Acts 8: 26-40 How Can People Believe The Gospel Is Not Told?

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)  So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,  and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.  Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”  Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.  Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

“He was led as a sheep to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.
 “In humiliation His judgment was taken away;
Who will relate His generation?
For His life is removed from the earth.”

 The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?”  Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”  [And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”] And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.  When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing.  But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

In evangelism, Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian is considered to be a divine appointment.  Throughout the text, we see the leading of the Angel of the Lord guiding and prompting Philip to welcome all nations into the Kingdom of Heaven, because it is not for Jews alone, but for all the peoples of the world.  It so happens that the text he was studying was of the prophet Isaiah.  The New Testament was not yet written, but in this book of prophecy it was revealing his present day of Jesus Christ.  Once the gospel was explained, he believed and desired unity with Christ by being baptized

Daily Prayer:  Lord Jesus, all believers should be baptized into your death and raised according to Your saving power.  Once we have, we can enjoy a newness of life and walk in Your light and not stumble in the darkness of this world.  Renew our life, day by day, so like Philip, we can tell someone else. In Jesus name I pray Amen.