Acts 8:30-39 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understand you what you read?… I. IT SUPPOSES that we read the Bible. Is this correct, or does this half heathen put us to shame? II. IT DISCLOSES our natural blindness. Is not our Bible reading often an unintelligent reading, our Bible a book not understood? III. IT EXCITES US to seek the true Interpreter and Guide. He it is who spake by Philip — the Spirit of God, who. always lives and operates in the Church. Lessons: 1. Readest thou what thou hast? 2. Understandest thou what thou teariest? 3. Obeyest thou what thou understandest? (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? |
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