1) Philip met up with a man riding in a chariot (Acts 8:29).
2) According to Acts 8:27, the person in this chariot was a “treasurer” who had “great authority” (Acts 8:27).
3) Acts 8:29 tells us the Holy Spirit told Philip to get alongside the chariot described by Luke.
The man sitting in the chariot was reading from the book of Isaiah (Acts 8:28).
4) Isaiah is the second longest book in the Old Testament (the longest OT book is Psalms).
5) Acts 8:32-33 – READ
i) God sent a preacher to this man at just the right time to help him learn about Jesus.
ii) Deity often acts or intervenes at the most opportune time, sometimes in the “nick of time.”
6) The magnificence and power of divine timing is clearly seen in the 8th chapter of Acts.
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1) Luke said Philip “preached Jesus” to the man riding in this chariot.
2) In many ways the entire Bible is about Jesus Christ.
3) Jesus was involved with the creation of all things (Col. 1:16) and He will be man’s judge at the end of time.
i) In the book of Revelation John spoke about the “Lord’s Day” (Jesus has His own day).
ii) On the “Lord’s Day,” if we are disciples of Christ, are to partake the “Lord’s Supper.”
4) We may infer that at least a little something was said about the need for Him to “joined” to Christ.
i) The Bible only speaks about “joining” a congregation one time.
ii) Acts 9:26 speaks about a Christian by the name of Paul wanting to “join” some Christians.
5) In Acts 9, Paul was not trying to “join” the church.
6) Jesus created a church (Mt. 16:18), but we cannot JOIN this body.
7) Rather than JOIN the church, we are “joined” to Jesus and then He adds us to His church (Acts 2:47).
i) Rom. 6:11 says we are “alive unto God IN CHRIST.”
ii) In this same chapter Paul said there is eternal life “IN CHRIST” (Rom. 6:23).
iii) We access the love of God by being “IN CHRIST” (Rom. 8:39).
iv) Spiritual triumph is “IN CHRIST” (2 Cor. 2:14).
v) 2 Cor. 5:17 says anyone who is “IN CHRIST” is a “new creature.”
8) Acts 8:36 – READ
i) If we were in this situation we might say, “Stop the chariot – let’s get some water.”
b) The man riding in a chariot sees water and asks about being “baptized.”
i) What caused this man to ask about baptism in the middle of a deserted area?
ii) What information about Jesus caused him to ask about baptism versus water for himself or animals?
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10) Gal. 3:27 – “for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ…”
11) Verse 38 says the chariot the non-Christian was riding in came to a stop.
12) This detail may seem insignificant, but it was included for a reason.
If all a man must do to be saved is “believe in Jesus,” there was no reason to stop the chariot.
13) If all that is necessary to be saved is to “accept Jesus into the heart,” the chariot could have kept going.
14) Acts 8:38 says both men – the preacher and the non-Christian went to the water – v. 38 –READ
15) If baptism can be performed by sprinkling or pouring, there was no need for both men to get wet.
16) Another key detail is found in verse 39 – there was “rejoicing.”
17) Do we have “joy”?
Acts 8:26-9:1
26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;
28 and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?
35 And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, (here is) water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 (And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.)
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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