1. The Acts of the Apostles
Acts 8 The Persecuted Preach Christ
Acts 8:1-4 “And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles …They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.”
Sunday – January 29, 2017
Many of the slides used in this presentation are prepared by Joe Price and are used and adapted with his permission.

2. Acts 8 The Gospel in Samaria, 8:5-13, 25 (1:8).
Preaching Christ Saves Samaritans And Simon, Acts 8:5-25.
Acts 8
The Gospel in Samaria, 8:5-13, 25 (1:8).
The Holy Spirit and Conversion.
 Miracles confirmed the word, they did not save the lost. Hebrews 2:1-4
 Baptism “in the name of the Jesus” is not Holy Spirit baptism.

3. Acts 8 The Gospel in Samaria, 8:5-13, 25 (1:8).
Preaching Christ Saves Samaritans And Simon, Acts 8:5-25.
Acts 8
The Gospel in Samaria, 8:5-13, 25 (1:8).
The Holy Spirit and Conversion.
Gift of the Spirit is not a personal indwelling of the Spirit, Acts 2:38; 8:14-16 (3:19).
Receiving the word of God is equivalent to being “baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus”, 8:14, 16.
Miraculous gifts of the Spirit only obtained from the apostles, Acts 8:14-15, 17. Needed to secure the faith of the new Christians.

4. Acts 8 Preaching Christ Saves An Ethiopian, Acts 8:26-40.
God brought the Sinner into Contact with the Word of Christ, 8:26,  cf. 1 Timothy 4:16
Good Things that did not Save the Ethiopian.
He was a devoutly religious man, 8:27 (Acts 10:2; 11:14).
Merely reading Scripture, 8:28 (didn’t understand them, 8:31).
Wanting to understand the Scriptures, 8:30-31.
Talking about the Scriptures and asking questions,  8:32-34.
Belief alone, Acts 8:36-37.

5. Philip teaches the Eunuch Acts 8
Red Sea empties into
The Indian Ocean 1500 miles south
of Egypt
California is 840 miles long