Philip’s ministry had a great impact on the city of Samaria. People were healed and demons were cast out. They saw the miracles he did. This resulted in
an uncontainable joy filling the city!
This is the template of how one walking in Holiness can impact an entire city.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 8:
26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.
When we are walking in true Holiness, angels are dispatched to us to give us instructions from Above. There is no question of the next steps we are to take. Philip responded to the angel’s instructions:
27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”
30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 The place in the Scripture (Isaiah 53) which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His Mouth. 33 In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.”
34 So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?”
In order to minister at this level of Holiness, we must know Scripture and be able to preach and teach it to those who have little or no understanding.
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”
37 Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
Faith came by hearing The Word of GOD and brought forth salvation to the Eunuch.
38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
This eunuch was a very influential man who oversaw the treasury of the dynasty of Ethiopian queens. The impact of this encounter would be great among the Ethiopians.
After the encounter, Philip was harpazo’d to Azotus. Walking in Holiness removes the restrictions of the natural laws. You will become accustomed to operating in the supernatural so that the Kingdom of GOD will be established at an ever-increasing rate.