Acts 8:1-8; 26-38

  • I. Introduction: The Great Pivot
    • a. The Acts 1:8 pivot: Jerusalem & Judea to Samaria and the uttermost parts
    • b. A surprise: Phillip—non-apostle, Greek-speaking, a consecrated lay person
  • II. A Pivot from Jerusalem to Samaria
    • a. Background: Persecution had scattered the church
    • b. Samaria: A despised people
      • i. Moved holy sites; changed holy books, polluted the holy line.
      • ii. God’s cascading love
  • III. A Pivot from Samaria to the uttermost parts of the earth (Acts 1:8)
    • a. Philip: the leading candidate for senior pastor in Samaria
      • i. “Rise and go.” The desert road to Gaza
      • ii. “And he rose and went.”
    • b. The Eunuch: What we don’t know about eunuchs.
      • i. Outsider to power structures
      • ii. Outsider to God’s people
    • c. Isaiah 53
      • i. “In my place” gospel: “He was wounded for our transgressions.”
      • ii. “Jesus suffers with me as a voiceless victim” gospel.
  • IV. Conclusion: Jesus pursues oppressed people through his people

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