Third Anniversary. The Man from Ethiopia.

Our final character from the Book of Acts is the finance minister from Ethiopia, We read about him in Acts chapter 8.

He must have been a man of great importance since an angel commissioned Philip the Evangelist to intercept his chariot in the desert on its way to North Africa.

When Philip delivered the Word of God to this court official he showed no hesitation in expressing his faith. He commanded the chariot to halt by a desert pool, confessed Christ as his Savior and was baptized by Philip. He then went on his way rejoicing.

Some one once said that while you can count the number of acorns on an oak tree, nobody can tell the number of oak trees in a single acorn.
This man was the first recorded convert from Africa but the NATION OF AFRICA was in the man.

The Ethiopian Eunuch; so different from Gallio, Felix and King Agrippa who all had their reasons for rejecting Christ.
This man said to the preacher. "Yes, I believe that Christ is the Son of God. Please baptize me and let me go back home and tell everybody the good news."

2,000 years later millions of believers are part of the Coptic church which this man founded.

Jubilate.
Ian