In Ephesus, God was doing remarkable things through Paul. Seven brothers, the sons of Sceva, tried calling on “Jesus whom Paul preacheth” to drive out an evil spirit. The spirit knew Jesus and knew Paul. Who were they? The man they had tried to help overpowered them, and they fled the house naked and wounded. When word spread through Ephesus, people honored the name of Jesus, and many who believed came forward and confessed what they had done. The brothers had used His name to get a result. Those who believed responded by bringing their own lives before Him. We can learn the words of a prayer from someone else. The trust we place in Jesus has to be our own.
“And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?” —Acts 19:15
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