"The Seven Sons of Sceva" Acts 19:11-20

Demon possession is real. It’s just as real today as it was in the apostle Paul’s day. The apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 6:12 saying, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”Show more

In this teaching, we talk about the 2 different realms of existence: the physical and the spiritual by examining the case of the seven sons of Sceva who tried to cast out demons “in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches”. Long story short, it didn’t turn out well for them because they were trying to counterfeit the genuine faith of the apostle Paul.

And the result? They were overpowered by the demon possessed man, beaten up and stripped of their clothes, which ended up in them fleeing the house naked. What a mess! But in the end, God was glorified and the Word of the Lord grew and prevailed.

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ACTS CHAPTER 19:11-20
Miracles Glorify Christ
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, [a]“We [b]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, [c]overpowered them, and prevailed against [d]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. 18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.