‘The Importance Of Good Character.’
Proverbs 11:2-3.
a) When pride comes then comes disgrace.
b) Wisdom is with the humble people.
c) The integrity of upright people guides them.
d) The crookedness of treacherous people destroys them.
(Through this QT I find The Importance Of Good Character)
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‘Philip’s Mission.’
Acts 8:4-40.
a) Acts 8:4. Began in a time of persecution.
b) Acts 8:4. Was founded in proclamation of the Word.
c) Acts 8:5. Went to a hostile place to proclaim Christ.
d) Acts 8:6-7. He fully preached the Gospel.
e) Acts 8:8. His Mission brought Joy to the people.
f) Acts 8:9-13. His Mission touched important people.
g) Acts 8:14. There was an established sending Church behind Philip’s Mission.
h) Acts 8:14-17. Peter and John were sent down to help Philip in the Mission.
i) Acts 8:18-24. This was refining time for the new Church in Samaria.
j) Acts 8:25. Peter and John finished their Ministry in Samaria and went back to Jerusalem, preaching as they went.
k) Acts 8:26-39. The Lord clearly led Philip into the desert where he met and shared the Gospel with this important Ethiopian man who received Christ and was then baptised.
l) Acts 8:39. The Holy Spirit took Philip away and the Ethiopian man went on his way rejoicing.
m) Acts 8:40. Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the Good News to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
(Through this Second one I learn much through Philip’s Mission)
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Chris.
We should make good use of the time that the Lord gives to us in the cultural context of where we are or live. After Peter and John had finished their Ministry in Samaria they did not treat it as being finished but made every opportunity to share the Gospel in the villages on their way back to Jerusalem. Let us be sensitive in our cultural context just as Peter and John were.
