![]() Simon wanted to follow Jesus, but he didn’t want to completely leave behind his old practices. But, Simon wasn’t willing to leave everything behind. Peter saw through Simon to what was really there. Here’s another great lesson – Lesson #3: No amount of money, position, social status or attention is worth compromising the gospel of Jesus Christ! Let them discover hope and deliverance, joy and a future.” No one is beyond hope! (How many of you would say YOU were one of the WORST sinners in your town!) When they walk in the door, help us love them with your love and receive them with your grace. Expand our capacity to love the most desperate and difficult people. I have prayed, “God send the very worst sinners in our city to CPC. The person who is most against you can still be reached by His love. ![]() ![]() However, the very last man or woman (boy or girl) you would expect to follow Jesus is still a candidate for His grace. Here’s another lesson for us from the story of Simon the Sorcerer - Lesson #2: There’s hope for the worst sinner in our city! We have a tendency to give up on people and decide they are too big a challenge - even for God. Would God allow hardship and heartache in order to move us out of our comfort zone and back into His mission and plan? Absolutely! He does and He will! We have an assignment to share His gospel anywhere and everywhere. God never intended us to be a safe, comfortable group of happy little believers. Lesson #1: If we ever decide we won’t be outward focused, that we are happy where we are, and with what we’ve done, God will move us out of our comfort zone! What’s the lesson from the early church for us? The focus shifts - from outward, to inward - from reaching others, to pleasing
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