Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.
"How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:
"He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth."
The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
Acts 8:30-35
The world really doesn't understand the Gospel. They may know the story about what happened but the meaning of the parables, lessons and history is nothing more than information to them. God has blessed us with knowing what it meant for Jesus to die on that cross. It wasn't just a good man making a point or even taking a stand (a martyr). It was a sacrifice so that our chains to sin and death would be broken once and for all... for everyone who accepts this wonderful gift! Many non-believers may know lots of information about the phrase but they will never know with their hearts what it means for an innocent person to take the deserved punishment of all mankind.
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