Year 4, Day 241: Acts 8

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Discipleship Focus: Chemistry

• Chemistry asks whether the person in question can work with the other people that God has called.

You might be surprised to see me pull out the topic of chemistry when Acts 8 is such a huge chapter with respect to the spreading of the church.  I could have gone with Philip’s obedience.  I could have gone with Simon’s approval.  I could have even gone with the discipleship square and the persecution the disciples received.  But today I want to stop and focus on Philip through the lens of chemistry.

Philip goes out into the world when persecution comes.  Persecution drives him out, but he quickly finds himself paired up with people who will listen.  Philip has a clear chemistry with the Samaritans!  As he goes out into the world, he is capable of working with the people that God places in his life.

Furthermore, look at Philip as he leaves Samaria.  He finds the eunuch.  Again we can see the chemistry that happens between Philip and the eunuch.  The eunuch wants to learn and Philip is willing to teach.  Philip isn’t shy, nor is he heavy-handed.  Philip is able to communicate the message of the gospel to the eunuch.  There is a clear chemistry between Philip and the people God is putting into Philip’s life.  It’s one of the reasons that Philip knows to whom God is calling him to speak.

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