10/04/20 || HOPE WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER

  Hope Is For You Scott Young.com – Pastor Of Hope For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:26-28 JESUS HAS A SPECIAL HEART FOR THOSE WHO FEEL LIKE OUTSIDERS · Fishermen Were Chosen As His Disciples · Women Were On His Ministry Team · Tax Collectors Were At His Dinner Table · Lepers Received His Healing Touch No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord. - Deuteronomy 23:1 EUNUCH READING FROM ISAIAH Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” 34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. - Acts 8:32-35 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER 1. God Knows Where You Are Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. – Acts 8:26 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. God Knows What You Need So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. – Acts 8:30-31 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. God Gives You His Word And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” – Acts 8:29-30 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. God Gives You A Fresh Start And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. – Acts 8:38 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________