June 8
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PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH
A poem by ILMA
As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down to Gaza”
He started out and met the Ethiopian eunuch of the queen of Ethiopia
The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship and now returning
Seated in his carriage he was reading the book of Isaiah.
The Holy Spirit ask Philip to walk along beside the eunuch’s carriage
Philip ran and asked him if he understood what he was reading’
“How can I, unless someone instructs me?” He urged Philip in
The eunuch was reading the word on “Like a sheep, he was slaughtered.”
The eunuch asked if he was talking about himself or someone else?
This was how Philip began to tell him about the Good News about Jesus
As they rode along, they came to some water and asked to be baptized
He ordered the carriage to stop and the eunuch was baptized in the water.
When they came up out of the water, Philip was snatched by God’s Spirit
The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing
Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus
He preached the Good News there and each town until he reached Caesarea.
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MEMORY VERSE
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing. – Acts 8:39
Read: Acts 8
This story was an amazing account of Philip’s Holy Spirit led preaching of the Good News that led a powerful eunuch to have the desire to be baptized after hearing how Philip explained to him the meaning of the book of the prophet Isaiah. Philip was snatched literally out of a physical place into another one by the Spirit of the Lord.
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REFLECTION
• What made the eunuch have that great desire to be baptized?
• How do you explain Philip’s disappearance from the eunuch’s presence?