Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 8:14-25
by: Linda Harris.
Something amazing was happening in Samaria. The apostles sent Peter and John to see. They prayed for the new believers to receive the Holy Spirit.
Simon (the new believer) was even more intrigued than he was when he saw Philip performing miracles. His desire for attention and power overcame him, and he was willing to pay money to get this power. He is an example of a Christian who tries to live half in the spiritual realm and half in the world. Money and power in the worldly realm show little about spiritual strength. Our desire must be to live in God’s power, which he gives to those who are obedient to him and who are willing to give up their own sense of power.