Acts 82531 35 So when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord they started back to Jerusalem and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying Get up and go south to the road that descends from J ID: 694987
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Acts:
The Unhindered HarvestSlide2
Acts
8:25-31, 35
So
, when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans
.Slide3
But
an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road
.)Slide4
So
he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship
,Slide5
and
he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet
Isaiah. Then
the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot
.”Slide6
Philip
ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading
?” And
he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him
.Slide7
Then
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him
.Slide8
The
Gospel Moves On
A continuation
A preview
An exampleSlide9
God’s Role In Evangelism
His Word
His faithfulness
His sovereign control
His
s
overeign abilitySlide10
“What [Luke] is interested in is highlighting for his readers the fact that Philip’s ministry to the Ethiopian eunuch was especially arranged by God and providentially worked out in all its details.”
(
Longenecker
, Expositor’s)Slide11
The Role of God’s People
Submission and
Obedience
To God’s re-ordering of my life
To God’s call on my lifeSlide12
The Role of God’s People
Confidence
In my position
In my ability
Reliance
On the Scriptures
On the GospelSlide13
Reaping the Harvest
Know the Bible
Be confident in your calling
Trust God’s work in you
Willingly submit to God’s leadingSlide14
Philippians 2:12-13
So
then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling
;Slide15
for
it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure
.