Title: Philip
Text: Acts 8
An outsider’s perspective, part I
- A Hellenist like the other chosen six – Acts 6:5
- Did not get bogged down in times of trouble – Acts 8:4-5
- Reached out to those not like himself….
Intermission….
- The apostles and the Samaritans….
- God puts reconciliation in our hands – 8:14-17
- John Boanerges – Luke 9:54
- Shows the Samaritans they are accepted
- The schism between Jew and Samaritan is bridged in Christ
- Simon – conversion is a matter of the heart
An outsider’s perspective, part II
- Did what God told him to do – Acts 8:26-30
- Saw the opportunity and knew what to do – 8:30
- Knew Jesus is the point of scripture – 8:32-35
- Explained what was necessary – 8:36-38