This week we will be looking at the Seven Churches described in chapters two and three of the book which is popularly referred to as “Revelations”, probably because it’s full title is to long, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ according to John” for our modern tongues to bother with.

When we left Philip last week he was leading a large and successful movement in Samaria. Our text does not give any numbers, but it is likely that thousands were becoming Christians. His success was so great the Church sent Peter and John to help out. When we start this week we see him and the others out of the city preaching to the suburbs. It is in this atmosphere of success that God calls Philip away.

Last week we looked at Saul and his zeal to serve God by crushing His church. Through his example we learned that there are some absolute truths and one of those is that the path to heaven can only be through Jesus. This week we will shift our focus to Philip, and his efforts to evangelize an unreached people group.