The greek word #3096 used in vs 9 is only used this one time. Couldn't they have just explained it to him? What was so wicked about thinking he could buy that ability? He didn't know! So again, was he saved? He was described as a believer, after all.Д¬lick to expand.Acts 8:9-24 is a rather eye-opening event. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. Second, why were they so hard on Simon? Peter answered: 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. First, were any of those people saved and 'sealed for the day of redemption' ( Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.) if they didn't even have the Holy Spirit yet? This brings up a few questions in my mind.

Later, Simon was told that his 'heart was not right before God' when he thought he could buy the gift of giving the Holy Spirit to people. But then again, nobody there who believed had the Holy Spirit either (verses 15-16). It's about a guy named Simon who was a magician or sorcerer (depending on the bible version) that was described as a believer of the Gospel (verse 13), but did not have the Holy Spirit. I came across something interesting in Acts 8:9-24.

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