He was led like a sheep to the slaughter

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 “Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.  This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

   “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
   and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
   so he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
   Who can speak of his descendants?
   For his life was taken from the earth.”   [Acts 8:30-33]

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He was led like a sheep to the slaughter

It was during this great spiritual awakening in Samaria that an angel of the Lord directed Philip to a new field to labor. He was to leave the place where many were being blessed, and minister to one man. An angel could direct Philip but could not do Philip’s work of preaching the gospel. That privilege was given to men, not to angels. 
In unquestioning obedience, Philip journeyed south from Samaria to Jerusalem, and then to one of the routes that led to Gaza.” Philip left a place of habitation and spiritual fertility for a barren area.
Somewhere along the route he caught up with a caravan. In the main chariot was the treasurer of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians. This man had apparently become a convert to Judaism, since he had been to Jerusalem to worship and was now returning home.  As the chariot rolled along, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. With split-second timing, the Spirit directed Philip to overtake this chariot.
The passage in Isaiah pictures One who was meek and silent before His enemies; One who was hurried away from justice and a fair trial; and One who had no hope of posterity because He was killed in the prime of manhood.
The Ethiopian Official wondered whether Isaiah was speaking of himself or of some other man. This, of course, gave Philip the desired opportunity to tell how these Scriptures were perfectly fulfilled in the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth.

Do you believe in the same Jesus as your Savior, who died for your sins?



  Philip and the Ethiopian

    

Philip and the Ethiopian official

 “Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”  So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,  and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.  The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”  [Acts 8:26-29]  



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 “He will call on me, and I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble,
   I will deliver him and honor him."   [Psalms 91:15]

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The Power of Prayer

Tremendous power is made available through a good man's earnest prayer. Do you remember Elijah? He was a man like us, but he prayed earnestly that it should not rain. In fact, not a drop fell on the land for three and a half years. Then he prayed again; the heavens gave the rain, and the earth sprouted with vegetation as usual.
What we need is an earnest prayer. In the old testament,  Hezekiah prayed earnestly with tears, the Lord healed him and gave him 15 more years to live.
 The LORD says "because he loves me, I will rescue him;  I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name."
"He will call on me, and I will answer him;  I will be with him in trouble,  I will deliver him and honor him. " Psalms 91:14-15
When we love God he will deliver us. When we pray, He will answer our prayers.
Jesus said, "For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Are we spending enough time in prayer? If we pray the same amount of time we worry, we will see a huge difference. Please stop worrying and start praying.





  Hannah Prayed for a Son, but God gave her Prophet Samuel

    

Prayer changes things

 “As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.  Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. ”  [1 Samuel 1:12] 




Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart

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 “Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.  Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,  since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.  Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism. "  [Colossians 3:23-25]

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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart

Whatever is done should be done heartily (literally “from the soul”) as to the Lord and not to men. In every form of Christian service as well as in every sphere of life, there are many tasks which people find obnoxious. Needless to say, we try to avoid such work. But this verse teaches us the very important lesson that the humblest service can be glorified and dignified by doing it for the Lord. In this sense, there is no difference between secular and sacred work. All is sacred.
Rewards in heaven will not be for prominence or apparent successes; they will not be for talents or opportunities; but rather for faithfulness. Thus obscure persons will fare very well in that day if they have carried out their duties faithfully as to the Lord.  The Lord is keeping the records at the present time, and everything done as to Him will command His attention. “The kindness of God will repay the kindness of men.” Those who have little of earthly inheritance will receive the reward of the inheritance in heaven.
Let us remember this the next time we are called upon to do something that we do not like to do, whether in the church, in the home, or at work; it is a testimony for Christ to do it uncomplainingly , and to do the best possible job.  There is no partiality with God. He is the Master of all, and the distinctions that prevail among men mean nothing to Him.

Different kinds of service, but the same Lord

 “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.  There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. . ”  [1 Corinthians 12:4-6]  

 

    




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 “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."  [1 John 4:10]

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CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT

God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.  Romans 3:25.
Our Advocate is Jesus Christ the righteous. It is good to have a righteous Defender. When Satan brings some accusation against a believer, the Lord Jesus can point to His finished work on Calvary and say, "Charge that to My account."
The Lord Jesus is not only our Advocate, but He is also the propitiation of our sins. This means that by dying for us, He freed us from the guilt of our sins and restored us to God by providing the needed satisfaction and by removing every barrier to fellowship. God can show mercy to us because Christ has satisfied the claims of justice. It is not often that an advocate pays for his client's sins; yet that is what our Lord has done,  and most remarkable of all, He paid for them by the sacrifice of Himself.
As we celebrate Christmas, let us not forget the reason why Jesus Christ came into this world as a helpless baby, born in a manger. He knew he is going to die on the cross to redeem us from eternal death. Is Jesus your personal Savior?  Have you spent your Christmas not knowing that he died for your sins?  Have you repented of your sins and committed your life to Him?

Propitiation for our sins

 “And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. ”  [1 John 2:2]  

 

    

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 “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. Jesus Presented in the Temple  When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”  [ Luke 2:21-24]

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"I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them..."

At least three different rituals are described in this passage: First there was the circumcision of Jesus. This took place when He was eight days old. It was a token of the covenant that God made with Abraham. On this same day, the Child was named, according to Jewish custom. The angel had previously instructed Mary and Joseph to call Him Jesus.

The second ceremony was concerned with the purification of Mary. It took place forty days after the birth of Jesus. Ordinarily parents were supposed to bring a lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering. But in the case of the poor, they were permitted to bring “ a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons”. The fact that Mary brought no lamb, but only two young pigeons is a reflection of the poverty into which Jesus was born.

The third ritual was the presentation of Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem. Originally, God had decreed that the firstborn sons belonged to Him; they were to form the priestly class. Later, He set aside the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.  Then the parents were permitted to “buy back” or “redeem” their firstborn son by the payment of five shekels. This they did when they dedicated him to the Lord.

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. [Matthew 5:17]

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. [2 Corinthians 8:9]

"...for my eyes have seen your salvation"

 “Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,    according to your word;  for my eyes have seen your salvation”  [Luke 2:25-30]