LIFE ON LIFE · Following Jesus Together · CALL: Celebrate · Accountability · Learn It · Live It

Baptism is one of the first acts of obedience for a follower of Jesus, a public declaration of an inward reality. This week is about following Jesus all the way into obedience.

Key verse · Matthew 28:19 (NIV): Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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Celebrate (≈10 min)

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Begin by naming the vision out loud: this is a space to follow Jesus together, enjoying and obeying him, and helping others do the same.

• Where did you see God at work this week? What are you thankful for?
• Share one moment of joy, answered prayer, or grace since we last met.

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Accountability (≈10 min)

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Lovingly check in on how we are living what we are learning: following Jesus and inviting others toward him.

• How has God's Word been shaping you since last week? Did you follow through on what you sensed God asking?
• Who are you praying for and inviting toward Jesus? What was a step forward, or a struggle?

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Learn It (≈20 min)

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Discovery Bible Study: Acts 8:26–40 (Philip and the Ethiopian official).

Read together — Acts 8:26-40 (NIV):

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”