Detailed Analysis of Acts 8:26-40
As I read this passage, the main point that comes to my mind concerning this story is how the The Holy Spirit led Philip to the Ethiopian Eunuch. The Ethiopian Eunuch was obviously already. being drawn because he would not be studying the Scriptures if he were not being drawn. As 1 Corinthians 2:14 tells us, “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned” I take this scripture to be talking about the unregenerate man’s heart. Unregenerate men and women have absolutely no interest in the things of God. So, the very fact that this Eunuch was found reading Scripture proves that the Lord was leading him. I think this point is made even. more clear from the words of our Lord in John 6:44, when He clearly says, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him. up at the last day” There are many more verses ...