Acts 8

OF CHARIOTS, CONVERSION, AND CONFESSION
Part 4
The Summing Up
Acts 8:25-40

I.  The Christian Pursuit

  A.  The Loss of All Things - A Net Gain     Acts 8:1

  B.  To Prize the Unlovely    

     1.  The Determinants of Value

     2.  Carey’s Perspective

     3.  To Rescue the Perishing

II.  The Two Treasures      Acts 8:27-31

III.  The Character of Christian Confession     vv. 35-38

  A.  The Threshold of Conversion

  B.  The Proof of Conversion

IV.  Life in the Spirit     vv. 39-40

OF CHARIOTS, CONVERSION, AND CONFESSION
Part 2
The Isaiah Scroll
Acts 8:26-35

I.  The Pursuit of the Chariot    vv. 29-30

A.  Persecution and the Spread of the Gospel
B.  The Scroll of Isaiah in the African Chariot

II.  Understanding the Prophecy of Isaiah    vv. 30-31

A.  The Magnificent Orchestration of God
1.  The Servant and the Royal Court
2.  Understanding the Word of God
a.  The Miracle of Israel’s Existence
b.  The Miracle of Israel’s Unbelief

III.  Preaching Jesus from Isaiah    vv.32-35