Acts 8: 34The Ethiopian
asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone
else?
We read that at that particular time, a great persecution
broke out in Jerusalem after the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7. Many of the
believers fled from Jerusalem and Philip was among the group that fled into
Samaria where he proclaimed the gospel.
While he was there, the Holy Spirit sent Philip on a special
mission to the desert road. In obedience Philip went out there not knowing what
to expect. Normally a desert road would be quite deserted and there would
hardly be anyone on it. To his surprise, Philip saw an Ethiopian eunuch from
the royal Ethiopian court who was trying to read and understand the scriptures
from the book of Isaiah.
The Holy Spirit had directed Philip to go to the isolated road
in the desert to help a young believer to understand the scriptures. God works
in mysterious ways and He led Philip to minister to a young believer. Today we
know that the Holy Spirit is our guide and counselor who lead us and teach us
all things.
The gospel is always spread by personal testimonies and
through the word of mouth. The gospel was spread in the old days through the
believers who were driven out of Jerusalem and they traveled far and wide
bringing the gospel to every nation and every tribe in the then known world.
Today, God is still sending out his servants to preach the
good news of salvation, He is still calling men and women to rise up and go to the
uttermost parts of the world to preach the good news.
This week I met a couple, who is working with the Christian
organization ‘Youth, with a mission,’ in Thailand. They are there for the last
20 years working among the non believers and they have brought many souls to
the Lord.
Today the Christian world owes their salvation to the efforts
of Christian evangelists who came from the western countries bearing the good
news. Now it’s our turn to bring the gospel to others who are unsaved in the
world. We need to pay this gospel debt for our salvation, as others have saved
us, we now need to save others in turn.
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