Acts 8

(4) Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
We often fall into despair if something as severe as religious persecution becomes a reality for us. However, these believers didn't allow their disadvantages to affect their relationship with God and their effectiveness for his cause. God used this array of persecution to force his children to move out and preach among the nations.

(20-21) Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part of share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God."
This could be a sign of Consumer Christianity. People who want a relationship with God in return for something whether it be to gain connections, or a better career, a wife etc. We aren't given supernatural abilities or spiritual gifts to provide ourselves with material comfort. God gives us these things to exalt his glory, not to enhance our own.