Acts 6:5Samaritans: I should love my neighborActs 1:8Samaria was both a region and a city.John 4:7-9; 8:48; Luke 9:51-56 – The great divide between Jews and Samaritans.Acts 8:5-13 – Philip went to teach the Samaritans despite the hostility between them and Jews (of which Philip was one).Preaching: the power of the gospelActs 8:25-40Many today teach that the Holy Spirit must directly act upon you before you can be saved. That is not what happened here!Acts 8:4-5, 35-36 – Philip preaches Jesus and the result is baptism.Longevity: Growing (without growing bitter)Acts 8:40; 21:8Somewhere around 20 years passed between Acts 8 and 21.Mark 4:16Are we planting roots in God’s word so that as time passes, we will be able to stand?Philip had good reason to grow bitter because of the prosecution of Saul. Then Saul (now Paul) comes to stay at his house!Acts 1:10-14Philip grew to be called “the evangelist” – not “the grumpy old man!” He endured lots of unfairness, but he did not let it make him bitter.
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