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18227 Light of Scripture
Acts 8:30-31
“So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ And he said, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.”

Returning from Jerusalem, the high official was reading the prophet Isaiah but did not understand its meaning. He let Philip ride in his chariot and agreed to listen. To explain the passage he did not understand, Philip preached the gospel. His preaching touched the stranger and he was baptized.

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Luke 18:13
“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’”

The Spirit urges us to humility. We implore God’s grace. We trust Him and do His will. We do not judge others but pray for their salvation.

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Luke 6:36
“Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.”

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy! God is merciful to us. He shows us His grace, compassion and goodness. We thank Him by being merciful to our neighbor. We accept their weakness, forgive their trespasses, sympathize with their distress and patiently contribute to their salvation.

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Romans 8:35
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

God’s love is to give us eternal life. Our sufferings are no obstacle to our salvation. God sustains us in affliction. In times of trial, we remain firmly committed to God and bear witness to His love.

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