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Acts 8:4‑24; Key vv.20‑23
INTRODUCTION
Biblical Background
Persecution scattered the Christians (8:4)
Ø Stephen~/Saul
Philip's ministry (8:5‑8)
Ø Philip preached Jesus (8:5‑6)
Ø God’s power was manifested (8:7)
Ø Brought joy to the city (8:8)
Basic Principle
Wherever the is a real thing counterfeits abound
Ø clothes
Ø food
This is true for revival~/Christianity.
Ø Satan will always have his tares among God's wheat.
Simon was a tare, a lost church member.
He was a great pretender
Simon had... position without possession, association without identification, and response without repentance.
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POSITION WITHOUT POSSESSION
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Simon enjoyed a position of prominence (8:9-13)
He was filled with personal pride (8:9)
Proverbs 16:5 (NASB) 5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
The Rich Fool
Luke 12:16‑21 13 times he refers to himself
He enjoyed public popularity (8:10‑11)
"were giving him attention"
Luke 6:26 (NASB) 26“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.
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