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Biblical Missionaries
Our Goal

We will look at mission first

and foremost as Gods means
for commu-nicating the gospel.
Mission is a core part of Gods
sovereign activity in the
process of redeeming
humanity.
We will study how Gods
eternal purpose has been

Biblical Missionaries
Contents
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The Missionary Nature of God

Abraham: The First Missionary
The Unlikely Missionary
The Jonah Saga
Exiles as Missionaries
Esther and Mordecai
Jesus: The Master of Missions
Cross-Cultural Missions
Peter and the Gentiles
Philip as Missionary
Paul: Background and Call
Paul: Mission and Message
Must the Whole World Hear?

Biblical Missionaries
Lesson 10, September 5

Phillip as

Missionary

Philip as Missionary
Key Text

Acts 1:8 NIV

But you will receive power

when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my
witness in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth.

Philip as Missionary
Quick Look

1. From Deacon to
Evangelist
(Acts
6:3-5; 21:8)
2. From Samaritans to
Ethiopian (Acts 8:5, 12;
35, 36)
3. From Evangelist to Host
(Acts 21:8-10)

Philip as Missionary
Initial Words

According to Acts 8, Philips

work extended outward from
Jerusalem in expanding circles.
That is, it kept spreading
farther and farther as time
progressed.
Who was this Philip the
evangelist? What lessons can
we take away for ourselves

Philip as Missionary
1. From Deacon to Evangelist

Acts 6:3-5; 21:8 NKJV

Seek out from among you

seven men...whom we may
appoint over this business....
And they choose...Philip....
We who were Pauls
companions departed and
came to Caesarea, and
entered the house of Philip the

1. From Deacon to Evangelist

Waiting on Tables

Philip was designated the

evangelist in Acts 21:8, to
distinguish him from Philip the
disciple.
He first appeared in the
Jerusalem church as a table
waiter (Acts 6:25) who
turned evangelist and
missionary (Acts 8:12). His

1. From Deacon to Evangelist

Waiting on Tables

Unfair distribution of food to

Greek-speaking widows
emerged.
To resolve this serious issue,
the apostles proposed the
appointment of seven men,
full of the Holy Spirit and
wisdom, who would literally
deaconize [Greek for

1. From Deacon to Evangelist

The Evangelist

It was the violent persecution

of Saul the Pharisee that had
scattered the church at
Jerusalem and destroyed the
effectiveness of the
organization of the seven
deacons. The flight from
Jerusalem had led Philip to
change his manner of labor,

Philip as Missionary
2. From Samaritans to Ethiopian

Acts 8:5, 12, 35, 36 NKJV

Then Philip went down to the

city
of Samaria and preached Christ
to them. ... But when they
believed Philip...both men and
women were baptized. ... Then
Philip...beginning at this
Scripture, preached Jesus to

2. From Samaritans to Ethiopian

As Missionary

Samaria was the first stop on

the geographical spread of
Christianity.
Samaritans considered
themselves descendants of
Israelites left behind when
Assyria exiled most of the
Israelites in 722 b.c. The Jews,
how- ever, considered

2. From Samaritans to Ethiopian

As Missionary

Philips call to wait on tables

now became that of a
missionary
evangelist to the Samaritans.
As a refugee fleeing religious
persecution in Jerusalem, he
did not waste his time.
He proclaimed that the
Messiah, awaited by both

2. From Samaritans to Ethiopian

As Missionary

Philips next contact was with

the Ethiopian treasury
administrator, bringing
mission another step toward
the end of the earth
(Acts 1:8, NKJV).
Philip was the link between
Samaria and the Gaza
mission. From Samaria, north

2. From Samaritans to Ethiopian

As Missionary

His work in the north focused

on a group; here it focused on
a single person.
In Samaria, Philip could
proclaim Christ only from the
five books of Moses, for this
was all the Samaritans
accepted; here he could also
use the book of Isaiah,

Philip as Missionary
3. From Evangelist to Host

Acts 21:8-10 NKJV

On the next day

we...entered the hose of
Philip the evangelist, who
was one of the seven and
stayed with him. Now this
man had four virgin
daughters who prophesied.
And...we stayed many

3. From Evangelist to Host

A Family Man

Philip was a family man with

four unmarried daughters.
Philips call out of the
deaconate into evangelism
involved him in extensive
travel.
From Jerusalem to Samaria,
then on
to Gaza, followed by all the

3. From Evangelist to Host

A Family Man

Still, he managed his family to

the extent that four daughters
were deemed by the Holy Spirit
suitable to receive the gift of
prophecy.
This testifies to good parenting
and true godliness in this
pioneering Christian missionary
family.

3. From Evangelist to Host

A Family Man

The apostle Paul stayed with

Philip a number of days (vs.
10, NIV).
Twenty-five years earlier, Paul,
then named Saul, had been
an aggressive and fierce
persecutor of the Christians
(Acts 9:1, 2).
Now, years later, persecutor

Philip as Missionary
Final Words

When they were scattered

by persecution they went forth
filled with missionary zeal.
They realized the
responsibility of their mission.
They knew that they held in
their hands the bread of life
for a famishing world;
and they were constrained by