One man amazed his audience with "sorcery," while the other man performed genuine miracles by the Spirit of God. One preached himself, the other preached Christ. Look at the differences between Simon the Sorcerer and Philip. Simon claimed, " that he was someone great" (Acts 8.9). In this lesson, we want to notice some of the things about his "religion" and the way many of the Samaritans viewed him.
"His name, Simon, suggests he was of Jewish or Samaritan origin. He is known as Simon Magus or " Simon the Sorcerer. There is nothing more known for certain about this man other than what Luke wrote about him. The early " Church Fathers " wrote much about this man-some of their accounts are highly imaginative. His credentials as a " faith healer " would have been impressive.
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He could have had his own TV show and felt right at home on stage with several false teachers of our day. Prior to his conversion, Simon would have made a good televangelist. One Christian, a man by the name of Philip went down to Samaria to preach the Word. Having been chased out of the city by the uproar caused by Saul's persecution. One of the greatest stories of conversion in the book of Acts deals with a grifter by the name of, Simon, Simon the sorcerer.Īs we pick up the story, the Christians, except for the apostles went everywhere preaching the Word. Peter alludes to this, " by covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words. Today, this genre of men often pushes religion as a means of making merchandise of the brethren. A century ago, they came in the form of rainmakers and snake oil salesmen. We'll be reading about the conversion of the church in Samaria and one person in particular in Samaria, a man by the name of Simon, known today as Simon the Sorcerer, or Simon Magus.Įvery generation of people has had to contend with charlatans, con-artists, swindlers, and hucksters. Then pray with your child right on the spot to be filled with the Holy Spirit.Turn your attention to the book of Acts, we're looking in Acts chapter 8. How otherwise would they ever know about Simon the Sorcerer? Let’s inform our children of the REAL power of God–the power of the Holy Spirit! They can have it too, while they are little!
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I’d be willing to bet the producers of this video game series had some back ground in the Church. Protect your children by telling them the truth!Ĭhristians blindly lap up magic and witchcraft that is clothed in robe of entertainment thinking it’s harmless and nothing will come of it. But his counterfeit is everywhere!!! Our kids are surrounded by it, and if we are not proactive, they will happily buy into the world’s choice. TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT THIS! The devil has no power with all it’s magic and spells and “cool” tricks that even compares to the power of the Holy Spirit! Everything the devil has is a cheap counterfeit to what God has. The same thing we see–the power of God visibly shaking people, tears running down their faces, giving glory to God while speaking in tongues– languages they had never learned. WHAT DID HE SEE THAT WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN THOSE OTHER MIRACLES? No, he wanted the power to lay hands on people and see them filled with the Holy Spirit. He wasn’t asking for the power to heal the sick or cast out devil’s even though those things amazed him He wasn’t asking for money to open blind eyes or make the lame to walk. Let me have this power too so that when I lay my hands on people they will receive the Holy Spirit.” What power? What did he see that so impressed him? All the scripture says is “When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the discples laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.
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