CONSCIOUS CONVERSION (11 OF 52)
Scripture: Acts 8:26-39
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Conscious Conversion (11 of 52)
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Acts 8:26-39
Some things in life take root slowly across a period of time in ways we may not perceive. Other things take place from one moment to the next. Most often, the processes of change we experience are actually a combination of the momentary and the gradual processes. Physical growth through childhood and adolescence at times seems almost visibly noticeable, and yet it is still part of a gradual process over time.
A career decision might be made at a moment, but it also has a background of influences and experience leading to that moment. When it comes to faith, the same mix of the sudden and the slow progression of experience and influence are just as likely to participate together in our transitions and changes of growth.
At some point along the way, however, we make decisions, recognize new realities, and confront the impact of various experiences and new forms of understanding. While change may be very gradual, at some point we recognize a shift or the need for a shift in our lives on the basis of those processes of change at work in and around us. That is as true in today's passage as it is in our daily experiences.
This Eunuch in Acts 8 is an interesting character. We most often miss a lot of what he represents, as we are far removed from the historical and political realities of the world surrounding First Century Palestine. This man was a high official in the court of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. In the days of Solomon, Ethiopia had been known as Sheba. It was from there that a queen had traveled to Israel to interview Solomon in regard to his renowned wisdom. Ethiopian tradition has it that she returned to Ethiopia as a convert to Yahwism. There is still a history of the worship of Yahweh in Ethiopia that appears to stem back to the days of Solomon. The tradition is such that it even includes claims to be the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, th ...
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Acts 8:26-39
Some things in life take root slowly across a period of time in ways we may not perceive. Other things take place from one moment to the next. Most often, the processes of change we experience are actually a combination of the momentary and the gradual processes. Physical growth through childhood and adolescence at times seems almost visibly noticeable, and yet it is still part of a gradual process over time.
A career decision might be made at a moment, but it also has a background of influences and experience leading to that moment. When it comes to faith, the same mix of the sudden and the slow progression of experience and influence are just as likely to participate together in our transitions and changes of growth.
At some point along the way, however, we make decisions, recognize new realities, and confront the impact of various experiences and new forms of understanding. While change may be very gradual, at some point we recognize a shift or the need for a shift in our lives on the basis of those processes of change at work in and around us. That is as true in today's passage as it is in our daily experiences.
This Eunuch in Acts 8 is an interesting character. We most often miss a lot of what he represents, as we are far removed from the historical and political realities of the world surrounding First Century Palestine. This man was a high official in the court of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. In the days of Solomon, Ethiopia had been known as Sheba. It was from there that a queen had traveled to Israel to interview Solomon in regard to his renowned wisdom. Ethiopian tradition has it that she returned to Ethiopia as a convert to Yahwism. There is still a history of the worship of Yahweh in Ethiopia that appears to stem back to the days of Solomon. The tradition is such that it even includes claims to be the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, th ...
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