SCRIPTURE: Acts (NIV) 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet.
29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked….
35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
OBSERVATION: God had been using Philip to minister in Samaria. (Acts 8:5-13) Miracles and healings and deliverance brought many to Jesus. Peter and John went to see what God was doing, and the Spirit sent Philip toward Gaza. One the road he met a single person, an Ethiopian on his way home.
It was the same Holy Spirit that ministered through Philip to the whole city of Samaria, who now ministered through Philip to a single person. The same Holy Spirit who had ministered in miracles, was now ministering through directing the Ethiopian where to read in the book of Isaiah!
APPLICATION: For the last six weeks the SOAP ministry has seen thousands of people respond to seeing miracles and healings by making Jesus Lord and Savior of their lives. We must never forget that the Holy Spirit ministers to individuals, even when there is only one. Every ONE is important to Jesus! Every ONE is important to us. The miracle of God reaching hundreds is no less wonderful than the miracle of God reaching one!
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, continue flowing through this SOAP ministry to every individual who prints or distributes this SOAP. And especially minister to every ONE who reads this SOAP. In Jesus Name, Amen
Pastor Leon
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