Simon knew what people wanted
Sorcerers charged money for their services, and as a businessman who was used to dealing with supernatural powers, Simon would not have...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 14, 20192 min read
Why did Simon offer money?
So why did Simon offer money to Peter and John to give him the power to do the same thing they did? Until that time, Simon’s exposure to...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 12, 20192 min read
Why Simon’s account is recorded in scripture
And so, this brings us to the next point, which is the incident involving Simon. The Holy Spirit recorded this incident in scripture, to...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 11, 20191 min read
Holy Spirit meetings are scriptural
And so, when Peter and John came down to the city of Samaria, they held a meeting specifically for the saints (new converts), so that...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 10, 20193 min read
The gift of laying on of hands
Acts 8:14-24 “Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 9, 20192 min read
Why the Jews thought they were drunk
And so, the key to understanding why some Jews accused them of being drunk is in understanding the effects that the tangible power of God...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 8, 20191 min read
What the Jews both saw and heard
This infilling produced the third manifestation which everyone heard, which were the tongues that each one of the saints began to speak...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Pentecost occurred in the Temple
And so, because the disciples were in the temple at the time, we see that all the Jews in close proximity to the disciples on that day,...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 5, 20193 min read
The error of the upper room
Firstly, we need to correct a common misconception of this account, which is that the saints were gathered together in an upper room in...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 4, 20193 min read
Using Pentecost as a benchmark
Acts 2:1-41 “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (2) And suddenly there came a sound...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 3, 20192 min read
The powers of the age to come
Hebrews 6:4-6 “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 2, 20191 min read
Our introduction to power
Acts 1:4-8 “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Oct 1, 20192 min read
The error of one baptism
There is one further aspect to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer that has been born again but has never progressed to any...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Born of the Spirit – Part 5
John 4:13-14 “Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, (14) but whoever drinks of the water that...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Born of the Spirit – Part 4
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (18) But we all, with...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Born of the Spirit – Part 3
1 Corinthians 12:13 “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have all...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 26, 20191 min read
Born of the Spirit – Part 2
Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” Every child of God is different, and each one...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 25, 20192 min read
Born of the Spirit – Part 1
John 3:1-8 “There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. (2) This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him,...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 24, 20191 min read
The outpouring of the Spirit – Part 2
The outpouring of God’s Spirit on the saints is unique to the new covenant, for under the old covenant the Spirit of God only came upon...
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Michael E.B. Maher
Sep 23, 20193 min read
The outpouring of the Spirit – Part 1
Acts 2:1-21 “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (2) And suddenly there came a sound...
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