step in the recognition of the gospel as being a universal message and of the church as being a universal institution. IV. THE CONVERSION OF A JEWISH PROSELYTE (the Ethiopian eunuch) (8:26–40) A. THE OBEDIENCE OF PHILIP (8:26, 27) In obedience to a divine command given through an angel, Philip broke away from the great Samaritan revival and journeyed southward to a desert road leading from Jerusalem to Gaza. Success coming from instant obedience to divine guidance is prominently featured in the book
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