1. Beginning at this Scripture
Lesson Text: Acts 8:26-40
Maud church of Christ
by Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, March 3, 2013

3. This is desert!!!
Act 8:26 NKJV Now an angel of the Lord spoke to
Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road
which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert.

4. Do You Understand?
Read Acts 8:26-29
A Eunuch from Ethiopia
1. A true Eunuch?
2. Could not enter the
temple, Deut. 23:1
3. He had great authority under
the Queen (title was
Candace).
4. He still went to worship

5. Do You Understand?
Reading from Isaiah 53:7-8
Isa 53:7-8 NKJV He was oppressed and He
was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a
sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth. (8) He was taken
from prison and from judgment, And who will
declare His generation? For He was cut off
from the land of the living; For the
transgressions of My people He was stricken.
Act 8:30 NKJV So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet
Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

6. Do You Understand?
Eph 3:4-5 NKJV by which, when you read, you may understand my
knowledge in the mystery of Christ), (5) which in other ages was not
made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit
to His holy apostles and prophets:

7. Of Whom Does the Prophet Speak?
Opportunities from Questions
Preaching the gospel of Jesus
Act 8:35 NKJV Then Philip opened his mouth, and
beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
Teaching from Scripture 2 Timothy 3:15-17

8. Baptized in Water
Act 8:36 NKJV Now as they went down the road, they came to some
water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders
me from being baptized?"
Act 8:37 NKJV Then Philip said, "If you believe with all
your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
Confession is required: Mathew 10:32; Romans 10:10

9. Baptized in Water
Act 8:38 NKJV So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both
Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he
baptized him.
1Pe 3:20-21 NKJV who formerly were disobedient, when once the
Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was
being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through
water. (21) There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism
(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

10. Baptized in Water
Rejoicing Always Follows Baptism:
Act 8:39 NKJV Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more;
and he went on his way rejoicing.