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Simon had been tricking the people with tricks Simon was not sent from God to preach to the people and perform miracles. The apostles and men like Philip needed to perform miracles because they had to prove that they were from God.

These early days of the first century church were unusual.

Next time we will see what happened to Philip!

When Peter and John had preached the Word of the Lord to the many villages in Samaria, they returned to Jerusalem.

I can see that you are in the bond of sin!" Simon was sorry for what he had asked and requested that Peter pray to the Lord for him, so that none of the things that Peter had said would happen to Simon. You are not included in any of this because your heart is not right with God! Repent or have godly sorrow and pray that God will forgive you of this wickedness.

But Peter said to Simon, "Your money will perish with you because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money.

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, so he, too, could have that same power. So, Peter and John laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. When they arrived, Peter and John prayed for the people because they could see while the people were already baptized, the Holy Spirit had not come.

When the apostles who were still in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.

Simon believed and was baptized, too, and continued to follow Philip, wondering how Philip could do the miracles that he saw him do.

While the people saw Philip performing miracles of healing lame and paralyzed people that they personally had known, then they were convinced that Philip was from God and both men and women were baptized.

The people listened to whatever Simon said, believed him, and thought he was a great person because he had tricked them for so long. All the people in the city believed that Simon was a great person because of his trickery and that he was a man who had the great power of God. He used tricks and slight of hand to pretend he could do many signs and wonders. But there was one man named Simon who was a sorcerer which was something like a magician.Because the people believed and listened to God's Word, there was great joy in the city.

When the people heard what Philip was preaching and saw the miracles that he was doing, the people believed.

During this time, Philip went into Samaria and preached to the people about Christ.They scattered through all the regions of Samaria and Judea. We remember that, because the Christians were being persecuted in Jerusalem, they went everywhere preaching the Word. The church of the first century was growing.VISUAL AID: Large Activity (see below), Bible map showing Samaria SPECIAL SONG: Be Patient And Kind (see April 2014 - Lesson - Joseph Meets His Brothers Who Hated Him on this blog. PRAYER: Pray that our hearts will always be pure and clean from sin. MEMORY VERSE: Acts 8:8 "And there was great joy in that city."īOOK TO REMEMBER: Review Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John which are the first four books of the New Testament.