Cleanse us from sin and purify us with your Spirit so that our hearts desire what is pure, holy, just, righteous, and lovely. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, This man is rightly called the Great Power of God. O God, forgive us for dabbling in things that pull our hearts toward evil. Simon: The Disciple Activity Book by Bible Pathway Adventures Classroom 4.0 (1) 2. 9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Simon the Sorcerer’s status was apparently threatened when Philip entered the city and preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God. We must not dabble in darkness or invite darkness home to ourselves and those we love! Instead, we must follow Paul's admonition to the Philippians:įix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Jesus delivered us from the power of this darkness by his sacrifice. Philip and Simon the Sorcerer Philip and the Ethiopian Nobleman. We must avoid the demonic and the very appearance of things associated with demons and evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). This thirteen lesson Bible class curriculum covers: The Creation, Adam and Eve. Simon saw Peter giving people the Holy Spirit with a touch of a hand. Jesus and his disciples opposed wickedness, cast out demons, and worked to free people held in bondage by the power of the devil and his minions. Fascination with the demonic world connected people to the power of real evil. places in The Bible that show that the Church of Rome would committee the. Jesus and the early church leaders knew not to dabble or play with anything from the occult. Simons activities after his rejection by Peter, we will clearly be able to.
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