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The Expansion of the Church – <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Act',8,'1-5');">Act 8:1-5</a>
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The paragraph begins with persecution
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The paragraph ends with proclamation
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God uses opposition
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The murder of Stephen by the Council
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The rage of Saul
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Forced the Church out of Jerusalem
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Made it necessary for all believers to be “ministers”
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Christ rules in the midst of enemies
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Philip in Samaria – <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Act',8,'4-24');">Act 8:4-24</a>
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It was a transitional witness
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Samaria is between Judea and Galilee
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Samaritans are a bridge between Jews and Gentiles
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It was a genuine ministry of the Spirit
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There was response to the truth (Christ) – <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Act',8,5,6);">Act 8:5-6</a>
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There was the accompaniment of power
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There were miracles of healing
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The physical demonstrated the power of the spiritual
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There was great joy in that city – <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Act',8,8);">Act 8:8</a>
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The real thing vs. the counterfeit – <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Act',8,'9-24');">Act 8:9-24</a>
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Simon the magician
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He was involved in sorcery
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The marks of counterfeit faith – <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Act',8,9);">Act 8:9</a>
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Counterfeit faith exalts the human – <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('2Cr',4,5);">2Co 4:5</a>
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False Christianity attempts to interject a mediator between a believer and God – <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('1Ti',2,5);">1Ti 2:5</a>
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Someone who claims an “in” with God
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A special channel that others don’t have
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Counterfeit power
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The “magic” was an occult practice – <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Deu',18,'9-12');">Deu 18:9-12</a>
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The demonic produces miracles
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The counterfeit can deceive many
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The devil joins the Church – <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Act',8,13);">Act 8:13</a>
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Simon openly identified himself with the Church
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The other Scripture passages reveal that Simon was unregenerate
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He said the right words
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He was a phony
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The weakness of the Church
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Unregenerate coming in and going through the motions
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Calling themselves Christian, but remaining unchanged in their heart
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The “mixed” multitude in the wilderness
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The Samaritans and the Holy Spirit
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The ministry of Peter and John
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Prayer and laying on of hands
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The Holy Spirit and the Samaritans
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Placing them into the Body
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Preventing the possibility of two churches
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The exposure of Simon
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He tried to buy spiritual power with money
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Peter’s rebuke
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“You and your money are both going to hell”
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You have spoken blasphemy
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Simon’s heart is not right before God. God reads hearts
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Simon is full of bitterness and the slave of iniquity
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The call to repentance
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Simon’s reply
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No real repentance
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He desired to escape the penalty
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No concern about his insult against God
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Simon became one of the chief opponents of the Gospel
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