Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.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.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.And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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… And look what happened to the sons of Sceva, verse 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. This is what's going to happen to you if you're trying to use God as a flex instead of just walking with Jesus, right? So you can't walk with God to level up your aura or do some spirit maxing, right? It just is either a genuine overflow of your relationship with God or there's no staying power in it. All right, you get what I'm saying. Can't be forced, can't be fake, can't be a feature, can't be a flex. What can it be? The only thing it can be is found, found. Now, the cool thing about the Bible once again and again and again, describing our relationship with God as finding him, finding treasure, right? That's what Matthew 13 says. The kingdom of heaven is like what? …
It's a bad day. So it's not just this name that if you call out the name that something happens. Evil spirits know. It's the name of Christ and the power of Christ that is living in Peter that was not in these guys. But listen to what happens in verse 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. Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. 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 50,000 drachmas and this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. Here's what I want us to see. Throughout the book of Acts, there was a name that when it was proclaimed and when it was trusted, thousands of people were saved The gospel was advanced. …
… This word, to be strong, the word that is translated, I can do, is the word that is translated in Acts 19.16, overpowered. It is translated in Acts 19.20, prevailed. It is translated in James 5, 16, effective or powerful prayer of a righteous man. It's a word of strength. It's a word of power. And Paul is saying, I have the power to go through all things. By the way, in the Greek, the all things is in the emphatic first position. When the Greeks want to lay the emphasis, they put that word first. All things, I have the power to endure. And what is he talking about? What do you mean all things? Well, you have to go back in the context. All things is pretty generic if left by itself. And you just go back to verse 11 and 12, you know what he's talking about. Circumstances. He's talking about being filled or going hungry, having abundance of material things or suffering material need. That's what he's talking about. …