Do You Have Understanding?

Acts 8:30

 

30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

 

I suddenly had technical difficulty this morning so I know today's message will be an eye opener for someone. AMEN PRAISE HIM!

 

Philip was one of the first Deacons along with Stephen. Philip was also an evangelist. The apostle Paul describes in Ephesians 4:11 those that are called to help prepare the body of Christ for greater works and bring them to maturity. The angel of the Lord sent Philip to Queen Candace's eunuch who was on his way back to Ethiopia. Philip was on an assignment by the Lord to help bring Queen Candace's eunuch to a greater understanding of the scriptures and the decision of Christ. The eunuch's heart was already open to receiving the Word of God as Philip found him reading it; the eunuch only needed assistance so that the Word of God could be made in terms he would understand. No evangelistic tool is to replace the Bible itself. It is only to assist in bringing clarity to the hearer or reader and enhance application of the Word of God. God will send someone like Philip to help make clear that which seems unclear. You, like the eunuch, are still responsible for your own study of the Word of God. 2 Timothy 2:15 says that you must study to show yourself approved. No one can replace the Word of God. If you do not open the Bible and read on your own, then how will you know if any "evangelistic tool" whether it is a devotional, televangelist program, film, evangelist, apostle, prophet, preacher, teacher or anything else is correct? You actually make room for the enemy to distort details in your own mind and fall prey to "every wind of doctrine" as stated in Ephesians 4. Get Your JOY In The Morning is not to replace the Word of God in your own Bible. It is only to help clarify, bring thought, reflection and application to that which you are already reading in the Word. There are testimonies of this which I BLESS God for. Nothing here is to be by my own will but of the will of God. Do you understand what you are reading? Have you been reading? If not, it is never too late to start.