Lesson 5: Philip And The Ethiopian

Memory verse: Not by might but by my spirit says the Lord Almighty. Zechariah 4:6b

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After Stephen died, many believers moved to other towns for their own safety but they continued to spread the word everywhere they went.

One day, an angel of the Lord appeared to Philip and told him to go south to the desert road running from Jerusalem to Gaza. Philip obeyed and on the road he saw a chariot. Inside was an important Ethiopian official in charge of the queen’s treasury who had gone to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home. The Holy Spirit told Philip, ‘Go to that chariot and stay near it.’

Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading aloud the words of the prophet Isaiah. (Isaiah 53:7-8).

And he asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

The man replied,” How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

Through the help of the Holy Spirit, Philip was able explain the passage to the Ethiopian and told him the good news about Jesus.

The passage the Ethiopian was reading was about the Saviour God had promised to send. It read, ‘He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. ‘In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.’

‘Please tell me who the prophet is talking about,’ the Ethiopian said, ‘himself or someone else?’

‘The prophet Isaiah is talking about Jesus,’ Philip explained. Then he told him how Jesus had died and risen from the dead so anyone could have their sins forgiven. –

As they rode along, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?”

So he ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

As Philip came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took him away and he appeared at Azotus (Ashdod) where he preached in all the towns as he travelled north to Caesarea. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.

Prayer

Thank you Lord for another week. I pray that the holy spirit would use me as a vessel and equip me to share the word of God to others.

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