St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

God it seems has a special regard for the outcast. Think sojourners and aliens in the Old Testament. Think tax collectors in Jesus' day and now we come to the book of Acts, post resurrection, what will we make of them now? The gospel is exploding from Jerusalem and now to a people group outcast from the Jewish people—the Samaritans, but wha about individual outcast? People who just don’t fit into society and who find themselves through the exploitation of other people totally alone. Does the gospel have power to heal that?In one of the most famous passages in the book of Acts, Philip, leaves a revival in Samaria and makes his way to Africa. there he mets perhaps the most outcast person in that society, other than a leper—a eunuch. The eunuch has title and power, as he is the treasure to the queen. But that is only his position, his identity is he is a eunuch. In those days they would take young boys and castrat them, so they could work in the royal court without distraction. Often they are found as servants