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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XIX - III
"I, Paul, am very grateful that God can use even me, a great sinner, in a way He chooses.... While here in Ephesus, I have seen God heal many people through me... I have seen Him deliver many people as well from demonic spirits through me....Such is His love for them.... Praise His Holy Name.... I know too that God can work these miracles through me because I have a very close relationship with Him... Just the other day some Jewish men, sons of a priest named Sceva, tried to deliver people from demonic spirits.... However, they were not successful... The reason they could not set the other people free is because they do not know Jesus.... They only know about Jesus.... I heard these sons of Sceva were severely beaten up by a demon.... No-one should try and deal with the demonic realm unless they have a personal and intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus, not even the sons of Sceva.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of the failed attempt of the sons of Sceva to deliver people from demons...
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XIX - III
While Paul was in Ephesus God used him in very unusual ways as you can know from Acts 19:11-12
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits had left them.
No doubt, the word about these miracles spread and some Jews thought they should try and perform something miraculous as well, expecting similar results as you can know from Acts 19:13-14
Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the Name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the Name of Jesus, whom Paul, preaches, I command you to come out."Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish priest were doing this.
It is very clear that the sons of Sceva did not know the Lord Jesus personally but had only heard of Him. Consequently, their experiment, for that is what it was, failed miserably, as you can know from Acts 19:15
One day, the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul but who are you?"
I should think these sons of Sceva were very shocked to hear this demon speak to them and declare to them that he knew who Jesus was and, no doubt, feared Him as you can know from Luke 8:30-31
Jesus asked him (the demon possessed man), "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged Him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
This demon had heard about Paul as well but these sons of Sceva were unknown in the demonic realm.
What happened next will have made them realise that the demonic realm is real and not to be played with as you can read in Acts 19:16
Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all.He gve them sch a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
This shows us that there is real power in the demonic realm and we should not take it lightly.
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