In The Kingdom of God, We Count By Ones
GOD, THE TIMELESS PURSUER OF THE LOST
A Hellenistic Jew, a Samaritan and an Ethiopian eunuch walk into a restaurant …
It’s not a setup to a bad joke, but instead what Acts chapter 8 appears to be on the surface - three seemingly unrelated stories about three individuals and groups of people. What ties them together? The principle that God is about the business of saving people - individual people. In Christ, He has created a people (plural) for His own possession, but every single person He has called to Himself, He personally pursues with love and grace. Acts 8 teaches us that neither distance not defiance can stop or hinder God’s gracious pursuit of lost souls.