1. So he started out (26-28)

Philip obeyed an angel of the Lord and left a fruitful ministry in Samaria to go south towards Gaza. He did not know why but did not question God's leading. In time, he would learn that it was God's heart for him to meet one lost soul. He met an Ethiopian eunuch, who was an important royal official. This man had spiritual desire, journeying all the way to Jerusalem to worship and reading the book of Isaiah on the way home. However, there was much he still did not know.

2. Do you understand what you are reading?" (29-40)

The Spirit told Philip to go to the man's chariot and wait for an opportunity to speak to him. He asked the man if he understood what he was reading. The man replied sincerely with the words that every Bible shepherd would love to hear! Philip was able to teach him about Jesus, in particular his humiliation and suffering in bearing our sins. Jesus could understand the eunuch, who had been deprived of descendants. The eunuch was ready to be baptised and accepted Jesus as his Christ there and then.