{"id":4828,"date":"2020-06-03T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:19:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:19:44","slug":"how-to-reflect-christs-love-a-hands-on-bible-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2020\/06\/03\/how-to-reflect-christs-love-a-hands-on-bible-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reflect Christ’s Love? A Hands-On Bible Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Activity from the Hands-On Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look in the mirror and what do you see? Yup – you see a reflection. Read from Acts chapter 8 below to meet a man who reflected the love of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACTS 8:26-20, NLT<\/strong>
As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, \u201cGo south\u00a0down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.\u201d\u00a0So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,\u00a0and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Holy Spirit said to Philip, \u201cGo over and walk along beside the carriage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, \u201cDo you understand what you are reading?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man replied, \u201cHow can I, unless someone instructs me?\u201d And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:
\u201cHe was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
He was humiliated and received no justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eunuch asked Philip, \u201cTell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?\u201d\u00a0So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, \u201cLook! There\u2019s some water! Why can\u2019t I be baptized?\u201d\u00a0He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.\u00a0Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Try This!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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