April 8, 2015 (Wednesday)
We are studying the Bible Book of Acts on Wednesday evenings at Bethel Baptist Church, Ingleside. We are in Acts 8 and we are studying the ministry of a man named Philip. He gets around. We met him in Jerusalem, we followed him north to Samaria, and tonight we will catch up to him south of Jerusalem on the desert road that leads to Gaza.
On the road he met an Ethiopian Eunuch, a high official in charge of the Queen’s treasury. 
He was returning from worship at Jerusalem to his own country and he was reading the Bible book of Isaiah. The Holy Spirit led Philip to the man and as he drew near him he heard him reading aloud from the prophet’s message. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I, unless someone explains it to me,” the man replied.
The Eunuch was reading Isaiah’s description of the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12). “Is the prophet speaking of himself or someone else?” he asked. Philip then told the royal official the good news about Jesus. Upon hearing, he believed and requested baptism. Philip baptized him, and was taken away by the Spirit. The Ethiopian Eunuch, now a believer, continued his journey to his home country, rejoicing in the Lord.
Philip then appeared at Azotus, north of Gaza, and later at Caesarea, northwest of Jerusalem. He was a busy man, always witnessing to others wherever he went. He was one of the seven men elected to assist the Apostles, but he was constantly serving the Lord as an evangelistic missionary. His life was a living testimony to this truth: “There is no limit to what a person can do for the Lord, if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.”