Acts

                                                 Acts 8:5-26

v4 – opposition and persecution scatters the church

-scattered – means to sow

-nothing can stop therchurch

Ambassador – 2 Corinthians 5:19-20

Reconciliation – means to change throroughy from one condition to another

-we become ambassadors @ salvation

-our home is heaven

-being an ambassador is an appointment

-make up our minds to rescue dying people that are not saved…

v5 – Philip goes down to Samaria – Acts 21:8-9

-Samaritans were known as half breeds – they intermarried with other nations

-John 4:1-4 – Jesus had to go through Samaria

vs6-8 – the people of Samaria were open to the gospel

-the Word was mixed with signs and wonders – v6

vs9-25 – Simon the Sorcerer

sorcery – the use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits

-Dt 18:9-14 – we are not to have anything to do with the occult

vs12-14 – Samaritans – they were being saved and healed and accepted into the body of Christ

vs15-17 – the apostles John & Peter  arrived in Samaria and approved what was going on and told them about the baptism of the Holy Spirit

vs18-25 – Simon wanted to purchase this gift, but Peter rebukes him –

v26 – Philip heads south toward Ethiopia

-He obeyed the Lord to go into the desert

vs27-28 – Philip meets and Ethiopian.  You never know who you will be witnessing to and running in to

vs29-31 – Listen to the Holy Spirit wherever you are at

vs32-38 – The Ethiopian is saved and water baptized

vs39-40 – Philip was transported supernaturally to Azotus – 35 miles away

***Jesus does some unexplainable things***