Open to the Holy Spirit

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Acts 8:7-8, 29, 39) The Holy Spirit speaks and works, and that same Holy Spirit who spoke to Philip is still speaking and working, looking for people who are ready to be led. Believers must cultivate sensitivity and openness to His promptings. Being guided by the Holy Spirit equips us to lead others to Christ. We must listen to what God has already said, staying receptive to seemingly illogical promptings, and allowing the same Spirit who led Philip to work through us today. Learn how to share your faith with others with the FREE resources available at: https://enjoyingthejourney.org/resources/witness/ (10106260504) Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	The good news of the gospel is only good news to those who hear it.
0:11.6	Philip the evangelist understood that. He did not keep the message to himself, but he went
0:17.0	wherever the spirit of God led him, and he preached Christ to those who needed to know.
0:23.0	In this study that Scott is calling the gospel Christian, he reminds us that the word gospel
0:28.8	means good news. It even has the word go in it, reminding us that the Christian life is meant
0:36.3	to advance the gospel message.
0:39.1	Join Scott Pauley today as we learn what it means to be a true gospel Christian.
0:48.1	Now the passage of scripture we have been living in for the last several studies, Acts
0:53.0	Chapter number eight is commonly
0:54.6	referred to as the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Unique.
0:59.4	And it is called that because it is a familiar text where Philip, the evangelist,
1:05.0	has this individual encounter, this divine appointment with an Ethiopian man and leads him to know the Lord Jesus
1:13.4	Christ is his personal Savior. It really is a wonderful story, a spiritual encounter. But I want to say
1:21.7	to you that Acts chapter number eight is really not the story of Philip and the Ethiopian
1:26.7	unique. It is not the story of Philip and the city of Samaria. It's not the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Union.
1:30.4	It is not the story of Philip and the city of Samaria.
1:33.5	It's not the story of Philip and anyone else on earth.
1:36.5	It really is the story of Philip and the Holy Spirit.
1:40.8	Or let's put it in the proper order, the Holy Spirit and Philip.
1:48.1	You see, Philip could only guide others to God as he was guided by the Holy Spirit.
1:57.0	And so I'd like to back up, if I may, in our story in Acts chapter number eight and point out to you something that I overlooked for so long, and that is the repeated references to the person and work and fruit of the Holy Spirit in this
2:04.7	story. Now, if you back up to Acts chapter number eight, verse seven and verse eight, you'll find
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