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Lesson 4
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Passage Acts 8-9
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Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Refocused Evangelism
for Non-Jewish (Acts 8:1-25)
a. Church Scatters and
Angel Instructs Philip to go to Samaria (1-3)
b. Philip presents Jesus to impure (4-8)
c. Simon the Sorcerer conversion and confrontation with
Peter (9-25)
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Situational Evangelism for Ethiopian (Acts 8:26-40)
a. Angel
configures situation (26)
b. Ethiopian
seeker located reading Isaiah (27-29)
c. Using
situation and Isaiah to present Jesus (30-35)
d. Conversion and
Baptism demonstrating faith in Jesus (36-40)
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Redirecting
Evangelistic Resources for God’s Purpose (Acts 9:1-30)
a. Saul sees the Light (9:1-9)
b. Ananias healing mission for God to Saul (10-19)
c. Saul preaching Jesus baffles old allies the priests
inciting them to want to kill him (20-25)
d. Apostles cautiously learn about Saul’s conversion
(26-30)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Division
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Scripture
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Refocused
Evangelism for Samaritans
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Acts 8:1-25
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Situational
Evangelism for Ethiopian
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Acts 8:26-40
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Redirecting Evangelistic Resources for God’s Purpose
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Acts 9:1-30
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No
more than 10 words)
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Evangelism Refocused, Redirected for Conversion of
Samaritans, Ethiopian and Saul
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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To Learn that God directs faithful in ministry to reach
those that don’t know Him.
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Specific Application Questions
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1. Has
God been refocusing you to reach beyond your comfort zone?
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2. Do
you use the situations where God has placed you to share Jesus?
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3. How
is God trying to bring your attention to do His will for your life?
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4.
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Principles to Remember
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God conditions situations for ministry
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We need to use the things at our disposal to bring Jesus
to our world
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Living for Jesus means that we need to see Him face to
face. It’s enlightening!
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