When Your Back Is against The Wall. Part [10] 11/27/2025 (Morning thought)

Acts 8: 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:20 But Peter said unto him, thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that you’re in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

[The Great Controversy pp 553] The apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: “He does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.” No mere impostures are here foretold.

Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do…. [The Great Controversy pp 624] He heals the diseases of the people. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying, this is “the great power of God.”

Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

When Your Back Is against The Wall. Part [9] 11/27/2025 (Evening thought)

Acts 8: 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which before time in the same city used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one.

Now, if the devil can bring diseases, the very next logical question is, can he cure them for real. We are not speaking of some of those fake healings which have been on display for many years. We are referring to the real Mccoy. Question [2] Can satan do genuine works of healing diseases?… Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, this man is the great power of God.

The words: “From the least to the greatest” and “To him they had regard” tell us unmistakenly that this man was held in very high esteem, both by those in authority, and your everyday Joe. In other words, he was famous, and was well respected in high and low places. Furthermore, you do not become famous by doing false works of healing, or any other fake miracles for that matter, and because intelligent people began to take note by coming to him as a reliable source,

If it was fake, the upper echelons of society and the well educated would have discovered the fraud, sooner or later. Obviously, Simon was doing what he did through the power of the devil, because miracles only have two sources, God or satan, and if they do not originate with The Lord, the only default setting is that they are coming from the devil. That this conclusion is true can be observed by Peter’s response to him.

Acts 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!