2. The Plan for the Summer July – What the Bible teaches about Evangelism
August – How to practically reach out to Others

4. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
Acts 8:26-40 – God directs Philip to meet a specific man
26-28 – An angel of the Lord directs Philip to the desert
29-38 – The Spirit of the Lord tells Philip to meet a specific man
39-40 – The Spirit of the Lord takes Philip away when the job is done

6. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
26-28 – An angel of the Lord directs Philip to the desert
26 – God initiates this story “an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip”
26 – The plan did not need to make sense to Philip “go to the south”
This is desert (no one around)
Philip had been in the city of Samaria (many people around)

7. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
26-28 – An angel of the Lord directs Philip to the desert
27 – Who is this special man?
Ethiopian
Eunuch
Great authority – in the treasury department
27-28 – What does he know of God?
He had been to Jerusalem to worship
He was reading from Isaiah

9. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
29-38 – The Spirit of the Lord tells Philip to meet a specific man
29-31 – God directs Philip to the specific chariot
32-35 – God has the Ethiopian reading in Isaiah 53
36-38 – God gives the Ethiopian a responsive mind to believe God’s word

10. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
29-31 – The Spirit of the Lord tells Philip to meet a specific man
29 – God directs Philip to the specific chariot – a specific man
“go near this chariot”
“overtake this chariot”
30-31 – Philip and the Ethiopian talk
Philip obeyed – he run over to the chariot
Philip took initiative – he heard and he asked
The Ethiopian knew he needed help, and asked Philip to teach him

11. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
32-35 – The Spirit of the Lord has the Ethiopian reading Isaiah 53
32-33 – He was reading from Isaiah 53:7-8
Likely the whole passage and not just parts of these two verses
These verses do focus on Jesus’ death for our sins
34 – The Ethiopian wondered of whom these verses referred.
35 – Philip explained that Isaiah was writing about Jesus

12. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
36-38 – The Spirit of the Lord gives the Ethiopian belief
36 – The Ethiopian wanted to get baptized.
He wanted to join the group that Philip belonged to – that of the followers of Jesus
37 – True belief in Jesus
Philip responds that only those who truly believe in Jesus can become one of His followers.
The Ethiopian claimed that Jesus (the man) was the Christ (the promised Messiah) and the Son of God (God)
38 – Philip baptized this man

14. The Role of God’s Spirit in Evangelism
39-40 – The Spirit of the Lord takes Philip away when the job is done
39 – God does an amazing miracle “The Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away” Why would God do this?
The one result was that the Eunuch didn’t see Philip anymore. He responded by rejoicing. Philip would have seemed like a messenger from God to him, and he would trust Philip’s message even more
The second result was that Philip was suddenly back among people, where he sought out crowds to preach the Gospel to, ending in the city of Caesarea.