Atos 8

Atos 8

Phillips: “Simon’s faith was spurious from the start He was not won by Philip’s message but by Philip’s miracles. He ‘believed,’ it says. But what did he believe? Whatever it was he believed, it did not regenerate his soul. He was as lost after he ‘believed’ as he was before he ‘believed,’ as the sequel of the story makes clear...What Simon Magus coveted was not the Master but the miracles, not the Savior but the signs” (Exploring Acts, page 152-153)