ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS

Saturday December 7th, 2024.

Topic : God Wants To Depend On Us.

Memory Verse: Acts 8:28. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that carriage and stay close to it.”

Bible Reading :Acts 8:32-34 GNB. Key Verse : v34

He was humiliated, and justice was denied him. No one will be able to tell about his descendants,     because his life on earth has come to an end.” The official asked Philip, “Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?” Then Philip began to speak; starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus.

The Spirit began a mighty work in the life of Philip the Evangelist in the city of Samaria immediately after the death of Stephen. As Saul intensified efforts in his resolve to annihilate the early Church, thinking he was helping the course of God, not knowing that he was really working against God. The heat of persecution made the disciples to leave Jerusalem to other cities where they continued to share the kingdom good news with as many as cared to listen, with the Lord confirming their witnesses with mighty works. “But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail. The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message. Philip went to the principal city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to the people there. The crowds paid close attention to what Philip said, as they listened to him and saw the miracles that he performed.” Acts 8:3-6.

In Samaria, they encountered a magician who was holding the city hostage with occult power and magic. This magician was highly regarded because of the intensity of negative spirituality operating in hm, as he bewitched the city and the seat of power with his magical arts. Because Simon the magician saw the superior power of God at work in Philip, he received Christ and was baptised with the intention to be filled with the Holy Spirit like others, so that he could use the Spirit of God to enrich himself and command more respect. “Simon saw that the Spirit had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them. So he offered money to Peter and John, and said, “Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter answered him, “May you and your money go to hell, for thinking that you can buy God’s gift with money!” Acts 8:18-20.

Finally the Spirit positioned Philip to minister to and convert the Ethiopian Eunuch, who was returning from a religious pilgrimage and reading the book of Isaiah that testified of the sufferings of Christ and attendant salvation of men as a result without understanding. After Philip took time to explain the scriptures to him, he received Christ and demanded to be baptised. There are many lessons to take away from what happened in this chapter. The first is that we must come to Jesus with the right motives if we must succeed in him. Simon the magician couldn’t fit into the heavenly system because his interventions from the onset was wrong. Another lesson here is that we need to give ourselves wholly to the Holy Spirit for our witnessing or evangelism efforts to produce the right results. The impact of Philip and other disciples in Samaria including the conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch was as products of a close walk with the Spirit in the assignment.

Prayer :Thank you Lord Jesus because you can never fail. Help me to always serve you with a right mindset, so that I won’t loose my reward at the end. Help me to walk with your Spirit so that you can use me to reach the unreached in my own time in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Colossians 3:1-17.

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