Do the Demons Know Your Name?
Richard Bradley
Acts 19:11-18
Now here is a question I bet no one has asked you in a long time; maybe ever. Are you on a first name basis with the demons? Do the demons know your name? Apparently, Jesus and Paul were on a first name basis with the demons but not the sons of Sceva. Demonism was a problem in Paul's day because the power of God was very active in his day. Whenever and wherever God is working the forces of evil will always be strongest.
Demonic influence was such a problem in Paul's day that charlatans and fakes made a living posing as itinerant exorcists. The seven sons of Sceva heard something they thought they could use; the name of Jesus. They didn't know Jesus they only heard that Paul was preaching him and that people were being delivered from demonic oppression and possession. What they didn't know is that the name of Jesus is not something to be used; it's a lifestyle.
It ought to be the objective every born-again believer to be on a first name basis with the demons. Do the demons know your name or could it be that you've never come to their attention?
Acts 19:11-18
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
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.''
14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, ''Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?''
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.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and ...
Richard Bradley
Acts 19:11-18
Now here is a question I bet no one has asked you in a long time; maybe ever. Are you on a first name basis with the demons? Do the demons know your name? Apparently, Jesus and Paul were on a first name basis with the demons but not the sons of Sceva. Demonism was a problem in Paul's day because the power of God was very active in his day. Whenever and wherever God is working the forces of evil will always be strongest.
Demonic influence was such a problem in Paul's day that charlatans and fakes made a living posing as itinerant exorcists. The seven sons of Sceva heard something they thought they could use; the name of Jesus. They didn't know Jesus they only heard that Paul was preaching him and that people were being delivered from demonic oppression and possession. What they didn't know is that the name of Jesus is not something to be used; it's a lifestyle.
It ought to be the objective every born-again believer to be on a first name basis with the demons. Do the demons know your name or could it be that you've never come to their attention?
Acts 19:11-18
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
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.''
14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, ''Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?''
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.
17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and ...
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