Here’s the sermon outline for Acts 8:4-25, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, Illinois. Audio here. Gospel Reaches Samaria! (Acts 8:4-25) Simony: Websters definition of simony: “buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment” -Paying someone money to become a pastor or a leadership role in the church -Paying money […]
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Sin of SIMONY
“Simony” means using money to acquire a place of leadership in the church or some kind of religious/spiritual privilege or blessing. The word is derived from the action of Simon Magus, who offered money to the apostles in order to acquire the ‘power’ to lay hands on someone and bestow the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:4-25). […]