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Introduction
Here we are, message number four dealing with Philip.
We now finally arrive at his interaction with the Ethiopian Eunuch.
Let’s take a minute to review what Philip has taught us so far.
In the first half of the chapter we learned that we cannot discriminate in our sharing of the Gospel.
Philip preached Christ to a nation of people who had always been at odds with his own.
He recognized the need to see with eyes of faith and not of prejudice.
Faith sees sinners in need of a Savior and preaches Christ to them no matter what.
Philip has taught us that no one is beyond the reach of God’s grace!
To demonstrate this we saw Peter and John be God’s agents to bring the Holy Spirit to Samaria.
We have witnessed the apostles preaching Christ to anyone and everyone.
We must follow their example.
Last week we saw Philip being sensitive to the Holy Spirit as he is called to leave the thriving ministry in Samaria and go to the desert where he was commanded to overtake a chariot.
Philip’s example challenges us to seize every opportunity to preach the gospel.
However, oftentimes our attitude will determine the openness of our audience.
Therefore, we must approach people with love and gentleness.
As we are sensitive to the Holy Spirit, He will direct us where to plant and water the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Recently Jessica and I started a side job to help us earn some extra income.
With that job we have been learning a lot about marketing.
In marketing, your goal is to approach someone in such a way that they see their need for what you are offering.
This means you don’t insult them or their business!
The other part of marketing is that you have to believe in your product.
You cannot be an effective marketer if you think people can live without what you provide!
As believers we are God’s marketing program for the gospel.
We need to approach people in such a way that they are open to the gospel.
More importantly, we must believe in our product.
The bottom line is that we have an exclusive product that every person needs!
What does say?
“For all have… sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”.
That is the need!
What’s our product?
“For the wages of sin is… death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
We are offering the most important product in history!
And the best news of all is that there is no ten easy payments, there is no financing, it is free!
Do we believe in the gospel?
Do we believe in its power to transform lives?
Then we cannot and must not be silent!
I share this for two reasons. 1 - I want you all to know that I am not perfect.
I am not up here sharing these things because I already have it all worked out. 2 - I want to go on public record with my failure to help motivate me to never let that happen again!
We are going to be challenged to preach the gospel with love and gentleness and to preach it at every opportunity.
We have something that everyone needs and it is free.
Let’s tell the world.
That’s what Philip does.
We left him running to catch a chariot and we catch up to him there…
2. Preaching Christ In A Chariot vv.
26-39
Let me recap last week really quickly…
a.
The sensitivity of a heart to Christ vv.
26-29
What we are going to see in this passage is an incredible commitment to obedience.
Philip’s heart is tuned to God’s and when he is called to go, he does so without hesitation.
Philip is…
i. Sensitive to the Angel’s call vv.
26-27a
An angel calls Philip to go to the desert.
He goes.
Preaching the Word: Acts—The Church Afire In Touch with the Spirit (Vv.
26–29)Humble submission to the Spirit of God is essential for joyful living and effective service.
I love the beginning of v. 27.
“So he arose and went.”
For Philip, it was just that simple.
God calls, he says yes, and he goes!
This is what a sensitive heart looks like!
This is what obedience looks like!
After being sensitive to the angel’s call we find Philip…
ii.
Sensitive to the Father’s knowledge vv.
27b-28
God knows everything about this man that Philip is going to meet.
Philip doesn’t yet he is…
iii.
Sensitive to the Spirit’s command v. 29
Philip is coming alongside the chariot and now we learn of…
Tom Constable’s Expository Notes on the Bible 2. Philip’s ministry to the Ethiopian eunuch 8:26–40Philip felt compelled by the Holy Spirit’s leading to approach the wagon (cf.
v. 26).
The Spirit’s leading is essential in evangelism; He sometimes directs us to people whom He has prepared to trust in Jesus Christ.
Philip hears the still small voice!
Joseph got walkies-talkies for Christmas and one of the first lessons they had to learn was that you couldn’t hear them unless they pressed the button.
Someone had to be listening.
We tested them out by me taking one with me to the store.
We could hear each other, but it was pretty fuzzy.
The Christian life is similar.
Here is an earth-shattering revelation.
Ready?
You can only hear when you are listening.
Astounding right?
But here’s the larger point.
We have to be listening to the Holy Spirit, we have to be tuned in without the static of sin if we are going to hear when the Holy Spirit speaks!
For us today He will speak through His Word, or through promptings in our spirits that coincide with His Word.
It is my prayer that we will all develop this kind of sensitivity to the HS and His prompting.
That we would hear when He speaks because we are listening, desiring for Him to communicate with us.
A big part of that is being in the Word of God!
We have a plan for that on the insert in your bulletin!We need to have hearts that are tuned to Christ.
We need to be sensitive to His call, recognizing that He is all knowing and we are not, therefore, we go where He leads and do what He says.
We need to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit as He leads us and commands us.
As we are sensitive to the heart of Christ, we enjoy the wonderful experience of seeing and being a part of…
b.
The preparation of a heart for Christ vv.
30-35
When you are preaching the gospel to someone, you don’t know where they are at!
You don’t know what work the HS has already done in drawing them and preparing them to hear the gospel message.
This is why we are simply to be faithful messengers.
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