Sinful habits sometimes die hard (Acts 8:14-25)

Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer

Carey Green

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Acts 8:14-25- Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the gall[c] of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” 25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

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0:00.0	Hello again, my friends. Welcome back to the morning mindset. It's time for you and for me to get our minds aligned with the truth of God.
0:11.0	Now stop for a moment and think about that phrase. Get your mind, your thinking, the way you view the world, aligned with the truth of God.
0:20.0	That is vital for every day and that's why we do the morning mindset is to help us in these six minutes.
0:26.0	Get that process rolling forward the day. Today we are digging into the book of Acts chapter 8. We'll be looking at verses 14 through 25.
0:35.0	And this is going to give us a little scenario where a guy named Simon has come to faith in Jesus Christ.
0:42.0	But his old sinful habits are dying very hard. They're just raising their ugly head in his life.
0:51.0	And he gets a pretty strong rebuke from the apostles in order to turn him to full and clean clear devotion to Jesus.
1:00.0	Let's read it verse 14 says now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit for he had not yet fallen on any of them.
1:15.0	But they had only been baptized in the name of Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
1:24.0	Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money saying,
1:33.0	Give me this power also that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.
1:38.0	But Peter said to him,
1:40.0	May your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money.
1:47.0	You have neither part nor lot in this matter for your heart is not right before God.
1:52.0	Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord that if possible the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
1:59.0	For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness in the bond of iniquity.
2:05.0	And Simon answered,
2:07.0	Pray for me to the Lord that nothing of what you said may come upon me.
2:11.0	Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
2:21.0	So you see the scenario here, this guy Simon we met last time.
2:24.0	It says he believed in Jesus and after being baptized he continued with Philip that was back in verse 13.
2:30.0	But as the apostles come, Peter and John and they see the Holy Spirit being given as Peter and John pray for people.
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