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Acts 8:26-36
A word from an angel
The Angel of the Lord
++Comes in many forms
They came in divine forms
++Heavenly beings that brought fear
++Bright Light
++Voice in the midst of fire
++Human form
The Angel of the Lord
Comes in many forms
++Connects us to God’s purpose
By Listening to God’s Voice
++They Excel in strength
++They do His will
++They bless the Lord
Don’t get distracted
Moses was
++Rejected by Israel
++Sent by God
++Not alone
The angelic figure served Israel positively as guide and protector (Ex 14:19) and companion in the wilderness wanderings (Ex 23:20;
Angelic being mentioned in the Bible, more properly translated the “messenger” of the Lord.
The Angel of the Lord
Comes in many forms
Connects us to God’s purpose
++Challenges us to obey God
In both situations the messenger spoke
God gave
++To Gideon a message of identity
++To Philip a message of direction
Gideon was told who He was
It was
++an uncomfortable message
++an unreasonable message
++an unreal message
Gideon questioned God’s care
Philip was told to Go
It was
++an inconvenient request
++an undesired location
++a challenging request
Philip obeyed and went
The Voice of the Holy Spirit
The blessing of Obedience
Obedience to God’s messenger
++made spiritual hunger visible
++helps him to discern the Spirits voice
++moved him into position
To hear the Spirit of God we must first obey the messenger of God
The works that Gideon sought
++Would have been impressive
++Would have been impactful
God only wanted Gideon to believe
God wants us to believe
By Believing, God fills us with
++Hope
++Peace
Believing enables us to
++Abound in hope
++Embrace the Power of the Holy Spirit
Philip shows the that God uses messenger’s
++to provide direction
++to facilitate God’s will
++to tune us to the Spirit’s voice
It is not the messenger that makes the message.
It is the message that makes the messenger.
The message must be declared
It may be
++Hard
++Challenging
++Inconvenient
This word is necessary
Listen to what the Eunuch says
“Tell Me”
I ask you, I pray, I beg of you
This is the cry of those
++on the outside
++in the desert places
++that missed the meeting
I want to know too!
How will we handle this moment?
When the cry of the world is made known to you.
Will we
++Ignore the cry?
++just take a message?
++enter a theological debate?
This is our time
God is calling us (You and Me)
++To embrace the call
++To carry the message
++To share what God has placed in us
The Good News about Jesus
I get to do this
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