Saturday, November 26, 2011
Simon's Sin of Simony
I wanted to look up this passage regarding Simon's "simony" (his attempt to purchase ordination) and I see in various passages that PERHAPS his sin will be forgiven IF he repents, but there is some reservation and forgiveness is NOT a certainty. http://bible.cc/acts/8-22.htm Yet it seems that earlier Simon "believed" and was baptized, so why did Simon not have the "eternal security of salvation" (once saved, always saved, OSAS) ? Also, it would seem that Simon DID NOT REALIZE his request was sinful else why would the sin be named after him (since this was the very first occurrence ) ?
