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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXI - II
"Having left Tyre, I, Paul, continued my journey to Jerusalem... However, before getting there I had a stopover at Caesarea.... I decided to see if the evangelist Philip was in town... I knew where he lived so I went to his home.... And I knocked on his door.... To my delight he himself opened the door... We had a great reunion.... At one point in my life he was my enemy... It was because of me that Philip had to leave Jersusalem... For I persecuted the Church in those days... But I no longer persecute the Church... I now preach the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ.. As does Philip... So today we are brothers in Christ.... I can now see how God used even the persecution by sending Philip to Samaria to preach the Gospel there....He eventually ended up in Caesarea.... And he is still in Caesarea.... How amazing is our God!!... Only He could have worked things out in such a way that Philip and I are brothers in Christ.... And we are co-workers in the Kingdom of God.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Paul's stopover in Caesarea...
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXI - II
Paul, having left Tyre, continued his journey to Jerusalem, stopping at Caesarea, where he stayed at the home of Philip, the evangelist. Philip had originally travelled from Jersualem to a city in Samaria after persecution had broken out as you can read in Acts 8:5
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there.
He was then told to go to the Desert Road where he ment an Ethiopian eunuch when he shared the Gospel with him and afterwards baptised him as you can read in Acts 8:38
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptised him.
Philip from there on travelled to other places, eventually ending up in Caesarea as you can read in Acts 8:40
Philip, however, appeared in Azotus and travelled about, preaching the Gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
That is where Paul finds him as you can read in Acts 21:8-9
Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip, the evangelist, one of the Seven.
Their meeting would have been a very happy occasion. They will have remembered the time that Paul was the archenemy of the believers. But today he was one of them... Only God could have made that possible... No doubt, Paul shared with Philip his burden to go to Jersualem, despite what he senses will happen to him there.
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