THE SIX QUESTIONS (ACTS 8:26-40): THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Six Questions
a) An Ethiopian, travelling by chariot on a lonely road, was reading Isaiah 53. He wondered who the prophet was speaking about. God answered his question.
b) We find six questions in Acts 8:26-40, and all of them are very important.
i) First, Philip asks, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
ii) Then the Ethiopian asks, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”
iii) He also asks, “Please, will you come up and sit with me in my chariot, and help me understand?”
iv) When Philip is seated, the Ethiopian asks the key question, “Who is the prophet speaking about — is it himself or someone else?”
v) After a while, the Ethiopian asks his fourth question, “Look! Here is water. What prevents me from being baptized?”
vi) Philip replies by asking the Ethiopian, “Do you believe with all your heart? If you do, you may be baptized.”
2. The Message Of The Cross
a) Philip answered this question as follows: "Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him about Jesus." (Acts 8:35).
b) Isaiah chapter 53 makes sense only when you know that it is talking about Jesus Christ the Son of God. And life makes sense only when you know that God’s Son suffered and died for you.
c) It is impossible for the blood of animals to take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). Not all the slaughter and sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem, but only the Lamb of God, could be the sufficient sacrifice. “Nothing can for sin atone, nothing but the blood of Jesus.”
The End ...
1. The Six Questions a) An Ethiopian, travelling by chariot on a lonely road, was reading Isaiah 53. He wondered who the prophet was speaking about. God answered his question.
b) We find six questions in Acts 8:26-40, and all of them are very important.
i) First, Philip asks, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
ii) Then the Ethiopian asks, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”
iii) He also asks, “Please, will you come up and sit with me in my chariot, and help me understand?”
iv) When Philip is seated, the Ethiopian asks the key question, “Who is the prophet speaking about — is it himself or someone else?”
v) After a while, the Ethiopian asks his fourth question, “Look! Here is water. What prevents me from being baptized?”
vi) Philip replies by asking the Ethiopian, “Do you believe with all your heart? If you do, you may be baptized.”
2. The Message Of The Cross
a) Philip answered this question as follows: "Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him about Jesus." (Acts 8:35).
b) Isaiah chapter 53 makes sense only when you know that it is talking about Jesus Christ the Son of God. And life makes sense only when you know that God’s Son suffered and died for you.
c) It is impossible for the blood of animals to take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). Not all the slaughter and sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem, but only the Lamb of God, could be the sufficient sacrifice. “Nothing can for sin atone, nothing but the blood of Jesus.”
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