Acts 8:1-40
(Use the link below to
read the verses.)
Each
of these items are very important for my day, but none more important than my
keys. That’s why when I get to work, before locking my car door, I do an
abbreviated checklist. Keys? Got it! Then I know that I can get back into my
car at the end of the day, as well as get into the office. Like I said, a few
small advantages.
Keys
are important. They unlock many things in our lives. The Word of God is key in
unlocking hearts and opening people to God’s Spirit. Nobody knew that better
than Phillip.
The
setting of Acts 8 was a chaotic time of persecution for the followers of
Christ. But little did Saul realize that he was actually playing right into
God’s plan of redemption to take the Gospel to “Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth”.
And Saul just went wild,
devastating the church, entering house after house after
house, dragging men
and women off to jail. Forced to leave home base, the followers of Jesus all
became missionaries. Wherever they were scattered, they preached the Message
about Jesus. Going down to a Samaritan city, Philip proclaimed the Message of the
Messiah. Acts 8:3-5 MSG
Phillip
went from one outcast people group (the Samaritans) to another (an Ethiopian
gentile) sharing the Word to the “ends of
the earth”.
Billy
Graham in his sermons, was well known for the phrase, “the Bible says”. For
him, the Word of God was the key to opening the hearts of people searching for
purpose in their lives. Not a magical key, like Simon the sorcerer was looking
for, but a key that was “alive and
active; sharper than any double edged sword”.
Maybe
I should change my morning checklist. Wallet? Got it! Phone? Got it! Nook? Got
it! Keys? Got it! Word of God? Got it!
What’s
on your checklist?
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