Avoiding An Unexpected End - Part 2 - Acts 8:5-39

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Jon Courson

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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0:00.0	Thy word is a lamp
0:11.0	Unto my feet
0:16.0	And it light unto my path Unto my path
0:24.6	Thy word is a lamp
0:32.6	Unto my feet
0:35.6	And they light unto my path.
0:44.3	My path.
0:47.3	Welcome to Searchlight, a survey through Scripture with Pastor John Corson.
0:53.3	It is our desire to bring you a systematic study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, book by book.
1:05.4	On our program, we began looking at a sobering story found in Acts chapter 8. It is the story of two men,
1:14.0	two men who professed faith in Jesus, but whose hearts were very different. We learned a couple of
1:20.4	things about the first man, Simon. We learned that he thought he was great and that he had a wrong
1:26.2	view of supernatural power.
1:28.3	As we join our teaching today, we are still discussing this second point.
1:33.3	With the continuation of our teaching, here now is Pastor John.
1:38.3	He was saying, give me the power of the spirit that I can fulfill my ambition. People still do that. In their pride,
1:48.5	they make a profession of Jesus Christ. They join the church. They meet with us. And they seek
1:55.8	the Holy Spirit, supernatural power, not that they might be changed, but that they might fulfill
2:04.4	their ambitions materially, vocationally, in ministry, whatever it might be. I want the power.
2:14.6	Not that I might be a servant, but that I might be a superstar. I want the power. Not that I might be a servant, but that I might be a superstar. I want the power. A tragedy.
2:25.9	You see, interesting in the story of the prodigal son, when the prodigal was in error before he was dealt with.
2:36.0	He went to his father and said, Father, give me the goods.
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