1. TO FALL & BE RAISED
ACTS 8:9-25

3. Please Turn in Your Bible
Acts 8:9-11

4. Simon Believed & Was Baptized
Simon the Magician
(Acts 8:9-11)
Simon Believed & Was Baptized
Simon’s Deception Could Not Stand Before the Truth

5. Luke 8:17
“For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”

6. FRAUDS

7. “Simon was not a Christian…It is remarkable that Peter judged him so soon, and when he had seen but “one” act of his. One act may sometimes bring out the “whole character”; it may evince the “governing” motives; it may show traits of character utterly ‘inconsistent’ with true religion; and then it is as certain a criterion as any long series of acts.” –Albert Barnes Commentary of Acts
“I take this to mean that Simon was not truly converted. He has no part or lot in this matter of Christianity…” –John Piper Simon’s Perversion of Signs and Wonders

8. Luke 5:31-32
“And Jesus answered and said to them, "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

9. “…And Simon himself believed…”
Acts 8:13
“…And Simon himself believed…”

10. SIMON WAS A CONVERTED CHRISTIAN!
Simon the Magician
(Acts 8:9-11)
Simon Believed & Was Baptized
Simon’s Deception Could Not Stand Before the Truth
SIMON WAS A CONVERTED CHRISTIAN!

11. What was the Temptation?
Simon is Tempted & Sins
(Acts 8:14-23)
What was the Temptation?

12. Please Turn in Your Bible
Acts 8:14-16

13. Two Occasions of the Holy Spirit Descending without the Laying-on-of-Hands
The Day of Pentecost
Cornelius’ Household
Acts 2:1ff
Acts 10:1ff

14. Please Turn in Your Bible
Acts 8:18-19

15. What was the Temptation?
Simon is Tempted & Sins
(Acts 8:14-23)
What was the Temptation?
Wealth
Notoriety/Fame
Going Back to the Pomp & Luxury of Simon the Magician

16. Please Turn in Your Bible
Acts 8:20-23

17. 1 Timothy 5:20-22
“Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning. I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.”

18. Tolerance is Balanced by Steadfastness
The Modern Christian
(Acts 8:20-23)
Tolerance is Balanced by Steadfastness

19. Culture
shock
-Kalervo Oberg
“…the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse.”

20. Tool Box THE CHRISTIAN COMPASSION LONGSUFFERING PATIENCE KINDNESS
GENTLENESS
LOVE

21. Acts 8:22
“Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that…the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.”

22. TO FALL & BE RAISED
ACTS 8:9-25