Abandon Your Simon
“But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus […]
“But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus […]
“So there was great joy in that city.” Acts 8:8 (NLT) Acts 8 opens with a tsunami of persecution that
“Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution
“But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw
““You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit?
“However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,” Acts 7:48 (NLT) Stephen
“So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and celebrated over this thing they
““Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your
““Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.” Acts 7:33 (NLT)
“When Moses heard that, he fled the country and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There his