Understandest thou what thou readest?

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
(Acts 8:30)

Introduction: Context an example of 5 things.

1/ As we are born we do not, cannot understand the things of God
2/ Not understanding - Cause of stumbling, or occasion of blessing
3/ God's work in conversion is to give understanding