Can you buy the gift and power of the Holy Spirit?
No, the gift and power of the Holy Spirit cannot be bought with money. Simon attempted to purchase it in Samaria, and Peter rebuked him, saying his money would perish with him. The Holy Spirit is a gift from God, received not by earning or payment, but because believers are bought with the blood of Christ.
Les teaches that the gift and power of the Holy Spirit cannot be purchased. In 1 Corinthians 6:19, Paul asks, 'Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have of God?' Les emphasizes, 'You don't buy Him.' He recalls Simon in Samaria who tried to buy the gift and power of the Holy Spirit, and Peter responded, 'Your money perish with you.' The Holy Spirit is a gift of God, not something we deserve or earn. Verse 20 says we are 'bought with a price,' but not with money or anything we have—rather with the blood of Christ, as Peter writes. Therefore, we glorify God in our body, which belongs to the Creator God. Les then directs attention to Colossians 3, noting that without faith we could not comprehend this truth.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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