8-Follow the Leader
6/10/12
INTRO:
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KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PRESENCE AND HIS
 Acts 8:26-40 (Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunich)
BODY:
I.
Let Him Direct Your Steps
The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
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B.
The
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Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house
of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. He had four unmarried
daughters who prophesied.
In every step on the journey He will have fresh instruction
1) AMAZING RACE GETTING ONE CLUE AT A TIME
a) Philip was on his way home, but the Spirit had other plans
b) Go down the desert highway; Stay close to the chariot
2) Galatians 5:25
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II.
closer we stick to the Holy Spirit the more successful we will be
Grk (kollao) glue to it; Jumping on the running boards
RUNNING UP ON THE TROLLY CAR IN SAN FRANCISCO
Acts 21:8-9
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
CANCELLING THE TRIP TO HONDURAS
FINDING THE MAN IN LA MOSKITIA
Let Him Guide Your Path (Acts 8:30-31)
“Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said,
“unless someone explains it to me?”
A.
We start with their point of greatest interest and go from there
1) “Are you learning what you are learning?”
2) 1 Peter 2:12
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B.
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you
of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
the day he visits us.
HELPING WITH SOUND ON THE 13 NIGHTS
It is not we who can save anyone, we are just the guide
1) “How can I unless someone guide me.”
a) Grk (hodegeo) to guide along the path
b) Philip could guide him as the Spirit was guiding Philip
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II.
John 6:44-45
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets:
‘They will all be taught by God.’”
Let Him Fill Your Mouth
Then Philip opened his mouth (anoigo), and beginning at this Scripture,
preached Jesus to him. (Acts 8:35 NKJV)
A.
The Spirit will give you the words, but you have to open your mouth
1) Matthew 10:19-20
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B.
But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to
say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be
you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
MORE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF PUBLIC SPEAKING THAN DEATH
They would rather attend their own funeral than speak at it
He will open doors for us if we will be ready to walk through
1) Revelation 3:7 (Philadelphia)
2)
“These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key
of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one
can open.”
EXCHANGING THE KEYS WITH DHS
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the keys to a person’s heart
OTHER SCRIPTURES:
Matthew 16:19
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be
bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Romans 8:14-15
Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 10:14-15
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they
believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without
someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is
written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
2 Corinthians 2:12-13
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had
opened a door for me, I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother
Titus there. So I said good-by to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.