Acts 1-2: Acts 8:
Two Terms as we Study the Book of Acts:
– This is how they handled a situation
– This is how we are to do things
(v.1) “…but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 (NASB95)
(v.4)
God used to get the Church (v.4)
Now those who had been forced to scatter (diaspeiro) went around proclaiming the good news (euaggelizo) of the word. – Acts 8:4 (NET)
Scattered: diaspeirō – to sow throughout (OTESD)
Some scattered, some stayed, God (v.4)
(Jesus) “But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next…” – Matthew 10:23 (NASB)
Philip’s Ministry to the Samaritans (vv.5-25)
Samaritans were a mix of and people
The problem wasn’t a mixed but a mixed
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods… – Deuteronomy 7:3-4 (NIV)
…they went and entered a village of the Samaritans…But they did not receive Him…When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” – Luke 9:52-54 (NASB)
The least likely were (vv.6-7)
Sickness can have a or source (v.7)
Regardless of the source, God’s desire is
…were healed (therapeuo) and there was much rejoicing…(vv.7-8) (NASB77)
Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases… – Psalms 103:2-3 (NASB95)
Can two walk together, except they be agreed? – Amos 3:3 (KJV)
…I am the Lord that healeth Thee. – Exodus 15:26 (KJV)
You are The Lord that Heals Me
…The Lord…who heals all your diseases – Psalms 103:2-3 (NASB95)
You are The Lord that Heals all My Diseases
By His wounds we ARE healed – Isaiah 53:5 (NASB)
By Your Wounds I am Healed
He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions – Psalms 107:20 (NASB95)
Samaritans mixed belief in God with (mageia) (v.9)
Two Parts: Philip’s Message (vv.12-13)
But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. – Acts 8:12-13 (NIV)
God’s Kingdom:
The Name of Jesus Christ: (v.13)
(vv. 14-17)
They were saved and baptized, (v.12) but not yet baptized with the Holy Spirit. (vv.15-17)
Simon something (v.18)
(vv. 19-23)
(Peter) “…to hell with you and your money…” – Acts 8:20 (Phillips Translation)
“…for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin.” – Acts 8:23 (NLT)
You have no part or share in this ministry (matter [ESV]) (logos), because your heart is not right before God.
– Acts 8:21 (NIV)
There is to you no part nor lot in this word (logos); for your heart is not straight before God. – Acts 8:21 (LET)
If Simon didn’t repent: One can believe a great deal about Jesus and not be saved
Going to “many villages” might take (v.25)