Acts 18-20

Reading for Wednesday November 20, 2019
​Acts 18-20

Acts 19: 13-16
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.  And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.  And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded

They failed because they were not coming from a place of faith.  They were experimenting.  If they had faith, they would have entrusted Jesus to exorcise the demon.  By saying; Jesus whom Paul preacheth, they show that they really didn't expect success.  So the result was as expected.