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GOD TEACHES US ABOUT...SALVATION
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Acts
8:26-39
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get
up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to
Gaza." (This is a desert road.) So he got up and went;
and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace,
queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure;
and he had come to Jerusalem to worship, and he was returning
and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."
Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and
said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And
he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?"
And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage
of Scripture which he was reading was this: "HE WAS LED
AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS
SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. "IN HUMILIATION
HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION?
FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH." The eunuch answered
Philip and said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet
say this? Of himself or of someone else?" Then Philip opened
his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus
to him. As they went along the road they came to some water;
and the eunuch *said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from
being baptized?" And Philip said, "If you believe
with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said,
"I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And
he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into
the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched
Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his
way rejoicing. (Acts 8:26-39 NAS95)
Acts 22:16
'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away
your sins, calling on His name.'
(Acts 22:16 NAS95)
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