All the people in the city believed that Simon was a great person because of his trickery and that he was a man who had the great power of God. He used tricks and slight of hand to pretend he could do many signs and wonders. But there was one man named Simon who was a sorcerer which was something like a magician.Because the people believed and listened to God's Word, there was great joy in the city. When the people heard what Philip was preaching and saw the miracles that he was doing, the people believed. During this time, Philip went into Samaria and preached to the people about Christ.They scattered through all the regions of Samaria and Judea. We remember that, because the Christians were being persecuted in Jerusalem, they went everywhere preaching the Word. The church of the first century was growing.VISUAL AID: Large Activity (see below), Bible map showing Samaria SPECIAL SONG: Be Patient And Kind (see April 2014 - Lesson - Joseph Meets His Brothers Who Hated Him on this blog.
PRAYER: Pray that our hearts will always be pure and clean from sin. MEMORY VERSE: Acts 8:8 "And there was great joy in that city."īOOK TO REMEMBER: Review Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John which are the first four books of the New Testament.
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