Thought for the future: Jesus knows the way to heaven, so follow Him for life. Thought for today: God’s certainty will see us through life’s uncertainties. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw (Acts 8:13). But when they believed Philip as he preached the Good News of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised, both men and women (Acts 8:12). They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic (Acts 8:11). He boasted that he was someone great (Acts 8:9), and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed “This man is the divine power known as the ‘Great Power’” (Acts 8:10). But the Simon of this lesson is Simon the sorcerer, whose brief history is given to us in the eighth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. There was also Simon, a man of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus on the way to Calvary. 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 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. But when the people and Simon heard Philip preach the Good News of the kingdom of God, they followed Philip and were baptised as well as Simon.įor some time a man named Simon had practised sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. In the list of apostles, there is also Simon the Canaanite, or Simon the Zealot, as he is also called. 9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. In the Book of Acts we read in chapter 8 that the people followed Simon the Sorcerer because he amazed them in Samaria. Song # 1917 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston.
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