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Re: Billy Graham ministry similar to Philip in Act
Back to the original question... I understand that there were different people groups that needed to be introduced to the gospel of Jesus Christ in that time. And it is important to note that Peter and John went to lay hands on the people Philip had preached to, and then they received the HG experience, so powerful and exciting that Simon the sorcerer wanted to buy it.
So we see the key had been delivered to unlock the promise of the HG to these folks.
Why then did Philip not preach the FULL (repent, baptism, tongues) experience to the eunuch? He certainly heard the message Peter and John preached, and whoever he was (the apostle, or the evangelist, scripture is not clear), he should have been enlightened at that point, and certainly should have changed his message at that point.
Why was he still preaching only repentance and baptism AFTER Peter and John visited?
That is the thorn here in this whole discussion.
And why I still wonder about the correlation of the deceased Dr. Graham, and Philip. Dr. Graham most certainly heard the good news about tongues, and rejected it, for whatever reason. Did Philip also reject it? And just continue preaching what he had already been preaching?
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