Unlikely Converts

This past Lord’s Day, Pastor Harlow preached on the strange conversion of Simon the magician in Acts 8:9-25. Revival breaks out in Samaria, a place no one expected, among people no one expected, as Philip preaches Christ and the Spirit confirms the work through the apostles. Yet Simon’s story is a sobering warning: he believed and was baptized, but his heart remained fixed on power rather than on the Lord who gives it. Peter’s rebuke calls Simon, and us, to repent of loving God’s gifts more than God himself.