ORIGHO 7

Wiwowo “Iyẹn Rire Ni Ubara Jisọs”

LU U

Filip ka ṣe ọwowo iyẹn rire ti ẹnẹ nemi yẹn

Ti a gba kuri iwe Uṣe 8:4-40

1, 2. Nikọ re ṣi ti ọghanran gba fẹ le ira Oriṣẹ sin di aghan maa wowo iyẹn rire we juwẹrẹ ni ọru ọdọn ọṣọgua?

Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

² Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“Aghan ti O Kpe Wun Ọrọnfọ ti A Yaghala” (Uṣe 8:4-8)

3. (a) Nesin wun Filip ṣe? (b) Nikọ re ṣe ti aa te gba wowo iyẹn rire we ni Sameria gẹrẹrẹ, dẹreke nikọ wun Jisọs gin o wa ṣi ni Sameria?

³ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

4. Nikọ ira Sameria ghaan ṣe ti Filip gba wowo iyẹn rire we gbẹ aghan, kẹnrẹn nikọ re nemi ṣe urun ti o lẹghẹ aghan gba rentin ro?

⁴ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

5-7. Ira-ki-ira ti a ma gba ikpa le aghan Olele Kraist kuri uli aghan, bokọ eyi te mu utiẹyin gbẹ iyẹn rire we gba yaya?

⁵ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

⁶ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

⁷ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

8. Bokọ ogun biri udo ti o ni te lẹghẹ irẹye gidijẹ gba gbọ iyẹn rire we?

⁸ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“Mu Nini We Gbẹ Mi Kẹnrẹn” (Uṣe 8:9-25)

“Now when Simon saw that the spirit was given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money.”—Acts 8:18

9. Nesin wun Simọn ṣe, kẹnrẹn nikọ re lẹghẹ ẹ fẹ ọfọ urun ti Filip ṣe?

⁹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

10. (a) Nikọ Pita biri Jọn ṣe ni Sameria? (b) Nikọ Simọn ṣe ti won gba ri gin olele titọn ghaan winọrọn ri ẹmi fifẹn gba ti Pita biri Jọn gba gbe ẹwọ ni aghan origho?

¹⁰ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

11. Ukpanran eju sin bokọ wun Pita mu gbẹ Simọn, kẹnrẹn bokọ Simọn te gba a?

¹¹ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

12. Nikọ re ṣe “simony,” kẹnrẹn bokọ eyiwe te ṣe ọkpa gbẹ aghan Olele-Kraist-Ukpanrun?

¹² Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

13. Bokọ Olele Kraist te nemi kẹnẹ ara gbẹ ẹrẹ gbigba ẹwọ-ayẹ uṣẹ ni ujọ gba ṣe owo?

¹³ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

PETER USES THE “KEYS OF THE KINGDOM”

Jesus told Peter: “I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the heavens.” (Matt. 16:19) What did Jesus mean? His reference to “keys” indicated that Peter would open up knowledge and opportunities for distinct groups to enter the Messianic Kingdom. On what occasions did Peter use these keys?

Peter used the first key at Pentecost 33 C.E. when he urged Jews and Jewish proselytes to repent and be baptized. Some 3,000 did so and became prospective heirs of the Kingdom.—Acts 2:1-41.
The second key was used not long after the martyrdom of Stephen. In this instance, Peter and John laid their hands on recently baptized Samaritans, after which these new converts received holy spirit.—Acts 8:14-17.
Peter used the third key in 36 C.E. In that year, he extended the hope of the heavenly inheritance to uncircumcised Gentiles. This occurred when the apostle gave a witness to Cornelius, the first uncircumcised Gentile to become a Christian disciple.—Acts 10:1-48.

“Urun ti Wo Rọ We Yẹ Ẹ Ni Uwẹrẹ?” (Uṣe 8:26-40)

14, 15. (a) Nesin re ṣe “ọlaṣẹ ira Itiopia” we, kẹnrẹn ubo bokọ wun Filip kele ba a? (b) Nikọ ọnọkẹnrẹn ira Itiopia we ṣe ni ubara urun ti Filip gin gbẹ ẹ, kẹnrẹn nikọ ẹnẹ gba nemi gin won kpe-uwan to omi-gbigba? (Ṣọn ọfọ tie ti o wi alẹ.)

¹⁴ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

¹⁵ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

A “EUNUCH” IN WHAT SENSE?

The Greek term eu·nouʹkhos, rendered “eunuch,” can refer either to a man deprived of his ability to procreate or simply to a high-ranking court official. Court officials who oversaw the harem of a king may actually have been castrated, but emasculation was not a requirement for other officials, such as a king’s cupbearer or treasury overseer. The Ethiopian eunuch whom Philip baptized was evidently that type of official, for he oversaw a royal treasury. In effect, he was a minister of finance.

The Ethiopian was also a proselyte—that is, a non-Jew who had embraced the worship of Jehovah. Indeed, he had just been to Jerusalem to worship. (Acts 8:27) Because of this, we can conclude that the Ethiopian could not have been a eunuch in the literal sense, for the Mosaic Law forbade castrated men from becoming part of the congregation of Israel.—Deut. 23:1.

BAPTISM IN “A BODY OF WATER”

How is Christian baptism performed? Some believe that it is sufficient to pour or sprinkle water on a person’s head. However, the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized in “a body of water.” The account says: “Both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water.” (Acts 8:36, 38) If pouring or sprinkling water was all that was needed, it would not have been necessary for the eunuch to halt his chariot at a body of water. Even a minimal amount of water, such as that contained in a skin bottle, would have been enough. In fact, he probably had such a bottle because he was traveling on “a desert road.”—Acts 8:26.

According to A Greek-English Lexicon, by Liddell and Scott, the Greek word ba·ptiʹzo—from which the English “baptize” is derived—means “to dip, to plunge.” Biblical references to baptism harmonize with this definition. John 3:23 states that John “was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was a great quantity of water there.” Likewise, the account of Jesus’ baptism says: “On coming up out of the water [Jesus] saw the heavens being parted.” (Mark 1:9, 10) So true Christians are appropriately baptized by complete immersion in water.

16, 17. Bokọ amakaṣe ghaan te nẹ akpẹn ni uṣẹ iyẹn rire wiwowo we ni onuwe?

¹⁶ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

¹⁷ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

“God, whoever you are, please help me”

18. Nikọ ẹnẹ ee gba wa gba uṣẹ oye ẹnẹ ṣe ere?

¹⁸ Rọ ọ ni owun-aja Ighereje, Pidgin West Africa

PHILIP “THE EVANGELIZER”

When Christ’s followers were scattered because of persecution, Philip went to Samaria. Evidently, he worked in close cooperation with the first-century governing body, for “when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.” The result was that the new believers there received the free gift of holy spirit.—Acts 8:14-17.

After the events recorded in Acts chapter 8, Philip is mentioned just once more. Some 20 years after Philip’s initial preaching, the apostle Paul and his traveling companions were making their way to Jerusalem at the end of Paul’s third missionary journey. The group disembarked at Ptolemais. “The next day,” recounts Luke, “we left and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelizer, who was one of the seven men, and we stayed with him. This man had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.”—Acts 21:8, 9.

Apparently, Philip had settled in his preaching territory and was a family man. The fact that Luke refers to him as “the evangelizer” is significant. The Scriptures use this term to describe those who left their homes to preach the good news in unworked areas. Obviously, then, Philip’s zeal for the ministry remained strong. And the fact that he had four daughters who prophesied surely indicates that Philip taught his family to love and serve Jehovah.

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