Playing at Christianity
Richard Bradley
Acts 19:11-17
Pretending to be something we're not will get us into trouble. The Scriptures are full of examples. How about King Saul pretending to have executed God's every desire concerning Samuel's instructions? How about Ananias and Sapphira lying about how much they gave to the Lord's cause? Some will always have a greater desire for the acclaim of others than being faithful to God. However, the Bible's message is that the fruits of this desire are never satisfying.
Here we find a brief history of Sceva's seven sons. Sceva was a Jewish priest of some renown in Paul's day. Maybe his most noteworthy accomplishment was to father seven sons. While a terrifying prospect to most men of our day, this would have been every man's dream in Paul's. Seven was the Jewish number for perfection and sons were a family's most sought after commodity.
All was as it should have been in Sceva's life until his boys started playing at Christianity.
Acts 19:11-17
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 the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
THOSE THAT PLAY AT CHRISTIANITY ARE WITHOUT POWER
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by ...
Richard Bradley
Acts 19:11-17
Pretending to be something we're not will get us into trouble. The Scriptures are full of examples. How about King Saul pretending to have executed God's every desire concerning Samuel's instructions? How about Ananias and Sapphira lying about how much they gave to the Lord's cause? Some will always have a greater desire for the acclaim of others than being faithful to God. However, the Bible's message is that the fruits of this desire are never satisfying.
Here we find a brief history of Sceva's seven sons. Sceva was a Jewish priest of some renown in Paul's day. Maybe his most noteworthy accomplishment was to father seven sons. While a terrifying prospect to most men of our day, this would have been every man's dream in Paul's. Seven was the Jewish number for perfection and sons were a family's most sought after commodity.
All was as it should have been in Sceva's life until his boys started playing at Christianity.
Acts 19:11-17
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 the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
THOSE THAT PLAY AT CHRISTIANITY ARE WITHOUT POWER
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by ...
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