Acts 8:18-23(NKJV)
And when Simon saw
that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he
offered them money,
saying, “Give me
this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
But Peter said to him, “Your
money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be
purchased with money!
You have neither part nor portion in
this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.
Repent therefore of this your
wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven
you.
For I see that you
are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
What exactly does
"you have neither part nor portion" mean"?
Does it mean that
Simon still has salvation but is excluded from ministry? Or does it mean that Simon lost it all until
he repents?
My take is that he
still has his salvation but is excluded from ministry. The reason I think that is the case is that I
don't believe that we lose our salvation every time we commit a sin. Otherwise we would be continually going
through a cycle of saved, not save, saved, not saved.
I think that the
sins we commit after we are saved we will face punishment for unless we ask God
to forgive those sins.
Make sense?
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