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Acts 19:13- "Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Acts 19:14 "Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so."
Acts 19:15 "And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
Acts 19:16 "Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded."
Acts 19:17 "This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
There first mistake was by saying "by the Jesus whom Paul preaches..." They did not claim, or perhaps have in them or know of having, a personal relationship with Jesus themselves personally... Their next mistake, thinking by claiming and using Paul's name and authority, another intercessor besides Christ, that they could do what they had seen that Paul had done and was doing...
I find it interesting how the evil spirit answered them, saying "Jesus I know, Paul I know; but, who are you? (I don't "know" you, who are you...?) I often wondered if not only do you have to have a personal relationship with Christ, and know him and his power and authority over wicked, evil, or unclean spirits, by this knowing him, and faith in him working or being able to work and do this in and through you, but by him... But, the evil spirit said he knew Paul, maybe personally, that he may have been, perhaps "intimated" with Paul, or knew him personally, intimately, also...
Did Paul know them personally, intimately too...? Did he once have a personal, intimate relationship with them (evil spirits) before having one with Christ, the Lord...? Perhaps, when he was persecuting and killing Christians...? How much did Paul know about the Evil spirits, and how much did they know about him...? I have often wondered this...? If we have to go "through them" (evil or wicked spirits) to "get to him" (Christ)...? What do you think...?
Anyways, the Evil Spirit did not "know" them, but "knew" Jesus, and "knew" Paul, (and probably also Peter and other apostles and disciples also)... What does this "knowing" them, each other, (wicked spirits and Apostles performing miracles in Jesus name and having a personal relationship with Jesus) "mean"...?
Anyways, the Evil Spirit clearly overpowered these ones due to a lack of this, of "knowing" them... What does that mean...? Were even the apostles, like how Jesus said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan.", were even the apostles once or had they had to become, perhaps "intimately acquainted" with the evil spirits, and they with them...?
What made the apostles have power and authority over the evil spirits, simply knowing Jesus, or knowing the evil spirits as well...? After knowing them,(Knowing the Evil spirits) (and probably standing up to and facing and confronting them, and maybe "defeating" them, from within, perhaps, in their life... What was the "key" to the apostles having power and authority over them (the evil spirits) in their, and other's life/lives...? Did the apostles have to "go through them" (the evil spirits, perhaps, the enemy, Satan) to get what they had, or not...?
Comments...?
God Bless!
Acts 19:14 "Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so."
Acts 19:15 "And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
Acts 19:16 "Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded."
Acts 19:17 "This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
There first mistake was by saying "by the Jesus whom Paul preaches..." They did not claim, or perhaps have in them or know of having, a personal relationship with Jesus themselves personally... Their next mistake, thinking by claiming and using Paul's name and authority, another intercessor besides Christ, that they could do what they had seen that Paul had done and was doing...
I find it interesting how the evil spirit answered them, saying "Jesus I know, Paul I know; but, who are you? (I don't "know" you, who are you...?) I often wondered if not only do you have to have a personal relationship with Christ, and know him and his power and authority over wicked, evil, or unclean spirits, by this knowing him, and faith in him working or being able to work and do this in and through you, but by him... But, the evil spirit said he knew Paul, maybe personally, that he may have been, perhaps "intimated" with Paul, or knew him personally, intimately, also...
Did Paul know them personally, intimately too...? Did he once have a personal, intimate relationship with them (evil spirits) before having one with Christ, the Lord...? Perhaps, when he was persecuting and killing Christians...? How much did Paul know about the Evil spirits, and how much did they know about him...? I have often wondered this...? If we have to go "through them" (evil or wicked spirits) to "get to him" (Christ)...? What do you think...?
Anyways, the Evil Spirit did not "know" them, but "knew" Jesus, and "knew" Paul, (and probably also Peter and other apostles and disciples also)... What does this "knowing" them, each other, (wicked spirits and Apostles performing miracles in Jesus name and having a personal relationship with Jesus) "mean"...?
Anyways, the Evil Spirit clearly overpowered these ones due to a lack of this, of "knowing" them... What does that mean...? Were even the apostles, like how Jesus said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan.", were even the apostles once or had they had to become, perhaps "intimately acquainted" with the evil spirits, and they with them...?
What made the apostles have power and authority over the evil spirits, simply knowing Jesus, or knowing the evil spirits as well...? After knowing them,(Knowing the Evil spirits) (and probably standing up to and facing and confronting them, and maybe "defeating" them, from within, perhaps, in their life... What was the "key" to the apostles having power and authority over them (the evil spirits) in their, and other's life/lives...? Did the apostles have to "go through them" (the evil spirits, perhaps, the enemy, Satan) to get what they had, or not...?
Comments...?
God Bless!