53] somewhere.
[12:54] Bible says
[12:54] that they
[12:55] decided to
[12:56] give him
[12:56] political
[12:56] advantage.
[12:58] Verse 15
[12:59] he said,
[13:00] and Jesus,
[13:01] okay,
[13:01] so verse 15
[13:02] says that when
[13:02] Jesus perceived
[13:03] that they were
[13:04] about to come
[13:05] and take him
[13:06] by force
[13:07] to make him
[13:08] king,
[13:09] he left
[13:09] there,
[13:10] so you can't,
[13:11] no,
[13:11] he left there.
[13:12] he left
[13:14] and went
[13:14] to the mountains
[13:15] alone.
[13:15] They wanted
[13:15] to make him
[13:16] king.
[13:16] Why?
[13:17] Because of
[13:18] the food
[13:18] they had
[13:19] eaten.
[13:20] These same
[13:20] people,
[13:21] these same
[13:22] people,
[13:23] in the verse
[13:24] 16,
[13:24] after Jesus
[13:25] taught,
[13:26] he taught
[13:26] them heavily
[13:27] from verse
[13:27] 30,
[13:28] about I'm
[13:29] the bread,
[13:29] your father's
[13:30] ate manna,
[13:31] I'm the bread
[13:31] that came
[13:32] from heaven,
[13:32] I'm the bread,
[13:33] unless you eat
[13:34] me,
[13:34] you don't
[13:34] have life,
[13:35] unless you
[13:35] drink my
[13:35] blood,
[13:36] and by
[13:37] verse
[13:38] 64,
[13:38] they said,
[13:39] this is a
[13:39] hard saying,
[13:39] who can listen
[13:40] to this?
[13:41] We don't like
[13:41] this preaching,
[13:43] they said,
[13:43] we don't
[13:44] like this
[13:44] preaching,
[13:44] this preaching
[13:45] is,
[13:45] ah,
[13:46] yeah,
[13:47] it says
[13:48] that,
[13:49] and therefore
[13:50] many of his
[13:50] disciples,
[13:51] when they
[13:51] heard this,
[13:53] they said,
[13:53] this is a
[13:53] hard saying,
[13:54] who can
[13:55] understand this?
[13:56] It is his
[13:57] preaching,
[13:58] they followed
[13:59] him to come
[13:59] and eat
[14:00] more,
[14:00] and he
[14:01] diverted
[14:02] their focus
[14:02] to this
[14:03] preaching,
[14:04] because God
[14:05] can't help
[14:05] you without
[14:06] the preaching
[14:07] of his
[14:07] word,
[14:08] it's the
[14:09] word,
[14:10] the word,
[14:11] the word,
[14:12] your spiritual
[14:13] growth is
[14:14] determined by
[14:14] your word
[14:15] growth,
[14:16] growth,
[14:18] and understanding
[14:19] scripture,
[14:19] so,
[14:20] in fact,
[14:21] in Acts
[14:21] chapter 14,
[14:22] can you
[14:23] imagine,
[14:23] that they
[14:24] came,
[14:24] they said,
[14:25] the gods,
[14:25] from verse
[14:26] 17,
[14:27] verse 14,
[14:27] the gods
[14:28] have come
[14:29] down to us
[14:29] in human
[14:30] flesh,
[14:31] after Paul
[14:31] did a miracle
[14:32] and healed
[14:33] somebody as
[14:34] Lystra,
[14:35] they came to
[14:36] come and,
[14:36] verse 11,
[14:37] they came to
[14:37] come and
[14:38] sacrifice the
[14:38] priests of
[14:39] Zeus and
[14:40] Jupiter,
[14:40] they came,
[14:41] because they
[14:42] said Paul
[14:42] was Zeus
[14:43] and then,
[14:44] they called
[14:46] Barnabas
[14:46] Zeus and
[14:46] called Paul
[14:47] Hermes,
[14:48] yeah,
[14:49] Hermes the
[14:49] one in
[14:49] the shop,
[14:52] maybe Gucci,
[14:54] so they
[14:55] called Paul,
[14:57] because he
[14:58] was the
[14:58] chasteel,
[14:59] and they
[14:59] came to
[15:00] sacrifice,
[15:00] oxen,
[15:01] they are
[15:01] coming to
[15:02] perform
[15:02] sacrifice,
[15:04] and Paul
[15:04] had to,
[15:04] they ripped
[15:05] their garments,
[15:06] they said,
[15:07] please stop
[15:07] this,
[15:07] we are
[15:07] look at
[15:08] us,
[15:09] nothing
[15:09] special about
[15:10] us,
[15:10] we are
[15:10] actually
[15:11] preaching and
[15:11] telling you to
[15:12] turn away from
[15:13] this vain
[15:14] behavior,
[15:14] now,
[15:15] because of
[15:15] the miracle,
[15:16] you see what
[15:16] miracle can
[15:17] do,
[15:18] because of
[15:19] the miracle,
[15:19] you are
[15:19] coming to
[15:20] make us,
[15:21] in fact,
[15:22] bring your
[15:22] staff,
[15:23] what we are
[15:23] trying to
[15:23] preach you
[15:24] away from,
[15:25] the human
[15:25] nature was
[15:26] now bringing
[15:26] to make,
[15:27] because they
[15:27] are so
[15:27] impressed with
[15:28] us,
[15:30] they didn't
[15:31] allow that,
[15:32] then,
[15:33] some enemies
[15:34] came from
[15:34] Lystra,
[15:35] and came
[15:36] and polluted
[15:37] these same
[15:37] people who
[15:38] said they
[15:38] are gods,
[15:39] do you know
[15:39] how the
[15:40] story ended,
[15:41] they caught
[15:41] Paul and
[15:42] beat him,
[15:44] they stoned
[15:45] him,
[15:46] yes,
[15:46] they stole
[15:47] Paul and
[15:47] dragged him,
[15:48] look,
[15:49] it is only
[15:50] verse 14,
[15:50] he said,
[15:50] don't do
[15:51] this to us,
[15:52] five verses
[15:53] downwards,
[15:54] why are you
[15:55] doing this
[15:55] to us,
[15:56] in the verse
[15:56] 15,
[15:57] four verses
[15:57] downwards,
[15:58] they stoned
[15:58] him,
[15:59] the same
[15:59] people who
[16:00] saw the
[16:00] miracle were
[16:01] so impressed,
[16:02] because they
[16:02] will not
[16:03] listen to
[16:03] preaching,
[16:03] because they
[16:05] will not
[16:06] listen to
[16:06] preaching,
[16:07] they stoned
[16:07] the one
[16:08] who was
[16:08] coming to
[16:09] deliver the
[16:10] message from
[16:11] God to
[16:11] them,
[16:12] and so
[16:12] it's important
[16:13] to understand
[16:14] that they
[16:15] went every
[16:16] village preaching,
[16:17] the work of
[16:19] God rises
[16:21] and falls on
[16:22] the preaching,
[16:23] not just
[16:24] preaching,
[16:25] but 2 Timothy
[16:26] chapter 4
[16:27] verse 2,
[16:28] first two
[16:29] words,
[16:30] first three
[16:30] words,
[16:31] first three
[16:31] words,
[16:32] if you
[16:34] get tired
[16:35] of hearing
[16:35] this phrase,
[16:36] I'm sorry,
[16:37] you are even
[16:37] about to get
[16:38] more tired,
[16:38] you hear it,
[16:40] whether they
[16:41] are tired
[16:41] of hearing
[16:42] the word,
[16:43] whether they
[16:44] are interested
[16:44] in hearing
[16:44] the word
[16:45] or not,
[16:46] whether they
[16:47] are in the
[16:47] mood to
[16:48] hear the
[16:49] word or
[16:50] not,
[16:51] whether the
[16:51] word feels
[16:52] old fashioned
[16:52] to them
[16:53] or not,
[16:54] don't change
[16:54] it,
[16:55] he told us
[16:56] what to
[16:56] preach,
[16:57] pastor,
[16:58] man of
[16:59] God,
[16:59] Christian
[16:59] brother,
[17:00] Christian
[17:00] sister,
[17:01] preach
[17:02] the word,
[17:04] not politics,
[17:06] not therapy
[17:08] sessions,
[17:09] not motivational
[17:11] talk,
[17:14] no,
[17:15] not financial
[17:16] relief,
[17:18] not social
[17:20] justice,
[17:21] not racial
[17:23] justice,
[17:25] preach
[17:26] the word,
[17:27] that's all,
[17:28] anything
[17:29] outside of
[17:30] the word
[17:31] and a man
[17:32] of God
[17:32] gets into,
[17:33] he has
[17:33] diverted,
[17:35] doesn't matter
[17:36] how wonderful,
[17:38] how loving,
[17:39] people like
[17:39] saying it,
[17:40] that's no
[17:41] matter,
[17:42] once you
[17:43] are out
[17:44] of the
[17:44] word,
[17:44] you are
[17:45] out of
[17:46] the message,
[17:47] so you
[17:48] can be
[17:49] preaching,
[17:50] but not
[17:50] preaching
[17:50] God's
[17:51] message,
[17:51] when you are
[17:53] traveling,
[17:54] and you go
[17:54] to the airport,
[17:55] there's
[17:56] something called
[17:56] gate,
[17:57] gate 16A,
[17:59] gate 14A,
[18:00] gate 10,
[18:01] gate 11,
[18:02] gate 27,
[18:04] some of it is
[18:05] gate 63,
[18:06] so many different
[18:07] gates,
[18:08] you have to
[18:08] walk and walk
[18:09] and walk
[18:09] and 63B,
[18:11] 63C,
[18:12] gates,
[18:13] but if you are
[18:14] having a conversation
[18:15] with your friend,
[18:16] and your plane is
[18:17] departing from
[18:18] gate 7A,
[18:20] and you go to
[18:21] gate 6A,
[18:22] gate 16A,
[18:24] you know,
[18:24] it's just
[18:25] small,
[18:26] but you end
[18:28] up in a
[18:28] different direction
[18:29] from where you
[18:30] are going,
[18:31] the same way,
[18:32] if the word of
[18:33] God,
[18:33] we don't focus
[18:34] on the word
[18:34] of God,
[18:35] and add a
[18:36] little bit,
[18:36] a little,
[18:37] just a little
[18:38] deviation,
[18:39] it can end
[18:40] as very far
[18:41] from what God
[18:42] has planned
[18:42] us to be,
[18:43] that is why,
[18:44] don't,
[18:45] I'm about to
[18:45] introduce a
[18:46] new concept
[18:47] here,
[18:48] don't spare
[18:51] or celebrate, don't celebrate or
[18:53] spare a preacher
[18:55] who is not focusing on the
[18:57] word. Don't spare them.
[19:00] Don't spare me.
[19:02] If I go of the word,
[19:03] don't spare me. Sometimes
[19:05] let your face share as precious,
[19:07] what's that?
[19:09] Yeah, and so, yeah, yeah, yeah,
[19:12] yeah, and so, can you
[19:13] stop the rant? It's nice to hear all
[19:15] the stories, but, you know,
[19:17] can you stop the rant?
[19:19] So,
[19:20] it's important,
[19:23] church, a growing Christian never
[19:25] spares a preacher
[19:26] if he goes, if
[19:29] migrates a little bit of the word.
[19:31] It's not like we attack the person, it's not like we
[19:33] are upset with the person, but you don't have
[19:35] proof of that, because this,
[19:37] you know, I was teaching, one of the first days
[19:39] I was teaching something, that when you
[19:41] are preaching, a pastor is supposed
[19:43] to keep one finger on their Bible.
[19:45] Even me now have to stop moving around,
[19:47] and as I'm preaching,
[19:48] as I'm speaking, my finger
[19:50] must be on the Bible.
[19:51] I'm speaking one, just in case I need this hand
[19:54] to do illustration, so I remove it, this one
[19:56] must go there,
[19:57] and keep, because it must be
[19:59] the word.
[20:01] And the word, preach the word.
[20:02] Hallelujah.
[20:03] Clap for Jesus.
[20:08] I heard a Christian theologian say
[20:10] that the preaching time
[20:12] is a very serious time.
[20:14] It's not meant to be funny.
[20:15] It's not meant to,
[20:17] it's not a comedy session.
[20:19] It's not popular.
[20:21] If you are here for popular entertainment,
[20:23] I think you might not like it.
[20:26] We all have to move away from excessive
[20:28] entertainment.
[20:29] There are times we'll come to church,
[20:31] short praise and worship,
[20:32] the word.
[20:35] Some people are not happy.
[20:36] You know the way moms,
[20:40] you didn't like
[20:40] veg,
[20:42] moms say,
[20:42] you eat it.
[20:44] You still eat the veg.
[20:47] Some of us,
[20:47] you only like dessert.
[20:50] So,
[20:51] then Bible says,
[20:52] look at this,
[20:52] the main point I want to,
[20:54] Philip got such a heavy
[20:56] endorsement from the Jerusalem
[20:58] apostles.
[20:59] They came all the way to endorse
[21:01] what he was doing.
[21:02] That was a big breakthrough.
[21:03] After the endorsement,
[21:04] that is when he's even had to start
[21:06] the departmental movements
[21:08] and make sure things are,
[21:10] you know,
[21:10] he has to buy a throne
[21:12] and make sure his chair is special.
[21:14] He has to,
[21:15] he has to,
[21:16] because the thing is working.
[21:18] Then Bible says that,
[21:20] verse 26 of Acts chapter 8,
[21:22] and an angel of the Lord
[21:24] spoke to Philip.
[21:25] Oh yeah,
[21:26] speak to me.
[21:27] Angel.
[21:27] Say,
[21:28] arise and go towards the south.
[21:29] Ah,
[21:30] go towards the south,
[21:33] along the road,
[21:34] which goes down
[21:36] from Jerusalem to Gaza.
[21:37] Now remember,
[21:38] where was he at this moment?
[21:40] Samaria.
[21:41] You remember how Samaria is?
[21:43] Towards the north.
[21:44] So,
[21:45] north of Judea.
[21:47] And Jerusalem is in Judea.
[21:48] And it's in Samaria.
[21:49] And now they said,
[21:51] go towards the south,
[21:53] along the road
[21:53] that goes to Jerusalem.
[21:55] So it's almost going back
[21:56] on yourself to Jerusalem.
[21:58] And then go past Jerusalem.
[22:01] And now you are going south
[22:02] because Gaza is south.
[22:04] It was the major route
[22:05] between Judea
[22:07] towards Africa
[22:08] through Egypt.
[22:10] So,
[22:11] Gaza Strip.
[22:11] They said you go to Gaza Strip.
[22:13] And it's a desert road.
[22:15] Desert road there means
[22:17] almost like a deserted road.
[22:19] People hardly use that road.
[22:21] Put you on the screen.
[22:22] The scripture.
[22:23] Now,
[22:24] an angel of the Lord
[22:25] spoke to Philip,
[22:26] saying,
[22:27] arise and go towards the south
[22:28] along the road
[22:29] which goes down to Jerusalem
[22:31] to Gaza.
[22:32] This is a desert.
[22:35] Look,
[22:35] he was in a buzzing city.
[22:38] Things were working.
[22:41] Things were working.
[22:42] I mean,
[22:43] he was a big guy.
[22:45] The whole city
[22:46] gave him attention.
[22:47] When he was coming,
[22:48] he had several,
[22:49] if he was today,
[22:51] he would have a lot
[22:51] of security guards.
[22:54] Living a very mean,
[22:55] powerful life.
[22:56] It's not bad in itself,
[22:58] but very comfortable.
[23:00] Then an angel
[23:01] comes to him
[23:01] after all the approval
[23:03] God has given him
[23:04] by apostolic approval,
[23:05] angel comes to him
[23:06] that,
[23:06] you know,
[23:07] there are some people
[23:07] when I send,
[23:08] they wouldn't like to go.
[23:10] But you,
[23:10] you didn't mind
[23:11] serving tables.
[23:13] Even though you had
[23:14] so much depth
[23:15] into scripture,
[23:16] you found yourself
[23:17] in Samaria,
[23:18] look at the revival
[23:19] you have brought.
[23:20] I want to trust
[23:21] something to you.
[23:22] God wanted to start
[23:23] a missionary move.
[23:25] He said,
[23:25] you,
[23:26] I can send you
[23:27] on a mission.
[23:28] And you walk away
[23:28] from everything
[23:29] because of where
[23:31] your heart is.
[23:32] Philip walked away
[23:34] from all.
[23:35] So angel said,
[23:37] move,
[23:37] thank you guys,
[23:38] move towards Gaza.
[23:40] Verse 27,
[23:41] and he arose
[23:41] and went.
[23:43] This is an interesting guy.
[23:45] As soon as he was
[23:46] told to move,
[23:46] he arose
[23:47] and went.
[23:49] He arose,
[23:49] let's not say
[23:50] he arose and went.
[23:51] He arose and went.
[23:52] Say it again.
[23:53] He arose and went.
[23:55] Will you arise
[23:56] and go?
[23:58] Will you arose
[23:59] and went?
[24:02] One day,
[24:03] can it be said
[24:04] about you
[24:04] that you arose
[24:05] and went?
[24:06] Even though
[24:07] where you were
[24:08] seems more lucrative.
[24:11] Can that be said
[24:12] about us?
[24:13] Oh God,
[24:13] help us.
[24:13] So he arose
[24:16] and went.
[24:18] Verse 27,
[24:20] and he arose
[24:21] and went
[24:21] and behold,
[24:22] a man of Ethiopia,
[24:25] an eunuch
[24:25] of great authority
[24:27] and Akandes,
[24:28] queen of Ethiopia.
[24:30] Now,
[24:30] a few points
[24:31] I want to
[24:31] bring to your attention.
[24:33] Ethiopia there
[24:34] is not
[24:34] the same
[24:35] as the modern day
[24:36] Ethiopia.
[24:37] Ethiopia there
[24:39] at that time
[24:39] is really
[24:40] almost
[24:40] all of Sahara,
[24:42] Africa,
[24:43] as far
[24:44] as possible
[24:44] low.
[24:45] So practically
[24:46] in the scripture,
[24:47] anytime you see
[24:47] Ethiopia,
[24:48] it's the kingdom
[24:48] and the land
[24:49] of the Cush.
[24:50] Isaiah chapter 18
[24:51] verse 1.
[24:52] Cush is one
[24:54] of the sons
[24:55] of Ham,
[24:58] Noah's son.
[24:59] So it says
[25:01] that,
[25:01] woe to the land
[25:03] shadowed
[25:03] with buzzing wings
[25:05] which is beyond
[25:06] the river
[25:07] of Ethiopia.
[25:08] And then
[25:08] yesterday's Bible
[25:09] reading in Isaiah
[25:10] chapter 56,
[25:11] you will see
[25:11] Cush being
[25:12] represented
[25:13] about 4,
[25:14] I think verse 4,
[25:15] 5,
[25:16] 6,
[25:16] or 3,
[25:16] 4,
[25:17] 5,
[25:17] you can see
[25:18] Cush was
[25:18] mentioned there.
[25:19] Cush is actually
[25:20] the African
[25:22] or the dark-skinned
[25:23] man.
[25:25] Yeah,
[25:25] in the Bible.
[25:26] So anytime you come
[25:27] across Cush
[25:28] in the Bible,
[25:29] it's talking about
[25:29] the dark-skinned
[25:30] man God
[25:31] created him to.
[25:32] So he said,
[25:33] get up.
[25:34] And when
[25:36] he was going,
[25:38] he met,
[25:39] when he traveled,
[25:40] the Bible says
[25:40] that there was
[25:41] this Ethiopian
[25:42] Enoch.
[25:42] Now,
[25:43] so Ethiopia first.
[25:44] Ethiopia was
[25:45] south of Egypt
[25:46] all down there.
[25:47] All that area
[25:48] was usually
[25:49] in Bible times
[25:50] called Ethiopia.
[25:51] Now,
[25:51] what's that Enoch?
[25:52] And Enoch
[25:53] is a man
[25:55] who has been,
[25:58] I think the word
[26:00] is,
[26:01] not cast,
[26:02] is castrated,
[26:03] but there's another
[26:04] biblical word.
[26:05] Deuteronomy chapter
[26:05] 23 verse 1
[26:07] in the New
[26:08] King James Version.
[26:10] Deuteronomy is,
[26:10] yeah,
[26:11] emasculated.
[26:11] That's the word,
[26:12] emasculated.
[26:15] Yeah.
[26:15] By crushing
[26:16] or mutilation.
[26:19] You don't want to see
[26:20] New Living Translation.
[26:21] It's okay.
[26:32] Take it off the screen.
[26:33] It's okay.
[26:33] It's okay.
[26:39] Now,
[26:41] just for information,
[26:42] it was a common
[26:43] thing in those days
[26:45] where some men
[26:46] are castrated.
[26:48] They are called
[26:48] eunuchs.
[26:49] what produces
[26:50] their testosterone,
[26:51] their hormones,
[26:53] their testicles,
[26:55] is removed.
[26:56] So,
[26:57] eventually,
[26:57] it's not anymore male.
[26:59] So,
[27:00] they usually tend
[27:00] to have a lot
[27:01] of feminine features.
[27:03] They can be
[27:04] very,
[27:04] very,
[27:04] like,
[27:06] rosy and,
[27:07] you know.
[27:07] When I was a boy,
[27:08] I told you,
[27:09] we used to have sheep
[27:10] at home.
[27:11] We had to have sheep.
[27:12] So,
[27:12] I was a shepherd boy.
[27:14] So,
[27:14] shepherding started a lot.
[27:15] David was a shepherd boy.
[27:16] The only thing is,
[27:18] the only thing is,
[27:20] I didn't have a harp.
[27:24] But,
[27:25] some of the things
[27:26] we used to do
[27:27] to the sheep
[27:27] is to castrate them.
[27:30] So,
[27:30] they become,
[27:30] they grow very,
[27:31] when they are
[27:32] lambs,
[27:33] male,
[27:34] you castrate them,
[27:35] take out their,
[27:36] their testicles,
[27:38] and they can grow,
[27:39] become very big,
[27:40] but they can't produce
[27:42] child.
[27:42] And,
[27:43] Bible says that,
[27:44] a eunuch,
[27:46] or someone who has been
[27:47] castrated,
[27:47] or emasculated,
[27:49] should not come into
[27:50] the congregation
[27:51] of the assembly of the Lord.
[27:53] She didn't come.
[27:54] Did you see how serious
[27:55] God takes reproduction?
[27:58] If,
[27:59] they have,
[28:00] made you,
[28:02] fertile,
[28:03] of purpose,
[28:04] so you can't,
[28:05] because,
[28:06] it's a sign that God
[28:07] likes us to reproduce.
[28:09] Anything that,
[28:10] that's why Jesus
[28:11] gets their fig tree.
[28:12] So,
[28:13] that's for another time.
[28:15] So,
[28:15] that's an eunuch.
[28:16] That's very important.
[28:18] And those days,
[28:18] they had eunuchs,
[28:19] to take care,
[28:21] they are the ones
[28:22] who normally
[28:22] would take care
[28:23] of their queens.
[28:24] Some of them,
[28:24] they birthed their queens,
[28:27] they take care,
[28:27] because they are not dangerous,
[28:29] they are sterile.
[28:30] So,
[28:31] it's either that,
[28:34] or some,
[28:34] are used for religious purposes,
[28:37] some are priests.
[28:39] You know,
[28:39] so,
[28:39] they didn't want a priest
[28:40] to have any problem.
[28:41] And it is,
[28:42] so,
[28:43] not in Israel,
[28:45] but in the pagan territory.
[28:47] So,
[28:47] it was a common practice
[28:48] in the pagan territory.
[28:49] So,
[28:49] this is a eunuch.
[28:51] But this guy
[28:51] is not a priest.
[28:52] This guy
[28:53] was a very big politician.
[28:55] Now,
[28:56] the Bible says
[28:57] that he was
[28:57] a great authority
[28:58] under Candace.
[29:00] What's Candace?
[29:01] Candace was like
[29:02] a title given
[29:03] to the queen.
[29:05] those days,
[29:07] the Ethiopians
[29:08] believed
[29:08] their kings
[29:09] came directly
[29:11] from their
[29:12] son god,
[29:12] S-U-N,
[29:14] was the son
[29:14] of the son god.
[29:16] So,
[29:16] they are not,
[29:17] the king is not
[29:18] supposed to work.
[29:19] So,
[29:19] it's like
[29:20] he rules,
[29:21] but doesn't reign.
[29:22] He's just like
[29:23] a ceremonial figure.
[29:25] So,
[29:26] and it doesn't work
[29:26] because it's very important.
[29:28] It's like a special
[29:29] person in those days.
[29:31] And,
[29:31] so then,
[29:32] the queen
[29:33] is the one
[29:33] who reigns
[29:35] and sees to the ruling
[29:36] of the everything,
[29:37] the kingdom and everything.
[29:38] So,
[29:38] it's the queen.
[29:40] And now,
[29:40] that queen,
[29:41] as soon as you become
[29:42] that queen,
[29:43] you are given that title
[29:44] like a Candace.
[29:45] So,
[29:46] this guy
[29:47] was a big person,
[29:49] very prominent person
[29:50] under the authority
[29:51] of Candace,
[29:52] the queen of the Ethiopians.
[29:54] And,
[29:54] he was in charge
[29:55] of the treasury.
[29:56] He was the chancellor
[29:57] of the exchequer.
[29:59] He was a big guy.
[30:01] Big guy.
[30:01] However,
[30:02] something interesting
[30:03] about this guy
[30:04] was that he would
[30:05] travel miles,
[30:06] about 1,500 miles
[30:08] those days
[30:09] on horse and chariots.
[30:11] And,
[30:11] it's not the chariot
[30:12] to fight.
[30:12] It's the one,
[30:13] the carriage.
[30:14] So,
[30:14] it's almost like
[30:15] the speed of a bicycle.
[30:17] And,
[30:17] you are traveling,
[30:18] let's say,
[30:19] from here to Spain
[30:20] on a bicycle.
[30:22] You can't tell
[30:22] the number of miles
[30:23] it will take you.
[30:24] And,
[30:24] you see his level
[30:25] of devotion
[30:26] to go all the way
[30:27] to Jerusalem
[30:28] for worship
[30:29] one.
[30:31] Bible didn't tell us
[30:32] whether he was a Jew
[30:32] or not,
[30:33] but he was Ethiopian.
[30:34] Those days,
[30:34] you know,
[30:35] there are some Jews
[30:36] who were taken
[30:36] to captivity
[30:37] and some theologists
[30:38] believe that
[30:39] some of them
[30:39] were Jews
[30:40] by Ethiopian Jews.
[30:41] Many also believe
[30:42] that this man
[30:43] was like,
[30:44] he was not satisfied
[30:46] with the pagan
[30:47] religion he's seen.
[30:49] He wanted something better.
[30:50] Just like Paul
[30:51] went to Mars Hill.
[30:52] They said to the
[30:53] unknown God.
[30:54] They were practicing
[30:54] things,
[30:55] but they still
[30:55] felt dissatisfied.
[30:56] nothing satisfies,
[30:59] no religion satisfies
[31:00] morally,
[31:01] no religion satisfies
[31:03] spiritually,
[31:04] and no religion
[31:04] satisfies naturally.
[31:06] Anytime you practice
[31:07] any religion,
[31:08] you still feel a gap
[31:10] as something is missing
[31:11] until you find Jesus.
[31:13] So this man was
[31:14] looking for God
[31:15] and he knew
[31:17] about the Jews,
[31:18] so he practiced
[31:19] that he wasn't
[31:20] a Jew,
[31:21] he might not be a Jew,
[31:23] and potentially
[31:24] not a proselyte.
[31:25] Who is a proselyte?
[31:27] A proselyte
[31:27] is a pagan
[31:28] or a Gentile
[31:30] who have converted
[31:31] to practice Judaism
[31:32] like a Jew.
[31:34] You go through rituals.
[31:35] But obviously,
[31:35] because of this man's
[31:37] eunuch emasculation,
[31:41] he is not likely to.
[31:43] So when he goes
[31:43] to the temple,
[31:44] obviously he can't be inside
[31:45] because proselytes
[31:45] are not inside.
[31:46] There's a wall.
[31:47] So he will be
[31:48] on the outer side,
[31:49] but he doesn't mind.
[31:50] He will travel
[31:50] weeks and months
[31:52] just to go and worship.
[31:53] And there's one
[31:55] that I told you,
[31:55] the traveling
[31:56] or festivals
[31:57] where Jews have to travel
[31:59] and people travel
[32:00] from all over the world,
[32:01] the Jews,
[32:02] two of them were
[32:03] Pentecost
[32:05] and Passover.
[32:07] And did you realize
[32:08] that Passover
[32:08] is 15 days away
[32:09] from Pentecost?
[32:10] And Jesus was killed
[32:12] at Passover
[32:12] and then
[32:13] all he goes
[32:14] came out,
[32:15] Pentecost.
[32:15] So usually,
[32:16] when you travel
[32:17] and go to Jerusalem,
[32:18] you are likely
[32:18] to stay
[32:19] for at least
[32:20] six weeks
[32:21] or seven weeks
[32:22] so you can enjoy
[32:23] Passover
[32:23] and also have
[32:25] Pentecost
[32:25] before you go.
[32:26] So he spent
[32:27] a bit of time
[32:27] and he was a rich man,
[32:30] a prominent man.
[32:31] He was a rich man.
[32:32] And because
[32:33] he had now finished
[32:34] and so it was likely
[32:36] he would have been around
[32:37] the third time
[32:38] Jesus was being executed.
[32:40] He still would have been around
[32:42] after the day of Pentecost.
[32:44] He would have been around there.
[32:46] So he had finished
[32:46] worshiping
[32:47] or whatever he was doing
[32:48] if the Bible says
[32:49] went to worship.
[32:50] And he was on his way
[32:51] back to Ethiopia
[32:52] because in those days
[32:53] people traveled
[32:54] to Jerusalem
[32:54] to go and worship.
[32:56] Acts chapter 24
[32:57] verse 11
[32:57] Paul said
[32:59] he was actually
[32:59] going to worship.
[33:01] So they go to worship
[33:02] because you may
[33:03] ascertain that
[33:04] it's no more
[33:06] than 12 days
[33:07] since I went
[33:08] up to Jerusalem
[33:09] to worship.
[33:09] They go.
[33:10] They try.
[33:10] It's common.
[33:11] So this guy
[33:12] has just finished worship.
[33:13] Let's go to the text again
[33:13] in Acts chapter.
[33:15] Is somebody learning something?
[33:16] The Bible says that
[33:18] verse 28
[33:19] was returning
[33:20] and sitting
[33:20] in his chariot
[33:21] reading Isaiah.
[33:23] As he has there
[33:24] in the King James
[33:25] is Isaiah
[33:25] the prophet.
[33:27] He was reading.
[33:28] Now this is another thing
[33:29] I want you to realize.
[33:30] Those days
[33:31] it's not books.
[33:32] It was scrolls.
[33:33] And the scrolls
[33:34] were kept
[33:34] in the synagogue.
[33:36] Yeah,
[33:37] in the synagogue
[33:37] and special places.
[33:39] Unless very,
[33:40] very rich people
[33:40] who can afford
[33:41] a scroll.
[33:42] so you can buy Isaiah.
[33:44] You can buy Jeremiah.
[33:45] You can buy Lamentations.
[33:46] We have got this luxury
[33:47] of having everything.
[33:49] Some of us
[33:50] now even have it
[33:51] on our electronic media.
[33:53] Yeah.
[33:54] Those days
[33:54] it is hard
[33:55] to find those days.
[33:56] You have to go.
[33:57] And so
[33:57] he has bought
[33:58] a scroll
[33:59] here he could afford it.
[34:01] And from Jerusalem
[34:02] he was busy reading.
[34:04] And number two
[34:04] the way they used to read
[34:06] was reading aloud
[34:07] like I told you
[34:08] on Thursday.
[34:08] Sometimes
[34:09] practice reading
[34:10] out loud.
[34:11] So he was reading aloud.
[34:13] He was reading aloud.
[34:14] So let's look at the text again.
[34:16] So Bible says that
[34:17] he was returning
[34:18] and sitting
[34:19] in his chariot
[34:20] reading Isaiah the prophet.
[34:22] Then the spirit
[34:24] said to Philip
[34:25] go near
[34:26] and join yourself
[34:27] to this chariot.
[34:29] Did you see
[34:29] the way the spirit
[34:30] was so influential
[34:31] in the works
[34:33] of the church?
[34:34] In Acts chapter 13
[34:35] as they ministered
[34:36] and fasted
[34:36] the Holy Spirit said
[34:37] separate unto me
[34:39] Barnabas and Saul.
[34:41] In Acts chapter 8
[34:42] verse 39
[34:42] Acts 8 39
[34:44] the Bible said
[34:45] that when they came
[34:46] out of the world
[34:46] the spirit
[34:47] of the Lord
[34:48] caught Philip.
[34:49] The spirit seems
[34:50] to be the main
[34:51] brain behind
[34:51] everything that is working.
[34:53] In Acts
[34:53] you remember
[34:54] Acts chapter 16
[34:54] verse 6 and 7
[34:55] they tried to preach
[34:56] in the territories
[34:57] of Galatia
[34:58] and when we had
[34:59] gone through
[35:00] Phrygia
[35:00] and the region
[35:01] of Galatia
[35:02] they were
[35:03] when they had gone
[35:03] through
[35:03] they were forbidden
[35:04] by the Holy Spirit.
[35:07] And look at
[35:07] the next verse.
[35:08] the next verse
[35:09] says that
[35:10] after they had
[35:10] come to Mysia
[35:11] they tried to go
[35:13] through but
[35:13] but the spirit
[35:14] so you can see
[35:16] how the spirit
[35:17] was actually
[35:18] the one in charge.
[35:20] That's why
[35:20] when Ananias and
[35:21] Sapphira lied
[35:22] to Peter
[35:22] Peter said
[35:23] you have lied
[35:24] to the Holy Spirit
[35:25] because he's
[35:26] the main person
[35:27] the main controller
[35:29] the main brain
[35:30] behind church work.
[35:32] So the angel
[35:34] this is interesting
[35:35] you know
[35:35] we didn't even explore
[35:36] how did the angel
[35:37] speak to him
[35:37] it's not necessary.
[35:40] Verse 27
[35:40] the angel
[35:41] from the Lord
[35:42] told Philip
[35:43] how did he speak
[35:44] to him
[35:44] is he vision
[35:45] is he dream
[35:46] did he see
[35:46] a physical person
[35:47] those are the things
[35:48] that easily
[35:49] the natural human nature
[35:51] or the human nature
[35:52] likes
[35:52] that can lead
[35:53] to sorcery.
[35:56] How did he speak
[35:57] how did he speak
[35:57] to him
[35:58] it's not necessary
[35:59] forget about
[36:00] the experiences
[36:01] and get
[36:02] the message
[36:03] God's message
[36:05] is one point
[36:05] so now
[36:06] after angel
[36:07] speaking to him
[36:08] Bible says that
[36:09] the spirit
[36:09] also spoke to him
[36:11] when he got there
[36:11] that go run
[36:13] the spirit
[36:14] said to him
[36:15] go near
[36:16] and take
[36:16] over
[36:17] this
[36:17] give me the
[36:18] kj
[36:18] I prefer the kj
[36:19] this
[36:19] overtake
[36:20] okay go
[36:21] overtake this chariot
[36:22] go near
[36:22] and he joined himself
[36:24] to the chariot
[36:25] the spirit said go
[36:26] that's not what he was
[36:27] riding his chariot
[36:28] I believe that
[36:29] you might believe
[36:29] with me that's likely
[36:30] he may have a lot
[36:31] of bodyguards
[36:32] because to travel
[36:34] in that road
[36:35] you might have
[36:37] bodyguards
[36:38] and he's a big guy
[36:39] but he went
[36:40] and I don't know
[36:42] all the details
[36:42] are not necessary
[36:43] scripture doesn't give
[36:44] it
[36:44] but the spirit
[36:45] said go near
[36:46] the chariot
[36:46] let's see the
[36:46] verse 20
[36:47] the next verse
[36:48] so Philip ran
[36:49] let's all say
[36:50] Philip ran
[36:50] the first thing
[36:52] you have to realize
[36:53] is Philip went
[36:54] now he ran
[36:56] the Holy Spirit
[36:57] said go
[36:58] he ran
[36:58] that's what
[37:00] determines how
[37:01] successful you are
[37:02] in the things of God
[37:03] sometimes we delay
[37:05] sometimes we are
[37:06] like a days ago
[37:07] sometimes we are
[37:09] maybe
[37:09] you know God
[37:11] is telling you
[37:12] to do something
[37:12] brother
[37:13] sister
[37:14] run
[37:15] therein
[37:17] lies
[37:17] your prosperity
[37:19] and your blessings
[37:19] therein lies
[37:21] the quality
[37:22] of how God
[37:22] will manifest himself
[37:24] the state
[37:24] of our obedience
[37:25] the nature
[37:26] of our obedience
[37:27] will determine
[37:28] the dimension
[37:30] or the magnitude
[37:31] of glory
[37:32] that will be
[37:32] lavished on us
[37:33] by God
[37:34] Philip
[37:35] run
[37:36] he said he should
[37:37] run
[37:37] and he ran
[37:38] so you see
[37:38] three key players
[37:40] in this text
[37:40] we have read so far
[37:41] number one
[37:42] is God
[37:42] number two
[37:44] is who
[37:44] is who
[37:47] I can't hear you
[37:48] are you sleeping
[37:50] number two
[37:53] is Philip
[37:54] God and the Holy Spirit
[37:55] is the same
[37:56] God
[37:58] angel
[37:58] the supernature
[37:59] and then number
[38:00] three is who
[38:01] the eunuch
[38:02] thank you
[38:03] someone are sleeping
[38:04] who is the one
[38:05] sleeping
[38:06] is there somebody
[38:06] sleeping
[38:06] the eunuch
[38:07] say the eunuch
[38:08] the eunuch
[38:09] I want you to
[38:12] notice that
[38:12] the eunuch
[38:13] was minding
[38:14] his business
[38:14] but because
[38:15] he was a
[38:16] seeker
[38:16] God has
[38:17] provoked
[38:18] a searching
[38:18] in his heart
[38:19] and look
[38:20] God went
[38:21] to Philip
[38:22] having a good
[38:23] time in Samaria
[38:24] told him
[38:25] travel
[38:25] go
[38:27] and meet
[38:28] this guy
[38:29] we
[38:30] naturally
[38:31] don't go
[38:31] to God
[38:32] you know
[38:32] in Genesis
[38:33] chapter 3
[38:34] verse 11
[38:35] it was God
[38:35] who came
[38:36] and said
[38:36] Adam
[38:37] where are you
[38:38] Adam said
[38:39] the woman
[38:40] you have
[38:40] it
[38:41] I had
[38:41] him
[38:41] called
[38:41] the woman
[38:42] then God
[38:42] went to Eve
[38:43] Eve
[38:43] God always
[38:45] comes to us
[38:46] God came
[38:47] to Noah
[38:48] and said
[38:49] Noah
[38:49] build the ark
[38:50] God came
[38:51] to Abraham
[38:52] Abraham
[38:52] was living
[38:53] in the
[38:53] era of the
[38:54] childish
[38:54] minding
[38:55] his own
[38:55] business
[38:56] God
[38:56] came to him
[38:57] he didn't
[38:58] go looking
[38:58] for God
[38:59] God
[38:59] came to him
[39:00] Noah
[39:02] God came
[39:03] to him
[39:03] Abraham
[39:03] God came
[39:04] to him
[39:04] and the word
[39:05] of the Lord
[39:05] you can't
[39:06] see all
[39:06] Moses
[39:07] was minding
[39:07] his own
[39:08] business
[39:08] family
[39:09] business
[39:10] he has
[39:10] gotten
[39:10] this wonderful
[39:11] wife
[39:11] and father
[39:12] in law
[39:12] amazing
[39:12] he was
[39:13] enjoying
[39:13] it
[39:13] and God
[39:14] appears
[39:14] to him
[39:15] God
[39:16] keeps coming
[39:16] God
[39:17] keeps coming
[39:18] and this
[39:18] Ethiopian
[39:19] it was
[39:19] God
[39:20] who sought
[39:20] him
[39:20] God
[39:22] went to
[39:23] Philip
[39:23] said
[39:23] there's
[39:24] somebody
[39:24] I want
[39:25] it's
[39:25] not
[39:25] coincidence
[39:26] you are
[39:26] going
[39:26] on this
[39:27] mission
[39:27] because
[39:28] there's
[39:28] one
[39:29] person
[39:29] oh
[39:30] he's
[39:30] the
[39:31] God
[39:31] of the
[39:31] crowd
[39:31] and the
[39:32] God
[39:32] of the
[39:32] individual
[39:33] he's
[39:34] the
[39:35] God
[39:35] of the
[39:35] crowd
[39:36] he cares
[39:36] about the
[39:37] crowd
[39:37] what was
[39:37] happening
[39:38] in Samaria
[39:38] crowd
[39:39] at the
[39:40] same time
[39:40] there's
[39:40] one
[39:41] person
[39:41] somewhere
[39:42] in the
[39:42] desert
[39:43] road
[39:43] and God
[39:44] said
[39:44] I equally
[39:45] care about
[39:45] you
[39:45] I'm going
[39:46] to reach
[39:46] out to
[39:47] you
[39:47] I don't
[39:47] know who
[39:47] I'm
[39:48] preaching
[39:48] to
[39:48] but I
[39:49] believe
[39:49] God
[39:49] has a
[39:49] plan
[39:50] to reach
[39:50] out to
[39:51] you
[39:51] God
[39:51] has a
[39:52] plan
[39:52] to do
[39:52] something
[39:53] about
[39:53] your
[39:53] life
[39:54] and
[39:54] your
[39:54] ministry
[39:55] God
[39:56] reached
[39:56] out to
[39:56] this
[39:57] Ethiopian
[39:57] union
[39:57] went to
[39:58] disrupt
[39:59] Philip's
[39:59] life
[39:59] it wasn't
[40:00] a
[40:00] disruption
[40:00] but in
[40:01] the
[40:01] natural
[40:02] it might
[40:02] look like
[40:03] a
[40:03] disruption
[40:03] he said
[40:04] go
[40:04] so
[40:05] God
[40:05] is a
[40:06] God
[40:06] of
[40:06] love
[40:06] he
[40:07] will
[40:07] always
[40:08] reach
[40:08] out
[40:08] to
[40:08] us
[40:09] he
[40:09] will
[40:09] always
[40:10] trust
[40:10] to
[40:11] let
[40:11] us
[40:11] know
[40:11] he
[40:12] is
[40:12] the
[40:12] unchanging
[40:12] God
[40:13] he
[40:14] doesn't
[40:14] change
[40:15] he
[40:15] is
[40:16] merciful
[40:16] he
[40:17] is
[40:17] kind
[40:18] he
[40:18] is
[40:19] good
[40:19] he
[40:21] will
[40:21] travel
[40:22] he
[40:22] will
[40:22] move
[40:22] any
[40:23] land
[40:23] to
[40:23] come
[40:23] and
[40:23] find
[40:24] you
[40:24] I
[40:24] know
[40:25] one
[40:25] of
[40:25] these
[40:25] days
[40:26] God
[40:26] somebody
[40:27] is
[40:27] going
[40:27] to
[40:27] have
[40:27] an
[40:28] encounter
[40:28] !
[40:32] make it
[40:33] a
[40:33] delight
[40:34] in
[40:35] fighting
[40:35] you
[40:36] God
[40:36] will
[40:37] find
[40:37] them
[40:37] God
[40:39] trust
[40:41] God
[40:41] and
[40:41] leave
[40:41] the
[40:42] details
[40:42] to
[40:42] him
[40:42] I
[40:44] don't
[40:44] know
[40:45] who
[40:45] I'm
[40:45] preaching
[40:45] to
[40:45] so
[40:47] clearly
[40:47] you
[40:47] can
[40:47] see
[40:47] the
[40:48] sovereign
[40:48] work
[40:48] of
[40:48] God
[40:49] here
[40:50] and
[40:50] then
[40:51] you
[40:51] can
[40:51] see
[40:51] the
[40:51] submissive
[40:52] will
[40:52] of
[40:52] the
[40:52] servant
[40:53] of
[40:54] God
[40:54] Philip
[40:55] God
[40:56] told
[40:56] him
[40:56] go
[40:56] he
[40:56] was
[40:57] submissive
[40:57] and
[40:58] he
[40:58] went
[40:58] but
[40:58] this
[40:59] is
[40:59] all
[40:59] God
[41:00] who
[41:00] started
[41:00] it
[41:00] God
[41:01] is
[41:01] the
[41:31] one
[41:32] and
[41:35] so
[41:36] God
[41:36] goes
[41:37] to
[41:37] Philip
[41:37] and
[41:39] sends
[41:41] Philip
[41:41] and
[41:42] then
[41:42] quickly
[41:43] let's
[41:43] look
[41:43] back
[41:44] at
[41:44] the
[41:44] text
[41:44] and
[41:45] Philip
[41:46] ran
[41:47] to
[41:48] him
[41:49] and
[41:50] said
[41:52] do you
[41:53] understand
[41:54] what you
[41:54] are
[41:54] reading
[41:54] watch
[41:56] this
[41:57] this
[41:57] guy
[41:57] is
[41:58] someone
[41:58] who
[41:58] definitely
[41:59] must
[41:59] have
[41:59] been
[41:59] exposed
[42:00] to
[42:00] idolatry
[42:01] pagan
[42:02] religion
[42:02] and
[42:03] all
[42:03] that
[42:03] and
[42:03] it
[42:03] wasn't
[42:04] enough
[42:04] so
[42:05] now
[42:05] he
[42:05] went
[42:06] towards
[42:06] the
[42:07] Jews
[42:07] the
[42:08] Jewish
[42:08] God
[42:08] because
[42:09] there's
[42:09] something
[42:09] about
[42:10] the
[42:10] Jewish
[42:10] God
[42:10] let me
[42:11] tell you
[42:11] something
[42:11] please
[42:11] this is
[42:12] necessary
[42:12] to
[42:12] know
[42:13] okay
[42:13] God
[42:15] when
[42:16] God
[42:16] called
[42:17] Abraham
[42:17] he
[42:18] told him
[42:18] in
[42:18] Genesis
[42:19] chapter
[42:19] 12
[42:19] in
[42:20] you
[42:21] shall
[42:21] all
[42:22] the
[42:22] families
[42:22] of the
[42:23] earth
[42:23] be
[42:23] blessed
[42:23] say
[42:24] in
[42:25] you
[42:25] so
[42:26] God
[42:26] clearly
[42:27] told
[42:27] Abraham
[42:28] and the
[42:28] plan
[42:28] of
[42:29] God
[42:29] besides
[42:30] watch
[42:30] this
[42:30] besides
[42:31] the
[42:31] fact
[42:31] that
[42:32] within
[42:32] his
[42:32] loins
[42:33] the
[42:33] Messiah
[42:34] was
[42:34] coming
[42:34] God's
[42:35] plan
[42:35] for
[42:36] the
[42:36] Jews
[42:36] Abraham
[42:37] and his
[42:37] descendants
[42:38] was to
[42:39] use them
[42:40] to spread
[42:40] the knowledge
[42:41] of God
[42:41] amongst
[42:42] other nations
[42:43] but the
[42:44] Jews
[42:45] went
[42:45] topsy
[42:46] topsy
[42:46] they
[42:47] either
[42:48] go
[42:48] and they
[42:49] don't
[42:49] want to
[42:49] have
[42:49] anything
[42:50] to do
[42:50] with
[42:50] the
[42:50] people
[42:50] or
[42:51] they
[42:51] go
[42:52] and
[42:52] adopt
[42:53] their
[42:53] gods
[42:53] so
[42:55] the
[42:56] Jews
[42:56] kept
[42:57] failing
[42:57] God
[42:57] because
[42:58] the
[42:59] knowledge
[42:59] of the
[42:59] Lord
[43:00] the
[43:00] oracles
[43:01] of
[43:01] God
[43:01] was
[43:01] committed
[43:02] to
[43:02] the
[43:02] Jews
[43:03] so
[43:03] that
[43:03] the
[43:03] world
[43:04] might
[43:04] be
[43:04] blessed
[43:05] through
[43:05] the
[43:05] Jews
[43:05] they
[43:06] will
[43:06] know
[43:06] more
[43:06] about
[43:07] this
[43:07] Jewish
[43:07] God
[43:07] they
[43:08] will
[43:08] know
[43:08] more
[43:08] about
[43:09] tell us
[43:09] about
[43:09] your
[43:09] God
[43:10] so
[43:11] one
[43:12] of the
[43:12] reasons
[43:12] why
[43:12] God
[43:12] chose
[43:13] the
[43:13] Jews
[43:13] is
[43:14] for
[43:14] making
[43:16] the
[43:16] knowledge
[43:17] of
[43:17] God
[43:17] known
[43:18] to
[43:18] other
[43:19] nations
[43:19] but
[43:20] the
[43:20] Jews
[43:20] failed
[43:20] God
[43:21] so
[43:21] when
[43:21] God
[43:22] raised
[43:22] the
[43:22] church
[43:23] he
[43:23] said
[43:23] I'm
[43:23] going
[43:24] to
[43:24] use
[43:24] the
[43:24] church
[43:24] to
[43:25] send
[43:25] the
[43:26] knowledge
[43:26] of
[43:26] myself
[43:26] to
[43:27] all
[43:27] the
[43:27] nations
[43:28] and
[43:29] so
[43:29] he
[43:29] started
[43:29] with
[43:30] sending
[43:30] Philip
[43:30] remember
[43:31] he said
[43:31] you
[43:32] shall
[43:32] receive
[43:32] the
[43:33] power
[43:33] after
[43:33] the
[43:33] Holy
[43:33] Spirit
[43:33] has
[43:34] come
[43:34] upon
[43:34] you
[43:34] shall
[43:35] be
[43:35] witness
[43:35] you
[43:35] of
[43:54] this
[44:24] the
[44:24] scroll
[44:24] just
[44:25] like
[44:25] the
[44:25] Jews
[44:26] in
[44:26] the
[44:27] synagogue
[44:27] at
[44:27] the
[44:27] time
[44:28] of
[44:28] Jesus
[44:28] they
[44:29] had
[44:29] the
[44:29] scroll
[44:29] but
[44:30] they
[44:30] didn't
[44:30] understand
[44:31] what
[44:31] they
[44:31] were
[44:31] reading
[44:32] they
[44:33] couldn't
[44:33] understand
[44:33] because
[44:34] Bible
[44:35] says
[44:35] that
[44:35] until
[44:35] this
[44:36] day
[44:36] when
[44:36] Moses
[44:37] is
[44:37] read
[44:38] 2nd
[44:38] Corinthians
[44:38] chapter
[44:39] 3
[44:39] a veil
[44:40] verse 13
[44:41] and 14
[44:41] a veil
[44:42] covers
[44:43] their
[44:43] face
[44:43] but
[44:44] verse 16
[44:44] said
[44:45] yet
[44:45] never
[44:45] when
[44:46] they
[44:46] turn
[44:46] to
[44:47] the
[44:47] Lord
[44:47] hallelujah
[44:48] when
[44:48] they
[44:48] turn
[44:49] to
[44:49] the
[44:49] !
[44:50] the
[44:50] veil
[44:54] says
[44:54] in
[44:54] Luke
[44:54] chapter
[44:55] 24
[44:55] verse
[44:56] 45
[44:57] Bible
[44:58] says
[44:58] and
[44:58] he
[44:59] opened
[44:59] their
[44:59] understanding
[45:00] wow
[45:01] that
[45:01] they
[45:02] might
[45:02] comprehend
[45:03] the
[45:03] scriptures
[45:03] and
[45:04] the
[45:04] Bible
[45:04] says
[45:04] look
[45:05] at
[45:05] the
[45:05] next
[45:05] verse
[45:05] that
[45:06] they
[45:06] might
[45:06] comprehend
[45:06] the
[45:06] scriptures
[45:07] then
[45:07] he
[45:07] said
[45:07] unto
[45:07] them
[45:08] it
[45:08] is
[45:08] written
[45:09] he
[45:09] was
[45:09] not
[45:09] pointing
[45:10] to
[45:10] them
[45:10] in
[45:10] scripture
[45:11] previously
[45:11] they
[45:12] read
[45:12] it
[45:12] couldn't
[45:12] see
[45:13] it
[45:13] they
[45:14] read
[45:14] Isaiah
[45:14] !
[45:15] couldn't
[45:15] understand
[45:15] it
[45:15] the
[45:16] same
[45:16] thing
[45:16] was
[45:16] happening
[45:16] to
[45:17] this
[45:17] Ethiopian
[45:17] Enoch
[45:17] he
[45:18] was
[45:18] reading
[45:19] the
[45:19] book
[45:19] of
[45:19] Isaiah
[45:20] he
[45:20] invested
[45:21] into
[45:21] the
[45:22] scroll
[45:22] of
[45:22] Isaiah
[45:23] reading
[45:23] it
[45:24] but
[45:24] didn't
[45:24] understand
[45:25] it
[45:25] so
[45:25] Philip
[45:26] goes
[45:27] to
[45:27] him
[45:27] he
[45:27] said
[45:27] do
[45:27] you
[45:28] understand
[45:28] what
[45:28] you
[45:29] are
[45:29] reading
[45:29] he
[45:29] said
[45:29] how
[45:31] can
[45:31] I
[45:31] how
[45:32] can
[45:32] I
[45:32] accept
[45:33] some
[45:33] man
[45:33] guide
[45:34] me
[45:34] oh
[45:35] hallelujah
[45:35] hallelujah
[45:37] that
[45:38] is
[45:38] the
[45:38] job
[45:38] of
[45:39] an
[45:39] an
[45:39] an
[45:41] an
[45:43] an
[45:43] an
[45:43] an
[45:44] Christian
[45:44] will
[45:44] guide
[45:44] you
[45:45] into
[45:45] scripture
[45:45] not
[45:45] away
[45:46] from
[45:46] scripture
[45:46] it
[45:48] doesn't
[45:48] matter
[45:49] what
[45:49] they
[45:49] do
[45:49] in
[45:49] your
[45:49] life
[45:50] if
[45:50] it
[45:50] doesn't
[45:51] end
[45:51] you
[45:51] up
[45:51] in
[45:51] scripture
[45:52] and
[45:52] appreciating
[45:53] Christ
[45:53] in
[45:54] scripture
[45:54] that
[45:55] is
[45:55] why
[45:55] the
[45:55] Holy
[45:55] Ghost
[45:56] came
[45:56] in
[45:56] John
[45:57] chapter
[45:57] 16
[45:57] verse
[45:58] 13
[45:58] he
[45:59] said
[45:59] when
[45:59] he
[45:59] came
[45:59] he
[46:00] will
[46:00] guide
[46:00] oh
[46:01] I
[46:01] feel
[46:01] like
[46:01] preaching
[46:02] it
[46:03] is
[46:03] the
[46:03] same
[46:04] Greek
[46:05] word
[46:05] guide
[46:05] that
[46:06] was
[46:06] used
[46:13] job
[46:13] of
[46:13] the
[46:13] Holy
[46:14] Spirit
[46:14] so
[46:16] it
[46:16] makes
[46:16] sense
[46:16] when
[46:17] Philip
[46:17] was
[46:17] full
[46:18] of
[46:18] the
[46:18] Holy
[46:18] Spirit
[46:18] said
[46:19] go
[46:20] to
[46:20] the
[46:20] church
[46:21] join
[46:21] yourself
[46:21] to
[46:22] that
[46:22] chariots
[46:22] join
[46:23] yourself
[46:23] to
[46:23] that
[46:23] chariots
[46:24] not
[46:24] for
[46:24] political
[46:24] advantage
[46:25] but
[46:25] for
[46:25] gospel
[46:26] missions
[46:26] he
[46:27] joined
[46:27] himself
[46:28] to
[46:28] the
[46:28] chariots
[46:28] and
[46:29] heard
[46:29] him
[46:29] reading
[46:29] he
[46:30] said
[46:30] do
[46:30] you
[46:30] understand
[46:31] how
[46:31] can
[46:31] I
[46:32] it
[46:32] says
[46:32] somebody
[46:32] explains
[46:33] it
[46:33] and
[46:33] the
[46:34] !
[46:34] Bible
[46:34] says
[46:34] that
[46:34] Philip
[46:35] came
[46:43] the
[46:43] place
[46:44] of
[46:44] the
[46:44] scripture
[46:45] which
[46:45] he
[46:45] was
[46:45] reading
[46:45] he
[46:46] was
[46:46] actually
[46:46] reading
[46:47] Isaiah
[46:48] 53
[46:48] as
[46:49] I
[46:49] told
[46:49] you
[46:49] last
[46:49] Thursday
[46:50] is
[46:50] the
[46:50] first
[46:51] gospel
[46:51] or
[46:52] the
[46:52] fifth
[46:53] gospel
[46:53] Isaiah
[46:55] so
[46:55] without
[46:56] Matthew
[46:56] Mark
[46:57] Luke
[46:57] and
[46:58] John
[46:58] somebody
[46:59] was
[46:59] still
[46:59] doing
[47:00] gospel
[47:00] he
[47:02] was
[47:02] still
[47:02] reading
[47:02] the
[47:02] gospel
[47:03] and
[47:03] he
[47:03] was
[47:03] reading
[47:04] from
[47:04] Isaiah
[47:05] chapter
[47:05] 53
[47:06] and
[47:07] he
[47:07] had
[47:07] what
[47:08] the
[47:08] Bible
[47:08] talk
[47:09] about
[47:09] was
[47:09] the
[47:09] verse
[47:10] 7
[47:10] and
[47:11] verse
[47:11] 8
[47:11] but
[47:12] he
[47:12] wasn't
[47:12] only
[47:12] reading
[47:13] verse
[47:13] 7
[47:13] and
[47:13] 8
[47:14] he
[47:14] was
[47:14] actually
[47:15] reading
[47:15] the
[47:16] entirety
[47:16] of
[47:16] the
[47:17] scripture
[47:17] Isaiah
[47:18] 53
[47:19] talks
[47:20] about
[47:21] Jesus'
[47:21] incarnation
[47:22] it
[47:23] talks
[47:23] about
[47:23] Jesus'
[47:24] crucifixion
[47:25] it
[47:25] talks
[47:25] about
[47:26] Jesus'
[47:26] burial
[47:27] it
[47:27] talks
[47:27] about
[47:28] Jesus'
[47:28] resurrection
[47:29] it
[47:29] covers
[47:30] the
[47:30] core
[47:31] aspects
[47:31] of
[47:31] the
[47:32] gospel
[47:32] it's
[47:33] all
[47:33] embedded
[47:33] there
[47:34] so
[47:34] the
[47:34] guy
[47:35] was
[47:35] reading
[47:35] it
[47:35] and
[47:36] then
[47:36] he
[47:36] says
[47:36] so
[47:37] when
[47:37] Philip
[47:38] came
[47:39] to him
[47:39] and
[47:40] he
[47:40] said
[47:41] how
[47:41] can
[47:41] I
[47:42] understand
[47:43] except
[47:43] somebody
[47:44] guides
[47:44] me
[47:45] and
[47:45] Bible
[47:46] says
[47:46] that
[47:46] he
[47:47] was
[47:48] reading
[47:48] the
[47:48] place
[47:48] where
[47:48] he
[47:49] said
[47:49] he
[47:49] was
[47:49] led
[47:50] as
[47:50] a
[47:50] sheep
[47:50] to
[47:51] the
[47:51] slaughter
[47:51] and
[47:52] like
[47:52] a
[47:52] lamb
[47:52] damp
[47:53] before
[47:54] he
[47:54] sheareth
[47:54] so
[47:55] he
[47:55] opened
[47:55] not
[47:55] his
[47:55] mouth
[47:56] in
[47:56] his
[47:56] humiliation
[47:57] his
[47:58] judgment
[47:58] was
[47:58] taken
[47:59] away
[47:59] and
[48:00] who
[48:00] shall
[48:00] declare
[48:00] his
[48:01] generations
[48:02] for
[48:02] his
[48:02] life
[48:03] was
[48:03] taken
[48:04] from
[48:04] the
[48:04] earth
[48:04] who
[48:06] is
[48:08] the
[48:09] prophet
[48:09] talking
[48:09] about
[48:09] is
[48:10] he
[48:10] himself
[48:10] or
[48:10] somebody
[48:11] else
[48:11] those days
[48:12] the Jews
[48:12] used to
[48:13] believe
[48:13] that
[48:13] that was
[48:14] a scripture
[48:15] referring to
[48:15] them
[48:16] the things
[48:17] they would
[48:17] go to
[48:17] and some
[48:19] rabbis
[48:19] also believe
[48:20] that it was
[48:20] potentially
[48:21] the Messiah
[48:22] and others
[48:23] also believe
[48:24] that it was
[48:24] Jeremiah
[48:24] Jeremiah
[48:25] is known
[48:25] as the
[48:26] weeping
[48:26] prophet
[48:26] so
[48:27] some
[48:27] believe
[48:28] maybe
[48:28] so
[48:28] but
[48:28] they are
[48:29] not sure
[48:29] so
[48:30] he was
[48:31] even a Jew
[48:32] now he's
[48:32] asking
[48:33] I'm reading
[48:34] this thing
[48:34] and the
[48:35] man who
[48:36] is writing
[48:36] it's like
[48:37] he's writing
[48:38] about somebody
[48:39] who is
[48:39] this
[48:40] but that
[48:40] thing
[48:40] is very
[48:41] interesting
[48:42] it's not
[48:43] himself
[48:43] it's himself
[48:44] or somebody
[48:45] or somebody
[48:46] can you explain
[48:46] this to me
[48:48] ah
[48:48] hallelujah
[48:49] it says
[48:50] it says
[48:51] that of himself
[48:52] or someone
[48:52] and then
[48:53] verse 35
[48:53] Bible says
[48:54] that then
[48:55] Philip
[48:55] opened his
[48:56] mouth
[48:56] and beginning
[48:57] at this
[48:58] scripture
[48:58] preached
[48:59] Jesus
[49:00] to him
[49:01] preached
[49:03] Jesus
[49:03] Jesus
[49:04] is in
[49:04] the
[49:04] scripture
[49:05] he preached
[49:06] that means
[49:07] he didn't
[49:07] say Jesus
[49:08] but he
[49:08] explained
[49:09] and expounded
[49:10] the revelation
[49:11] about Jesus
[49:12] and explained
[49:13] how God
[49:14] loved us
[49:15] he taught
[49:16] him matters
[49:16] of faith
[49:17] and this
[49:18] man's faith
[49:19] kept alive
[49:19] in Jesus
[49:20] he believed
[49:21] Jesus
[49:22] finally
[49:23] Eureka
[49:24] Eureka
[49:25] Eureka
[49:25] finally
[49:26] I found
[49:27] the missing
[49:27] piece of
[49:28] the jigsaw
[49:28] puzzle
[49:29] in my
[49:29] life
[49:29] the man
[49:30] found
[49:31] the man
[49:31] found
[49:32] he believed
[49:33] Jesus
[49:33] because
[49:34] Philip
[49:35] preached
[49:35] Jesus
[49:35] from the
[49:36] text
[49:36] the text
[49:38] was the
[49:38] subject
[49:39] the text
[49:40] was the
[49:40] focus
[49:41] the text
[49:41] was the
[49:42] direction
[49:42] the text
[49:43] was the
[49:44] guide
[49:44] he spoke
[49:45] from the
[49:46] text
[49:46] not into
[49:47] the text
[49:47] he spoke
[49:49] from the
[49:50] text
[49:50] and Jesus
[49:51] emerged
[49:52] out of
[49:52] the text
[49:53] the
[49:54] man
[49:55] was
[49:55] guided
[49:56] by the
[49:57] teaching
[49:57] of
[49:58] Philip
[49:58] to
[49:58] find
[49:59] Jesus
[49:59] Bible
[50:00] said
[50:00] from
[50:00] that
[50:01] scripture
[50:02] so you
[50:02] see
[50:02] God
[50:03] was
[50:03] working
[50:03] behind
[50:04] the
[50:04] scenes
[50:04] prepared
[50:05] the
[50:06] man's
[50:06] heart
[50:07] how come
[50:07] he was
[50:08] reading
[50:08] that
[50:08] scripture
[50:08] at that
[50:08] time
[50:09] prepared
[50:10] Philip
[50:10] moved
[50:11] Philip
[50:11] God
[50:12] was the
[50:12] one
[50:12] working
[50:13] behind
[50:13] the
[50:13] scenes
[50:14] Philip
[50:14] met
[50:14] them
[50:14] it
[50:15] looked like
[50:16] coincidence
[50:16] but not
[50:17] coincidence
[50:17] Philip
[50:18] met
[50:19] the
[50:19] guy
[50:19] and then
[50:20] guess
[50:20] what
[50:20] God
[50:21] worked
[50:21] behind
[50:21] the
[50:21] scene
[50:21] Philip
[50:22] was
[50:23] obedient
[50:23] and then
[50:24] the man
[50:25] was open
[50:26] humble
[50:27] teach me
[50:28] and then
[50:28] they ended
[50:29] up
[50:29] in
[50:29] scripture
[50:30] and
[50:31] everything
[50:31] that's
[50:32] where
[50:32] everything
[50:32] unfolds
[50:34] they ended
[50:34] up in
[50:35] scripture
[50:35] and
[50:36] as
[50:37] he
[50:38] preached
[50:38] Jesus
[50:39] they were
[50:39] going
[50:39] I want
[50:40] to run
[50:40] up
[50:40] now
[50:40] watch
[50:40] this
[50:41] and
[50:41] Philip
[50:41] opened
[50:42] his
[50:42] mouth
[50:42] and
[50:43] beginning
[50:43] at
[50:43] this
[50:44] I like
[50:44] that
[50:44] that's
[50:45] so
[50:45] powerful
[50:45] but
[50:45] because
[50:46] of
[50:46] that
[50:46] I
[50:46] don't
[50:46] want
[50:46] to
[50:46] belabor
[50:47] that
[50:49] scripture
[50:49] that's
[50:50] preaching
[50:50] beginning
[50:53] at
[50:53] this
[50:54] scripture
[50:54] beginning
[50:55] at
[50:55] this
[50:56] scripture
[50:56] that's
[50:57] why
[50:57] I
[50:57] found
[50:58] out
[50:58] that
[50:59] great
[50:59] teachers
[51:00] and
[51:01] it's
[51:01] a
[51:01] custom
[51:01] of
[51:02] stable
[51:02] churches
[51:03] that
[51:04] understand
[51:05] dimensions
[51:06] or dynamics
[51:07] of theology
[51:07] to read
[51:08] scripture
[51:09] first before
[51:10] preaching
[51:10] because
[51:11] the
[51:12] preaching
[51:12] is meant
[51:12] to explain
[51:13] the
[51:13] scripture
[51:13] so
[51:15] that's
[51:15] why
[51:15] many
[51:16] when
[51:16] you
[51:16] go
[51:16] to
[51:16] some
[51:17] of
[51:17] the
[51:18] traditional
[51:19] churches
[51:19] they
[51:20] will
[51:20] read
[51:20] the
[51:21] scripture
[51:21] then
[51:22] they
[51:22] try
[51:22] to
[51:22] explain
[51:23] the
[51:24] scripture
[51:24] read
[51:25] the
[51:25] scripture
[51:26] most
[51:26] people
[51:27] have
[51:28] different
[51:28] styles
[51:28] and so
[51:29] God
[51:29] can
[51:29] be
[51:29] preached
[51:29] okay
[51:30] but
[51:30] that is
[51:31] why
[51:31] I
[51:31] make
[51:31] it
[51:32] my
[51:32] custom
[51:32] that
[51:33] when
[51:33] I
[51:33] want
[51:33] to
[51:34] preach
[51:34] after
[51:35] we
[51:35] say
[51:35] this
[51:35] is
[51:35] my
[51:35] Bible
[51:36] I
[51:36] read
[51:36] the
[51:36] scripture
[51:37] when
[51:37] I
[51:37] finish
[51:38] reading
[51:38] the
[51:38] scripture
[51:39] all right
[51:39] God
[51:39] now
[51:40] let's
[51:40] pray
[51:40] God
[51:40] show
[51:41] us
[51:41] and
[51:42] then
[51:42] from
[51:42] there
[51:42] we
[51:43] go
[51:43] into
[51:43] the
[51:43] scripture
[51:43] and
[51:44] my
[51:44] responsibility
[51:45] is to
[51:45] stay
[51:46] on the
[51:46] text
[51:47] or
[51:48] sometimes
[51:48] I can
[51:48] get
[51:48] excited
[51:49] I've
[51:50] been
[51:50] carried
[51:50] off
[51:50] one or
[51:51] two
[51:51] times
[51:51] which
[51:52] you
[51:52] know
[51:52] already
[51:53] and
[51:54] even
[51:54] now
[51:54] as
[51:55] I'm
[51:55] saying
[51:55] this
[51:55] I'm
[51:55] still
[51:55] being
[51:56] carried
[51:56] off
[51:56] now
[51:56] but
[51:57] stay
[51:58] on
[51:58] the
[51:58] scripture
[51:58] beginning
[51:59] at
[52:00] that
[52:01] scripture
[52:01] beginning
[52:02] at
[52:03] this
[52:03] scripture
[52:04] beginning
[52:05] at
[52:05] this
[52:06] scripture
[52:07] beginning
[52:08] at
[52:08] this
[52:09] scripture
[52:09] from
[52:09] the
[52:10] Old
[52:10] Testament
[52:10] he
[52:11] preached
[52:11] !
[52:13] from
[52:13] the
[52:13] Old
[52:13] Testament
[52:14] who
[52:14] told
[52:14] you
[52:14] there
[52:14] is
[52:15] there
[52:16] this
[52:18] book
[52:18] is
[52:18] about
[52:19] him
[52:20] he
[52:20] is
[52:21] there
[52:22] he
[52:23] there
[52:23] Peter
[52:25] preached
[52:25] from
[52:26] the
[52:26] Old
[52:27] Testament
[52:27] Paul
[52:28] preached
[52:28] from
[52:29] the
[52:29] Old
[52:29] Testament
[52:29] Stephen
[52:30] preached
[52:30] from
[52:30] the
[52:31] Old
[52:31] Testament
[52:31] all
[52:32] their
[52:32] preaching
[52:32] was
[52:33] based
[52:34] on
[52:34] the
[52:34] Old
[52:34] Testament
[52:35] Christ
[52:35] the
[52:36] same
[52:36] Christ
[52:37] yesterday
[52:38] today
[52:38] and
[52:39] forever
[52:39] everything
[52:40] the
[52:40] gospel
[52:41] is in
[52:41] the
[52:42] Old
[52:42] Testament
[52:42] Galatians
[52:43] chapter
[52:43] 3
[52:44] verse
[52:44] 7
[52:44] and
[52:45] 8
[52:45] talks
[52:45] about
[52:45] therefore
[52:46] the
[52:46] gospel
[52:47] was
[52:47] preached
[52:47] to
[52:47] Abraham
[52:48] for
[52:51] the
[52:52] scripture
[52:52] foreseeing
[52:53] that
[52:53] God
[52:53] would
[52:54] justify
[52:54] Gentiles
[52:55] by
[52:56] faith
[52:57] preached
[52:58] the
[52:58] gospel
[52:59] to
[53:00] Abraham
[53:01] beforehand
[53:02] the
[53:04] gospel
[53:05] from
[53:07] this
[53:08] scripture
[53:08] he
[53:09] preached
[53:10] Christ
[53:10] from
[53:12] this
[53:12] scripture
[53:13] he
[53:14] preached
[53:14] Jesus
[53:15] Philip
[53:16] is a
[53:16] Jesus
[53:17] preacher
[53:17] oh
[53:18] may
[53:18] God
[53:18] make
[53:19] us
[53:19] all
[53:19] like
[53:19] Philip
[53:19] and
[53:21] quickly
[53:22] look at
[53:22] the
[53:22] next
[53:22] verse
[53:23] now
[53:23] as
[53:24] they
[53:24] went
[53:24] down
[53:24] the
[53:24] road
[53:25] there's
[53:25] something
[53:25] else
[53:25] that
[53:26] came
[53:26] up
[53:26] they
[53:27] came
[53:27] to
[53:28] some
[53:28] water
[53:28] remember
[53:29] that's
[53:29] a
[53:29] desert
[53:29] area
[53:29] God
[53:31] orchestrated
[53:32] that
[53:32] they'll
[53:32] see
[53:32] some
[53:33] water
[53:33] somewhere
[53:34] some
[53:34] oasis
[53:35] must
[53:35] appear
[53:36] somewhere
[53:36] because
[53:37] somebody's
[53:38] ready to
[53:39] walk in
[53:39] full
[53:40] obedience
[53:40] so as
[53:42] they were
[53:42] going
[53:42] watch the
[53:43] text very
[53:44] carefully
[53:44] as they
[53:45] went down
[53:45] the road
[53:45] they came
[53:46] to some
[53:46] water
[53:47] and the
[53:47] Enoch
[53:48] said
[53:48] see
[53:48] see
[53:49] here is
[53:50] water
[53:51] because it
[53:51] wasn't a
[53:52] common thing
[53:52] they would
[53:52] see
[53:52] here is
[53:53] water
[53:53] what hinders
[53:56] me from
[53:56] being
[53:57] he introduced
[53:58] baptism
[53:58] that means
[53:59] they were
[53:59] having the
[54:00] discourse
[54:00] they were
[54:02] having a
[54:02] discourse
[54:03] he has
[54:04] understood
[54:04] what it
[54:05] means to
[54:05] be
[54:05] baptized
[54:05] he has
[54:06] understood
[54:06] because
[54:07] Jesus
[54:07] said
[54:07] go into
[54:08] the world
[54:09] and make
[54:09] disciples
[54:10] of all
[54:11] nations
[54:11] baptizing
[54:13] them
[54:13] in the
[54:14] name of
[54:14] the
[54:14] father
[54:15] and of
[54:15] the
[54:15] son
[54:16] and of
[54:16] the
[54:16] holy
[54:17] spirit
[54:17] teaching
[54:18] them
[54:18] to
[54:18] observe
[54:19] all
[54:20] that
[54:20] have
[54:21] commanded
[54:21] you
[54:21] and
[54:22] Lord
[54:22] are
[54:23] with
[54:23] you
[54:23] to
[54:24] the
[54:24] end
[54:24] of
[54:24] the
[54:24] ages
[54:25] teach
[54:27] them
[54:27] baptize
[54:28] so
[54:29] when
[54:29] he
[54:29] was
[54:29] see
[54:30] that's
[54:30] why
[54:30] don't
[54:31] let
[54:31] us
[54:31] move
[54:31] away
[54:32] from
[54:32] the
[54:32] word
[54:32] of
[54:32] God
[54:33] your
[54:35] breakthrough
[54:36] is
[54:36] word
[54:37] determined
[54:37] your
[54:38] peace
[54:39] is
[54:39] word
[54:40] determined
[54:40] your
[54:41] longevity
[54:41] is
[54:42] word
[54:42] determined
[54:43] your
[54:43] future
[54:44] is
[54:45] word
[54:45] determined
[54:46] keep
[54:49] the
[54:49] word
[54:49] as
[54:50] your
[54:50] focus
[54:50] and
[54:51] he
[54:52] taught
[54:52] them
[54:52] about
[54:53] baptism
[54:53] he
[54:54] says
[54:54] baptize
[54:54] them
[54:55] and
[54:56] can you
[54:57] imagine
[54:57] if this
[54:58] man
[54:58] had
[54:58] left
[54:59] who
[55:00] was
[55:00] going
[55:00] to
[55:00] baptize
[55:00] him
[55:01] in
[55:01] the
[55:02] desert
[55:02] God
[55:03] made
[55:03] a
[55:03] provision
[55:03] and
[55:05] you
[55:06] can
[55:06] imagine
[55:06] his
[55:08] excitement
[55:08] when
[55:09] he
[55:09] saw
[55:09] the
[55:09] water
[55:09] he
[55:10] said
[55:10] sing
[55:10] sing
[55:12] sing
[55:13] here
[55:14] is
[55:14] water
[55:14] here
[55:15] is
[55:16] water
[55:16] see
[55:17] here
[55:18] is
[55:18] water
[55:19] he
[55:20] came
[55:21] he
[55:21] spent
[55:22] money
[55:23] buying
[55:23] the
[55:23] scroll
[55:24] Simon
[55:24] the
[55:25] sorcerer
[55:25] wanted
[55:25] to spend
[55:26] money
[55:26] to buy
[55:27] the
[55:27] gift
[55:27] he
[55:29] bought
[55:29] the
[55:29] word
[55:30] Simon
[55:31] wants
[55:31] the
[55:31] gift
[55:31] so
[55:33] he
[55:33] didn't
[55:33] have
[55:33] a
[55:34] place
[55:34] there
[55:34] this
[55:35] man
[55:35] look
[55:35] at
[55:35] how
[55:36] the
[55:36] thing
[55:36] is
[55:36] ending
[55:36] he
[55:37] saw
[55:37] and
[55:38] that
[55:39] means
[55:39] baptism
[55:40] was so
[55:40] essential
[55:41] to
[55:41] the
[55:42] Christian
[55:42] life
[55:42] and
[55:43] it
[55:43] is
[55:43] Jesus
[55:45] said
[55:45] baptizing
[55:46] them
[55:46] in
[55:47] the
[55:47] original
[55:48] Greek
[55:48] sounds
[55:49] like
[55:49] into
[55:50] the
[55:50] name
[55:50] of
[55:51] the
[55:51] father
[55:51] the
[55:52] son
[55:52] and
[55:53] of
[55:53] the
[55:53] holy
[55:53] so
[55:53] we
[55:54] baptize
[55:54] we
[55:54] are
[55:55] baptized
[55:55] into
[55:56] the
[55:56] trinity
[55:57] we
[55:58] are
[55:58] baptized
[55:59] what
[56:00] do
[56:00] baptize
[56:00] in
[56:01] we
[56:02] are
[56:02] baptized
[56:03] into
[56:03] the
[56:04] trinity
[56:04] and
[56:04] watch
[56:04] this
[56:05] another
[56:05] interesting
[56:06] word
[56:06] that
[56:06] is
[56:06] about
[56:07] when
[56:08] you
[56:08] study
[56:08] the
[56:08] book
[56:08] of
[56:08] Acts
[56:09] they
[56:09] baptize
[56:10] in
[56:10] the
[56:10] name
[56:11] of
[56:11] Jesus
[56:11] into
[56:12] the
[56:12] name
[56:12] of
[56:12] Jesus
[56:12] so
[56:13] they
[56:15] Galatians
[56:16] chapter
[56:16] 3
[56:17] verse
[56:17] 27
[56:17] see
[56:18] how
[56:18] he
[56:18] puts
[56:18] it
[56:19] Galatians
[56:19] 3
[56:20] 27
[56:20] says
[56:21] that
[56:21] for
[56:21] let's
[56:21] go
[56:22] we
[56:24] are
[56:28] baptized
[56:29] we
[56:30] are
[56:30] baptized
[56:31] did
[56:32] you
[56:32] see
[56:32] that
[56:33] you
[56:33] are
[56:33] baptized
[56:34] into
[56:34] him
[56:34] when
[56:35] you
[56:35] are
[56:35] being
[56:35] baptized
[56:36] you
[56:36] are
[56:36] being
[56:36] buried
[56:37] into
[56:37] him
[56:37] you
[56:38] are
[56:38] being
[56:38] put
[56:38] into
[56:38] Christ
[56:39] when
[56:41] you
[56:41] bury
[56:41] a
[56:42] person
[56:42] it
[56:44] is
[56:44] not
[56:44] death
[56:45] and
[56:45] burial
[56:45] which
[56:46] one
[56:46] comes
[56:46] first
[56:46] did
[56:49] you
[56:49] say
[56:49] burial
[56:49] death
[56:50] and
[56:50] burial
[56:50] which
[56:51] one
[56:51] comes
[56:51] first
[56:52] so
[56:53] when
[56:53] a
[56:53] person
[56:53] dies
[56:54] they
[56:54] bury
[56:54] but
[56:55] in
[56:55] Christianity
[56:55] we
[56:56] are
[56:56] buried
[56:57] we
[57:01] are
[57:01] buried
[57:01] in
[57:01] Christ
[57:02] we
[57:03] are
[57:03] buried
[57:03] in
[57:03] Christ
[57:04] we
[57:04] are
[57:05] buried
[57:05] in
[57:05] Christ
[57:05] so
[57:06] we
[57:06] are
[57:07] baptized
[57:07] into
[57:08] the
[57:08] Trinity
[57:08] we
[57:09] are
[57:09] baptized
[57:09] into
[57:10] Christ
[57:10] and
[57:11] I
[57:11] want
[57:11] to
[57:11] submit
[57:11] to
[57:11] you
[57:12] Romans
[57:12] chapter
[57:12] 6
[57:13] verse
[57:13] 4
[57:14] we
[57:15] baptized
[57:15] into
[57:16] his
[57:16] death
[57:16] we
[57:17] are
[57:17] baptized
[57:17] into
[57:18] his
[57:18] death
[57:19] baptized
[57:20] into
[57:21] what
[57:21] he
[57:21] says
[57:22] therefore
[57:23] we
[57:24] are
[57:24] buried
[57:24] with
[57:25] him
[57:25] through
[57:25] baptism
[57:26] where
[57:26] into
[57:27] this
[57:27] I
[57:27] told
[57:27] you
[57:28] baptism
[57:28] burial
[57:29] come
[57:29] before
[57:30] the
[57:30] death
[57:30] !
[57:33] buried
[57:34] with
[57:34] baptism
[57:35] into
[57:36] his
[57:36] death
[57:37] 1
[57:38] Corinthians
[57:38] chapter
[57:38] 12
[57:38] verse
[57:39] 13
[57:39] it
[57:39] says
[57:40] that
[57:40] we
[57:40] are
[57:40] baptized
[57:41] by
[57:41] one
[57:41] spirit
[57:41] into
[57:42] his
[57:42] body
[57:43] one
[57:43] spirit
[57:44] for
[57:44] by
[57:44] one
[57:45] spirit
[57:45] where
[57:45] we
[57:45] all
[57:46] baptized
[57:46] in
[57:46] no
[57:47] I'm
[57:47] drawing
[57:47] attention
[57:48] to
[57:48] that
[57:48] into
[57:49] for
[57:50] God
[57:50] so
[57:51] for
[57:52] God
[57:52] so
[57:53] love
[57:53] for
[57:55] God
[57:55] so
[57:56] John
[57:57] 3
[57:58] 16
[57:58] for
[57:59] God
[58:00] so
[58:01] love
[58:01] the
[58:02] world
[58:02] that
[58:03] he
[58:03] gave
[58:04] his
[58:04] only
[58:06] begotten
[58:06] son
[58:07] that
[58:07] whosoever
[58:09] the
[58:09] original
[58:10] Greek
[58:11] is
[58:11] believes
[58:11] into
[58:12] him
[58:12] you
[58:14] believe
[58:15] into
[58:16] him
[58:16] you
[58:17] put
[58:17] on
[58:17] Christ
[58:18] you
[58:19] are
[58:19] found
[58:19] in
[58:20] Paul
[58:20] that
[58:20] Paul
[58:21] said
[58:21] that
[58:21] I
[58:21] might
[58:21] be
[58:21] found
[58:22] in
[58:22] him
[58:23] not
[58:24] having
[58:25] my
[58:25] own
[58:25] righteousness
[58:26] being
[58:26] found
[58:27] in
[58:27] him
[58:28] you
[58:28] believe
[58:28] into
[58:29] Christ
[58:30] so
[58:30] we
[58:31] are
[58:31] baptized
[58:31] into
[58:32] Christ
[58:33] we
[58:33] are
[58:33] baptized
[58:34] into
[58:34] the
[58:35] trinity
[58:35] we
[58:35] are
[58:36] baptized
[58:36] into
[58:37] the
[58:37] body
[58:37] we
[58:38] are
[58:38] baptized
[58:38] into
[58:39] his
[58:39] death
[58:40] it's
[58:40] all
[58:40] the
[58:40] same
[58:40] you
[58:42] are
[58:42] in
[58:42] Christ
[58:42] you
[58:43] are
[58:43] in
[58:43] his
[58:43] death
[58:43] so
[58:44] he
[58:45] said
[58:45] see
[58:45] see
[58:47] here
[58:48] it's
[58:48] water
[58:48] and
[58:49] look
[58:49] at
[58:49] his
[58:50] expression
[58:51] what
[58:52] hinders
[58:53] me
[58:53] from
[58:54] being
[58:55] baptized
[58:55] what
[58:56] hinders
[58:56] me
[58:57] and
[58:57] Philip
[58:57] said
[58:58] if
[58:58] you
[58:59] believe
[58:59] with
[58:59] all
[58:59] your
[59:00] heart
[59:00] that's
[59:01] all
[59:01] it
[59:01] requires
[59:01] all
[59:03] your
[59:03] heart
[59:03] that's
[59:03] it
[59:03] that's
[59:04] all
[59:04] it
[59:04] takes
[59:05] if
[59:05] you
[59:05] believe
[59:05] all
[59:05] your
[59:06] heart
[59:06] and
[59:06] he
[59:06] answered
[59:07] look
[59:08] at
[59:08] the
[59:08] belief
[59:08] that
[59:09] means
[59:09] he's
[59:09] been
[59:09] taught
[59:10] something
[59:10] deep
[59:10] there
[59:11] are
[59:11] things
[59:11] that
[59:12] no
[59:12] religion
[59:12] accepts
[59:13] apart
[59:13] from
[59:14] our
[59:14] work
[59:14] with
[59:14] God
[59:15] the
[59:15] only
[59:16] thing
[59:16] that
[59:16] determines
[59:17] whether
[59:21] God
[59:21] in
[59:21] other
[59:22] words
[59:22] believing
[59:22] that
[59:22] Jesus
[59:23] is
[59:23] God
[59:23] he
[59:25] said
[59:25] you
[59:25] want
[59:25] to
[59:25] baptize
[59:26] you
[59:26] got
[59:26] to
[59:27] believe
[59:27] that
[59:27] and
[59:28] he
[59:28] answered
[59:29] and
[59:29] said
[59:29] I
[59:30] believe
[59:30] that
[59:31] Jesus
[59:31] said
[59:38] hallelujah
[59:38] hallelujah
[59:39] hallelujah
[59:40] hallelujah
[59:41] I
[59:41] believe
[59:42] that
[59:43] Jesus
[59:43] is
[59:44] the
[59:44] son
[59:45] of
[59:45] God
[59:45] let's
[59:46] say that
[59:46] together
[59:46] I
[59:47] believe
[59:48] that
[59:48] Jesus
[59:49] is
[59:49] my
[59:49] soul
[59:50] please
[59:50] say that
[59:50] loud
[59:51] I
[59:51] believe
[59:52] that
[59:52] Jesus
[59:53] some
[59:53] of
[59:54] you
[59:54] are
[59:54] not
[59:54] saying
[59:54] let's
[59:54] say
[59:55] that
[59:55] loud
[59:55] as
[59:55] again
[59:56] I
[59:56] believe
[59:56] !
[59:57] Jesus
[59:57] my
[59:58] soul
[59:58] let's
[59:58] all
[59:58] say
[59:59] I
[1:00:00] believe
[1:00:00] that
[1:00:01] Jesus
[1:00:01] is
[1:00:02] the
[1:00:02] son
[1:00:02] of
[1:00:02] God
[1:00:03] hallelujah
[1:00:04] hallelujah
[1:00:06] I
[1:00:08] believe
[1:00:09] that
[1:00:10] Jesus
[1:00:10] is
[1:00:11] the
[1:00:11] son
[1:00:12] of
[1:00:12] God
[1:00:12] he
[1:00:13] is
[1:00:13] the
[1:00:13] son
[1:00:13] of
[1:00:13] God
[1:00:14] he
[1:00:14] died
[1:00:18] on the
[1:00:18] cross
[1:00:19] for me
[1:00:19] he
[1:00:20] was
[1:00:20] rejected
[1:00:20] from
[1:00:21] my
[1:00:21] forgiveness
[1:00:21] he
[1:00:22] was
[1:00:22] bruised
[1:00:23] for
[1:00:23] my
[1:00:23] iniquities
[1:00:24] the
[1:00:24] chastisement
[1:00:25] of my
[1:00:25] peace
[1:00:26] was
[1:00:26] upon
[1:00:26] him
[1:00:26] by
[1:00:27] his
[1:00:27] choice
[1:00:28] I
[1:00:28] was
[1:00:29] healed
[1:00:29] I
[1:00:30] believe
[1:00:30] that
[1:00:31] Jesus
[1:00:31] is
[1:00:32] the
[1:00:32] son
[1:00:33] of
[1:00:33] God
[1:00:34] I
[1:00:34] believe
[1:00:35] that
[1:00:35] Jesus
[1:00:36] is
[1:00:36] the
[1:00:36] son
[1:00:37] of
[1:00:37] God
[1:00:38] I
[1:00:38] believe
[1:00:39] that
[1:00:39] Jesus
[1:00:40] is
[1:00:40] the
[1:00:41] son
[1:00:41] of
[1:00:41] God
[1:00:42] died
[1:00:43] he
[1:00:56] died
[1:01:08] because
[1:01:08] we're
[1:01:08] talking
[1:01:09] about
[1:01:09] Isaiah
[1:01:09] it's
[1:01:09] more
[1:01:10] about
[1:01:10] his
[1:01:10] death
[1:01:10] his
[1:01:11] crucifixion
[1:01:12] the
[1:01:12] way
[1:01:12] he
[1:01:12] suffered
[1:01:13] look
[1:01:13] at
[1:01:13] the
[1:01:14] last
[1:01:14] verse
[1:01:14] verse
[1:01:15] verse
[1:01:15] it
[1:01:17] says
[1:01:18] that
[1:01:18] therefore
[1:01:19] I
[1:01:20] will
[1:01:20] divide
[1:01:20] him
[1:01:21] a
[1:01:21] portion
[1:01:22] with
[1:01:22] the
[1:01:22] great
[1:01:22] and
[1:01:23] he
[1:01:23] shall
[1:01:24] divide
[1:01:24] the
[1:01:24] spoil
[1:01:25] with
[1:01:25] the
[1:01:25] strong
[1:01:25] because
[1:01:26] he
[1:01:27] poured
[1:01:27] out
[1:01:28] his
[1:01:28] soul
[1:01:28] out
[1:01:29] of
[1:01:29] death
[1:01:29] and
[1:01:30] he
[1:01:30] was
[1:01:30] numbered
[1:01:31] with
[1:01:31] the
[1:01:31] transgressions
[1:01:32] and
[1:01:32] he
[1:01:33] bore
[1:01:33] the
[1:01:33] sins
[1:01:34] of
[1:01:34] many
[1:01:34] and
[1:01:35] made
[1:01:36] intercession
[1:01:37] for
[1:01:37] the
[1:01:37] transgressions
[1:01:38] He
[1:01:38] bore
[1:01:39] the sins
[1:01:39] !
[1:01:40] This
[1:01:41] must
[1:01:42] be
[1:01:42] the
[1:01:42] Son
[1:01:42] of
[1:01:43] God
[1:01:43] This
[1:01:44] must
[1:01:44] be
[1:01:44] the
[1:01:45] Son
[1:01:45] of
[1:01:45] God
[1:01:46] That's
[1:01:49] what
[1:01:49] determines
[1:01:49] whether you
[1:01:49] are
[1:01:50] Christian
[1:01:50] or
[1:01:50] not
[1:01:50] whether
[1:01:51] you
[1:01:51] go
[1:01:51] to
[1:01:51] church
[1:01:51] or
[1:01:51] not
[1:01:52] whether
[1:01:53] your
[1:01:53] father
[1:01:54] is
[1:01:54] a
[1:01:54] pastor
[1:01:54] or
[1:01:54] a
[1:01:55] push-up
[1:01:55] what
[1:01:56] determines
[1:01:56] whether
[1:01:57] you
[1:01:57] are
[1:01:57] Christian
[1:01:57] is
[1:01:57] if
[1:01:58] you
[1:01:58] believe
[1:01:58] genuinely
[1:01:59] with
[1:01:59] all
[1:02:00] your
[1:02:00] heart
[1:02:00] that
[1:02:01] Jesus
[1:02:01] is
[1:02:02] the
[1:02:02] Son
[1:02:03] of
[1:02:03] God
[1:02:04] the
[1:02:04] Christ
[1:02:05] the
[1:02:05] Son
[1:02:06] of
[1:02:07] the
[1:02:07] living
[1:02:07] voy
[1:02:37] on that thing, on the chariot.
[1:02:39] They went down, down,
[1:02:41] going down into the water.
[1:02:43] And he was baptized. And look at the next verse.
[1:02:45] Now when they have come out
[1:02:47] of the water, that means they went into the water.
[1:02:49] When they have come up, thank you very much,
[1:02:51] up, out, so they went
[1:02:53] down into.
[1:02:55] Baptized by mission to identify
[1:02:57] with his burial.
[1:02:58] So we are baptized into his death.
[1:03:02] Burial and resurrection.
[1:03:03] And then the spirit of God
[1:03:05] caught Philip
[1:03:06] away. So the Enoch should have
[1:03:09] been worried. Ah, where's the guy? No.
[1:03:11] He couldn't be bothered. He couldn't be bothered.
[1:03:14] He couldn't be bothered.
[1:03:16] Oh, this is one of the
[1:03:17] reasons why he should be praying for me.
[1:03:19] And praying for all genuine men of God.
[1:03:21] That we don't end up trying to draw attention to
[1:03:23] ourselves.
[1:03:25] We shouldn't be the center of the work of God.
[1:03:27] Philip left.
[1:03:29] And the man was fine.
[1:03:31] The man was fine.
[1:03:33] He has met the Jesus
[1:03:34] Philip came to introduce.
[1:03:36] Philip, thank you so much.
[1:03:37] I love you so much.
[1:03:38] How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel.
[1:03:40] But what I found,
[1:03:42] even if you are not there,
[1:03:43] I always remember what you've done for me.
[1:03:45] But this is,
[1:03:46] this is what I,
[1:03:47] Jesus is enough.
[1:03:48] Jesus is enough for me.
[1:03:50] Jesus is enough for me.
[1:03:52] I pray you come to church
[1:03:53] every time and find Jesus.
[1:03:57] Not a pastor.
[1:03:59] Not nice people.
[1:04:00] It's good.
[1:04:00] All those things.
[1:04:01] But,
[1:04:02] Jesus,
[1:04:02] if you didn't find Jesus,
[1:04:04] you actually didn't come to church.
[1:04:08] And you'll find Jesus
[1:04:09] if the Bible is closed.
[1:04:12] From this scripture,
[1:04:14] he preached Christ.
[1:04:15] And,
[1:04:17] the Spirit took Philip
[1:04:18] away
[1:04:19] so that the Enoch
[1:04:20] did not see him anymore.
[1:04:22] But he couldn't be bothered.
[1:04:23] The guy,
[1:04:23] you see the same thing that happened in verse 8.
[1:04:25] There was great joy in the city.
[1:04:27] This man went.
[1:04:28] And historians,
[1:04:30] Bible historians
[1:04:30] believe that
[1:04:31] all that territory
[1:04:33] became a pastor,
[1:04:34] opened many branches
[1:04:34] in Ethiopia
[1:04:35] and established
[1:04:37] the Christian church
[1:04:38] in Africa.
[1:04:40] That one man.
[1:04:42] That one man.
[1:04:42] You might think
[1:04:44] one thing you do
[1:04:45] for one person
[1:04:45] might be something little.
[1:04:47] Don't underestimate
[1:04:48] what God can use you
[1:04:50] to trigger.
[1:04:51] Yes, that's.
[1:04:53] Where are the Philips?
[1:04:54] Let the Philips arise.
[1:04:56] Let the Philips,
[1:04:57] they are obedient servants
[1:04:58] and they don't mind
[1:04:59] the sacrifices.
[1:05:01] And,
[1:05:02] Philip now
[1:05:03] find himself,
[1:05:04] the Spirit told him
[1:05:05] to go to a place called,
[1:05:06] not Azontos.
[1:05:07] Not Azonto,
[1:05:08] okay.
[1:05:10] Azontos.
[1:05:10] He found himself
[1:05:12] in Azontos
[1:05:13] passing through.
[1:05:14] Listen,
[1:05:15] he didn't stop preaching.
[1:05:16] He preached
[1:05:17] in all the cities
[1:05:18] till he came to Caesarea.
[1:05:21] That's where he settled.
[1:05:23] So in chapter 21,
[1:05:24] verse 9,
[1:05:25] verse 8 and 9,
[1:05:26] they were in Caesarea.
[1:05:27] Philip,
[1:05:28] the evangelist,
[1:05:29] he had to protest.
[1:05:30] The next day,
[1:05:30] he went to the company
[1:05:31] of the departed
[1:05:32] and came to Caesarea
[1:05:33] and entered into the house.
[1:05:36] Philip,
[1:05:37] the evangelist.
[1:05:38] And now,
[1:05:39] can you imagine,
[1:05:39] he had seven,
[1:05:41] one of the seven,
[1:05:42] and he stayed there
[1:05:43] and he had daughters.
[1:05:44] How many daughters?
[1:05:46] Four virgin daughters
[1:05:47] who prophesied.
[1:05:50] Yeah.
[1:05:51] He was such
[1:05:52] a pure man of God,
[1:05:54] his daughters
[1:05:54] were manifesting it.
[1:05:56] His daughters
[1:05:57] were manifesting it.
[1:05:58] He was in Caesarea.
[1:06:00] He has preached.
[1:06:02] And that's the last time.
[1:06:03] Really,
[1:06:03] we didn't hear much
[1:06:04] about Philip
[1:06:04] because it's not about him.
[1:06:07] It's not about him.
[1:06:08] It's the message.
[1:06:09] He went everywhere
[1:06:09] still preaching.
[1:06:10] When the apostles
[1:06:11] left Samaria,
[1:06:12] they went through
[1:06:13] all the regions
[1:06:14] preaching the message.
[1:06:15] Philip,
[1:06:16] after this experience,
[1:06:18] he didn't cross his leg.
[1:06:19] He went everywhere
[1:06:19] preaching,
[1:06:20] preaching.
[1:06:21] The essence
[1:06:22] of your living
[1:06:23] as a Christian
[1:06:24] is the message of Christ
[1:06:25] and the testimony
[1:06:26] of Christ
[1:06:27] in your mouth.
[1:06:28] Don't be a secret
[1:06:29] service Christian.
[1:06:30] Well,
[1:06:32] I've gone way
[1:06:32] beyond my time.
[1:06:33] Did you receive something?
[1:06:35] Come on,
[1:06:36] let's give Jesus praise.
[1:06:38] Hallelujah!
[1:06:40] Hallelujah!
[1:06:41] Hallelujah!
[1:06:41] Thank you for listening
[1:06:45] to this message
[1:06:46] by David Entry.
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[1:06:49] revived towards God.
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