THE SIX QUESTIONS (ACTS 8:26-40): THE QUESTION ABOUT JESUS
(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 Question About Jesus
a) The most important question is, “Who is the prophet speaking about — is it himself or someone else?”
b) The Ethiopian had "gone to Jerusalem to worship" (Acts 8:27). He was reading the scriptures in the spirit of that worship in Jerusalem. He was a man in charge of a kingdom’s treasure. But this was a spiritual journey.
c) However, someone was missing in his spiritual world, and this passage in Isaiah was about that person. Hence the question, “Who is the prophet talking about?”
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 Question About Jesus
a) The most important question is, “Who is the prophet speaking about — is it himself or someone else?”
b) The Ethiopian had "gone to Jerusalem to worship" (Acts 8:27). He was reading the scriptures in the spirit of that worship in Jerusalem. He was a man in charge of a kingdom’s treasure. But this was a spiritual journey.
c) However, someone was missing in his spiritual world, and this passage in Isaiah was about that person. Hence the question, “Who is the prophet talking about?”
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