THE GOSPEL SPREADS TO SAMARIA
Acts 8:1-40
Key Verse 8:4 “Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.”
1. What happened to the church at Jerusalem after Stephen’s martyrdom? (1-3) How is this connected to Jesus’ promise in 1:8?
2. In spite of many hardships, what did the scattered believers do? (4-8) Who was Phillip and how did God bless his ministry in Samaria? (cf. 6:5; Think of the racial barriers between Jews and Samaritans. cf. John 4:9.)
3. How did the apostles in Jerusalem react to the news of God’s work in Samaria? (14) How did God bless the Samaritan believers through them? (15-17)
4. Who was Simon? (9-13) Why did he want the ability to give the Holy Spirit like Peter and John, and how did Peter rebuke Simon? (18-24)
5. Why did Philip leave a growing ministry in Samaria? (26-29) Who was the Ethiopian eunuch (27) and in what respect was his heart prepared to believe in Jesus? (28-33)
6. How did Philip help the Ethiopian eunuch to believe in Jesus? (34-35) Why is it important that the eunuch asked to be baptized? (36) How important is one person to God?