Sermon: Acts 19:11-22; "Does the Devil Know Your Name"
Date: August 21, 2016
Pastor: Michael Howard


Scriptures: Acts 19:11-22

11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to
the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

13 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 the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know
about, but who are you?”
16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them
all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and
bleeding.

17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were
all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned
them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to
fifty thousand drachmas.
20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[b] to go to Jerusalem, passing
through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit
Rome also.”
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he
stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.


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