4/27/2023 0 Comments Simon the sorcerer history![]() "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may Jpe purchased with money. Now Simon was an alert man, and seeing that when Peter and John laid their hands on the heads of the people in prayer, "they received the Holy Ghost," "he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost." Peter rebuked Simon in a way that must have astonished the people, and which struck the heart of Simon with fear: ![]() The church at Jerusalem, hearing that the Samaritans were accepting the gospel, sent Peter and John to join Philip in his evangelical work in Samaria, "who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet He was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Acts 8:15-17. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries." "To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. ![]() Simon was a magician in Samaria, and had become both rich and influential by the use of sorcery before the people, who were amazed or bewitched by his work. These types have ever been in the church from the days of Christ till the present time, and will probably continue to the end. They clearly represent two types of professed Christians. The apostle Paul and Simon Magus of Samaria stand out in the Scriptures in vivid contrast.
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