NT 43 Philip and the Ethiopian

Reference: Acts 8:26-40

Big Idea: Believe in Jesus and be baptized.

Verse: Ephesians 2:8- For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God...

Motions for the Big Idea:
Believe - fold your hands together as if pleading
Jesus - make a cross with your forearms
Baptized - lean back as far as you can and stand back up

Motions for the Verse:
For - hold up four fingers
Grace - place one hand on your heart and reach out to help with the other
You - point to someone else
Saved - make the baseball “safe” sign
Faith - Hold your left fist in front of you; touch your forehead with your right index finger; then rest your right fist on top of your left fist (this is the ASL Sign for “Faith”; watch a video here)
This is not - wag your index finger “no”
Gift - pretend to hold a present and give it to someone else
God - point up

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

1. Who told Philip to go down the desert road? // An angel from the Lord
2. Philip saw a man. Where was the man from? // Ethiopia
3. What was the Ethiopian riding in? // A chariot
4. What was he reading? // The book of Isaiah from the Bible
5. Who did the Ethiopian work for? // The queen
6. What did the Holy Spirit tell Philip to do? // Go over to the chariot
7. Did the Ethiopian understand the part of the Bible he was reading? // No
8. Who did Philip tell the Ethiopian about? // Jesus
9. What did the Ethiopian do when we saw water? // Ask to be baptized
10. What does being baptized mean? // Dunked underwater in God’s name
11. What does baptism remind us of? // Jesus cleans away our sins, Jesus died and rose again to save us
12. What happened after Philip baptized the Ethiopian? // The Holy Spirit took him away.
13. What is today’s big idea? // Believe in Jesus and be baptized.
14. What is today’s Bible veres? // Ephesians 2:8- For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God...

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