May you and your money go to hell. This is a literal translation. Johnson thinks this is not an anathema [God's curse], but the word is APOLEIAN, which is translated "destined to hell" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. However, Simon is not completely beyond hope, as Peter shows. For thinking that you can buy. Simon's conversion is not called into question but the sin he has done. You have no part or share In our work. In these gifts of the Spirit. Repent, then. He does not repeat the words of Acts 2:38, because this man is not an alien from the Kingdom. His past sins have already been forgiven. It is this present sin that threatens to drag him down to hell. If there is any doubt about forgiveness, it is not about God's willingness to forgive, but about Simon's willingness to repent. Compare Hebrews 6:4-6 And pray to the Lord. The erring child of God, caught with sin on his hands, has the right to pray to the Lord for forgiveness. The alien from the Kingdom must: (1) believe; (2) repent; (3) be baptized (Acts 2:37-38 and notes). Peter shows us that the sinning Christian must (1) repent; (2) pray (see also 1 John 1:8-10). Scripture tells us nothing more of this Simon the magician.

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