“One aspect of the world that I have been able to identify as harmful to Christians is the assumption that anything worthwhile can be acquired at once.” —Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, 16

Acts 8:1-8

Acts 8:9-13

Acts 8:14-19

God’s Slow Work of

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1. Holy Spirit. 2. Habitual Practice. 3. Humiliating Pain.

Sin of

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“Money can buy pleasure and entertainment, but it cannot buy happiness. Money can buy a suit, but it cannot buy a physique. Money can buy medicine, but it cannot buy health. Money can buy a house, but it cannot buy a home.” —W.A. Criswell

Simon arrogantly assumed spiritual authority is

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in a moment, not

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over a lifetime.

God always does something

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in you before He does something

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through you.

Stage One:

Stage Two:

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Stage Three:

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Stage Four:

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Acts 8:20-24

Jesus is not a

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to an end. He

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the end.