In Acts 8:26-3 we read of Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch and reading the passage we realise the man was clever and educated. He had the responsible job of being in charge of all the treasury of the Queen of the Ethiopians. As he journeyed he read and studied. He had questions which Philip in his God-ordained appearance was able to answer. The man quickly understood the essence of the gospel and the need to be baptised. Going on a Baptismal Course was not necessary for him, he understood already..
Recently at my church five people were baptised. They hadn’t the opportunity of a higher education nor had they led a privileged lives. They included a refugee and two men who had had additions and one who had been in prison. They had not spent their lives learning from the Bible, which was a book that was unknown to them. They needed weeks of instruction and learning to know about Christ ‘s sacrifice and then acknowledgement of forgiveness of sins. As we rejoiced in these baptisms we thought about three others who were not quite ready to take this step of acceptance.
Every journey to salvation is individual, every path to God is unique. As one of the men who had been freed from the addiction of alcohol for 30 years said with tears in his eyes., ‘I wish I’d known of this salvation 30 years ago. The tears were also in our eyes.