Acts chapter 19 Part 2 Separations, Magic Cloths, and Demons

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1 Pastor Scott Velain Acts chapter 19 Part 2 Separations, Magic Cloths, and Demons Last week as we ventured into the beginning of Acts chapter 19 we took our time and we talked about the gift of tongues, and we walked through the scriptures and we talked about what the scriptures had to say about the gift of Tongues and how it is commanded to be used according to the scriptures.. and once again I say Commanded because Paul clearly tells us in 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verses 37 through 40.. that what he has just told us in his letter to the church at Corinth concerning the doctrine of Tongues is not his own interpretation.. nor is it his opinion.. but rather Paul says very clearly that what he has told us is... and I quote A commandment of the Lord, and so I want to just go back and revisit that scripture for just a moment if we could, so that we can understand the ramifications of believing in, or falling for another man made doctrine concerning the gift of Tongues. Once again, lets turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verses 37 through 40: 1Co 14:37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. 1Co 14:38 If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. 1Co 14:39 So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 1Co 14:40 But all things should be done decently and in order. So if we want to clearly understand the gift of Tongues we need to understand what Paul has written concerning the gift of Tongues to the church at Corinth, and everything that Paul has said up to this point in first Corinthians chapter 14.. and for more information on that.. you can go back and watch last weeks study on Acts chapters 18 and 19 where we discuss this in detail, but just for the sake of any new viewers that we may have this week I want to make it clear that we've already discussed this topic, and and for more information on the gift of Tongues according to the scriptures.. you can visit us at HolyImpactMinistries.com.. go to our Bible Studies page and just look down through our studies on the book of Acts and you'll find last weeks study entitled Acts Chapter 18 and 19 Feasts and Tongues. As we move into Acts chapter 19 part two.. It's important that we understand a few fundamental truths that are not often considered by today's modern day professing Christians, and this week I want to touch on the idea of which Jesus we believe in and which Jesus we love and 1

2 worship as our Messiah. Apollos who we touched on last week who was from Alexandria... was a highly educated man that came teaching and preaching the Word of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. but had no idea who his Messiah was until Aquila and Priscilla took him aside and gave him the Gospel message, and this brings to light a very important question. Here was a man who had the Word of God.. he knew the Torah, and the Tanakh, and the writings of the prophets, but once again had no idea that he.. (like so many other highly educated men) had missed his Messiah.. who was their on Earth at the same time he was. And once again we've spoken several times about men who were highly educated, (at least in their own eyes) who had come out of these Synagogues, and Colleges, and schools of Philosophy, and who were educated from birth.. concerning the things of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. many of them had even committed the first five books of Moses to memory... and still.. could not see their own Messiah who was right there in front of them until after his death, burial, and resurrection. And I say that to say this.. I don't think it's a stretch by any means.. to fully understand that if our Messiah was to return today the way he did back then... that hardly anyone would recognize him any more today.. than they did back then. Why? Because once again... just like back then.. we hold to what we've been taught by our Churches, Synagogues, Colleges, and schools of Philosophy rather than seeking the truth and the discernment that comes only from the Ruach Hakodesh of God, and reading the scriptures for ourselves. We trust in our prestigiously endowed Pastors, Priests, Bishops, and Popish leaders, and our so called Early Church Fathers just like they did back then. And we as modern day Christians don't feel the need to study or read the book for ourselves because it's just to easy to rely on the man or woman standing behind our pulpits. Once again.. I want us to understand what the Apostle Paul told the Church at Corinth about worshiping what Paul called Another Jesus. Lets go back and read 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verses 4 through 7 because this is important for us to see and understand: 2Co 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. 2Co 11:5 Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. 2Co 11:6 Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things. 2Co 11:7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God's gospel to you free of charge? 2

3 And so with this in mind.. I want us to think about what Paul was saying in this scripture. Paul says that If someone comes and proclaims ANOTHER JESUS.. than the one he and the Apostles proclaimed in the scriptures that we have in our hands.. or if we receive a different spirit from the one we received, or if we accept a different gospel from the one we've accepted.. that we put up with it readily enough.. So here's my question.. is he right? Is what Paul was speaking to the Church at Corinth directly pointing to us as modern day Christians today?.. Because I would submit to you that he is pointing directly at us, in exactly the same way that he was speaking to the Church at Corinth that very day. I want us to think about that. Today we have over 5000 different denominational charters of men out there all teaching and preaching ANOTHER JESUS! And if is true as Paul says it is.. that there is only one true Jesus, and one true Gospel.. then Is it so difficult for us to know and understand that four thousand nine hundred and 99 of these 5000 different denominations are wrong? My friends there is only one true Messiah... one true gospel.. there is indeed only one true Jesus.. and he's is not found in the halls of Christian academia my friends... not any more than he was found in the halls of Judaism and Jewish academia back in his time. The one true Jesus is only found in our scriptures and in our scriptures alone my friends.. and no where else. And it does not matter how much money you amass from those who are lost.. or how many monuments you erect, or how many mega churches you build, or how many Christian Colleges that you construct, or how many learned professors you pack your bible schools and seminaries with my friends.. there is indeed only one Jesus and one Gospel that he came to preach which came from his Father.. and if we don't read our scriptures for ourselves we will be just as lost as both Paul and Apollos were before the Gospel was made known to them. Paul goes on to say something very profound in his letter to the Church at Galatia.. lets read Galatians chapter 1 verses 6 through 10: Gal 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel Gal 1:7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. Gal 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. Gal 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. Gal 1:10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. 3

4 So often we think of the scriptures as not really having anything to do with us.. we think that the scriptures that we read are all about another people.. in another time.. who where separate and apart from us. We think that they believed in something different than what we believe in now today.. we think that their teachers were wrong and our teachers are right.. but I would submit to you my friends.. that it is we.. who are wrong. I would submit to you my friends that the people that we read about in our scripture are the same as we are.. and although they may have lived in a different time.. humanity has not changed.. and they are no different than we are today.. and much of what they believed in back then.. is still what we believe in today.. it's simply been repackaged, and resold under the banner of modern day contemporary Christianity. What we fail to realize as modern day professing Christians.. is that the Gospel message of Yahshua Hamashiach, Jesus the Messiah, is not found in the New Testament alone. The Gospel message of our Messiah is not found in the Back half of the book.. it's not found in any one chapter, and it's not found in any one verse. The Gospel message of our Messiah is.. The Bible. The Gospel message of our Messiah is that the love of God is that we obey his commandments and his commandments are not a burden to us. The Gospel message of our Messiah is that he did not come to preach his own message but the Fathers. The Gospel message of our Messiah is that he did not come to abolish the law or the prophets and that not the crossing of a T nor the dotting of an i would pass from the law of his Father until Heaven and Earth pass away, and all things are accomplished. The Gospel message of our Messiah according to the Apostle Paul in Romans 3:31 is that we do not nullify the law by our faith.. but rather that we uphold and establish the law. The Gospel message of our Messiah is that according to Hebrews chapter 10 verse 26 and 27.. if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. And I would submit to you my friends that the Gospel message of our Messiah is also found in Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 11 through 14 where we're clearly told that the laws, commandments, precepts, and appointments of our Father are NOT TO HARD FOR US.. NEITHER IS IT FAR OFF!.. But that the Word is very near us.. and it is in our mouths and in our hearts so that we can do them. But you see that's not what their Jesus is all about. Their Jesus is all about a Do as thou wilt is the whole of the law type of lifestyle.. Once saved always saved, Dispensational Grace apart from the law, Pre-tribulation rescue for everyone no persecution to see here my friends! 4

5 Everyone is encouraged to go ahead and scream out in tongues and jump all over the place and roll on the floors and scare as many people away from the church as possible.. instead of letting all things being done decently and in order.. as the Apostle Paul himself has clearly instructed us in 1st Corinthians 14:40. So the bottom line my friends.. is which Jesus do we follow. The one true Jesus found only in the scripture and made known only through the Ruach Hakodesh who our Messiah says leads us to all truth.. or the man made, man created, man fabricated Jesus.. that the god of this world has created for us to follow after? This my friends.. is something that every single professing Christian should ponder in their own hearts, but the problem for so many of us is.. that we can not ponder what we can not even see. THE PARTING OF WAYS: As we move forward we also see something very extraordinary in verses 8 through 10. Lets go back and visit Acts chapter 19 verses 8 through 10: Act 19:8 And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. Act 19:9 But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus. Act 19:10 This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. What we're seeing here is a split in the church. We're told that Paul takes the believing Jews away from the synagogue, and starts his own teaching in the hall of Tyrannus. This is one of the first times that we see Paul actually taking people out of the synagogue.. and begin to start teaching them separately and apart from the synagogue. Notice that it says in verse 9.. that some of the Jews were speaking evil of the Way.. and so it's pretty clear that this is why Paul decided to break them into two groups.. and to take the believers away from those who did not believe. It should be clear that this is an unusual move for the Apostle Paul.. it should be clear that Paul in no way wanted to separate the Jew from the Gentile.. nor did he want to create his own church.. nor did he intend on causing either group to hate the other. It had always been Paul's intention to keep all believers in the Jewish synagogues all together under one banner of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. but when the Jews who 5

6 had been programmed by the Pharisee's and their man made oral laws.. also known as the Halakah.. started to treat the true believers with contempt.. Paul knew that he had to separate them so that those who did believe would not be mixing with unbelievers. Paul who was a Pastor.. which means Shepherd was simply protecting the sheep from the wolves. He knew that sheep and wolves do not mix any more than oil and water, and Paul knew that if he had tried to keep them together there would be nothing but chaos, and this was no way for a shepherd to protect his flock.. and so Paul did what any good shepherd would do.. he separated the believing sheep from the non-believing wolves. Once again I would submit to you my friends that this is exactly where many of us are at. So many us each month wanting to know where they can go to worship with true believers that are not interested in keeping the rituals, traditions, holidays, and myths of men. People want to know where they can go for fellowship with those who like them.. those who are only interested in doing what the scripture says, and not what men have fabricated. Many who begin to read the scriptures for themselves and hear the truth of the Gospel message for the first time want to know if they should leave the church that they're in.. because they know that the church is not teaching and preaching what's found in the scripture, and they don't want their children to be indoctrinated with the wisdom of men, but rather the truth of Gods written Word.. and for many of us who have had to leave these kinds of churches it can be a very grueling ordeal to say the least. To leave a church that you've gone to for any length of time can be a gut wrenching experience, and to say that it's uncomfortable to say the least.. does not really give anyone the full effect of what many of us have gone through in order to worship the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Many of us have lost friends, and family, and life long acquaintances. Some of us have had to walk away from prestigious positions, from with in our own communities, and our churches. I know Senior Pastors that have had to walk away from sizable churches and large congregations not because they wanted too.. but because the denominational charter of men that they belonged to.. forced them out from among their ranks once they began to teach the truth of Gods Word according to Gods Word. Paul knew the importance of separation.. and he knew how important it was to set the evil man outside of the church, and we should make no mistake about it my friends.. if the church we attend is not teaching the truth of Gods Word according to Gods Word.. we need not be unequally yoked together with them.. for this is not the will of God our Father. If anyone is clearly teaching another Jesus and another Gospel message then that person or congregation, or church is accursed according to the Apostle Paul.. and we just read that in 6

7 Galatians chapter 1 verse 8. And if they refuse the truth of Gods Word as written in Gods Word then they are unbelievers.. because they do not believe in the truth of Gods Word as written in Gods Word.. and we're clearly told in 2nd Corinthians 6:14 through 17.. that we are not to be yolked together with unbelievers.. and that we are to come out of their midst and be separate from them. Paul was simply practicing what he was preaching when he separated the synagogue and took the believers out from the midst of the unbelievers. You see Paul was not someone who preached one thing and did another. Paul stood firmly on the Word of God at every turn, and Paul always practiced what he preached, and once again for those who may be new and just tuning in with us here today.. Paul himself always lived in obedience to the law.. according to James the brother of our Messiah, and the Jerusalem council.. and you can go read that in Acts chapter 21 verse 24 if you've never heard that before. Now with all of that being said it's again very important to understand that Paul did not come in and separate all the synagogues and create new Christian Churches. Paul only separated those who he had to separate. It's important for us to understand that Christianity as we now know it today.. that is some kind of separate and distinct religious institution that is led by gentiles.. was not even born until sometime after the late 90's A.D.. So what we need to understand is that the followers of Yahshua Hamashiach, Jesus the Messiah were known as The Way.. and they were still being led by Jews, and they were still mostly meeting in Jewish synagogues.. not in separate so called Christian churches. They were always perceived even with in Judaism as a sect of Judaism.. the outside world of Paganism always made no distinction between the followers of The Way and Judaism. They were always perceived as one sect.. one religion much like the Saducees, and the Pharisee's. They believed different things but all claimed to serve the one true Hebrew God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Back then when the Gentiles saw a follower of Yahshua, Jesus.. and a Jew walking down the street.. they couldn't tell them apart. They both looked exactly the same. They dressed the same, they looked the same, they worshiped the same, and most of the time they even worshiped in the same synagogue, and for all intensive purposes they believed much of the same thing. The only difference was that some believed in Yahshua, Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.. and some did not.. but both believed in the Torah, the Tanakh, and the writings of the Prophets, and both served the same one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. The same law that applied in what we now know as the Old Testament is the same law that applies today in what we now know as the New Testament. Take into consideration what John tells us the biblical definition of Sin is.. in the New Testament: 7

8 1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Lawlessness is another way of saying Law Breaker.. someone who breaks the law of God, or someone who is Lawless is someone who is with out Gods Law, and sin itself can not even exist with out the law.. because Sin itself is (according to the scripture).. the transgression of the law according to John.. not according to some philosophical think tank, or some so called Early Church Father, or some denominational charter of men.. but according to the scripture... that's what Sin is.. it is the transgression of the law my friends... not the law of men, not the law of the Jews, not the law of Catholicism, or Mormonism, or Hinduism but the law of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. So it should be clear that the New Testament definition of Sin is the same as the Old Testament definition of Sin. There is no difference between the two. The only distinction that can be made between the two is that our Messiah Yahshua Hamashiach paid the Penalty for breaking the law for those who have faith and believe in him. Once again no where in your Bible will you read that Yahshua, Jesus abolished or did away with the law.. it simply tells us that he did away with the Penalty of the law.. not the law itself, and in fact if we were to take any time at all studying Matthew chapter 5 verses 17 through 20.. we would know better than that. In fact.. I would submit to you my friends.. that if you read Matthew chapter 5 verses 5 through 17 with out any pre-concieved denominational programming.. you would clearly be able to see that our Messiah... just as he states.. did not come to abolish the law or the prophets.. and that not even the dotting of an i or the crossing of a t would pass from his Fathers law until Heaven and Earth pass away, and all things are accomplished, and once again my friends.. that does not happen until Revelation chapter 21. But you see we read that Scripture with our doctrinal basis in mind, and we don't see it for what it says because we've been taught other things by our many different denominational charters of men.. and so when we read it now.. we don't read it as children coming to the truth.. we read it as we've been programmed to read it.. and this is nothing more than a trap that has been set by our adversary.. but we can't see it because the booby trap has been camouflaged with our preconcieved... pre-programed.. denominational understanding. You see if you're standing in the dark.. and you're wearing sun glasses.. you aren't going to see anything period.. the only thing you're going to see is what someone tells you.. or programs you to see through suggesting things to you, through whispering things in your ear... But when God takes those sun glasses off.. even though you're still standing in the dark.. your eyes can then adjust to the darkness so that you can at least see the outline of the truth.. and before long you realize that what has been suggested to you.. what has been whispered in your ears by men... is not at all what's standing right before you.. and before you know it.. you're not standing in the dark any longer.. and God has removed the darkness from you and brought you into his 8

9 marvelous light. And this my friends is how it happens. When we follow after the wisdom of men.. we follow after the darkness of men.. we put on the sunglasses and walk right into the darkness.. but when we choose the light of truth found only in the scriptures. and through our Fathers Ruach Hakodesh.. this is when we begin to walk in the light.. and to properly follow after the one true Messiah.. the one true Yahshua, Jesus.. who is the only life.. the truth.. and the way. For more information on sin you might want to tune in this Saturday morning for our 7th Day Sabbath broadcast when we'll be studying what the scripture says about willful, and intentional sin.. and what the scripture says about those who sin willfully and intentionally, and I think you'll be surprised to hear and understand what it was that our Messiah came to lay down his life for.. and what he did not come to lay down his life for. THE MAGIC CLOTH OF PAUL: Moving on to verses 11 and 12.. we see something even more perplexing concerning the miracles that Paul was doing.. lets read Acts chapter 19 verses 11 and 12: Act 19:11 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, Act 19:12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. So what are we to make of this handkerchief that touched Paul's skin.. and would then have the power of healing? Was it Paul that healed those who were healed by the handkerchief, or was it God? Clearly it was God.. Paul by himself had no power to do such things. Lets read John chapter 15 verse 5 just to be clear on this biblical fact: Jo 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. Jo 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Jo 15:6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. And so with that being said it should be clear to us that it was not Paul himself that was able to heal people and to cast out demons.. but rather the Father and the Son who were in him.. that had the power to do such things. Something else becomes clear as we read through our scriptures.. and that is that it should be understood that inanimate objects can also be used by God to hold certain powers according to 9

10 the scripture What we're seeing here in Acts chapter 19 is nothing new for those of us who are familiar with the rest of the Bible. Remember the women who had hemorrhaged for twelve years.. who had the faith to touch the tzit zit of the Messiah's robe. The woman was healed in Matthew chapter 9 verses 20 through 22.. and remember the staff of Aron that became a snake and ate the two snakes of Pharaoh's sorcerers in Exodus chapter 7 verses 10 through 12, and several other places where certain objects were used to show the power of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. and we won't even get into the Ark of the Covenant itself and the power that it had. Once again these inanimate objects had nothing to do with the power that came with them any more than the men who held them.. it was simply God working through these objects that gave them the power that they had, and they were always used to give witness to the power of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. EXORCISING DEMONS...NOT? Moving forward we see something even more astounding in verses 13 through 17.. so lets read this most peculiar scripture in Acts chapter 19 verses 13 through 17: Act 19:13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims." Act 19:14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. Act 19:15 But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" Act 19:16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Act 19:17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. Of course when the people saw that even Paul's handkerchief could heal people and cast out demons.. some of the Jewish exorcists decided to try and use the name of Yahshua, Jesus to try and exorcise these demons out of this person.. but they wound up getting a rather rude awakening when the evil spirit looks right at them and says "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?".. and then proceeds to strip them of their clothes and proceeds to give them the business end of a boot. This my friends should be a lesson for us all to learn. You can not just walk around throwing the name of Jesus around like some kind of token my friends.. and even today in our culture.. we see these so called healers using the name of Jesus on the television and on the internet to try and trick people into following after them.. claiming that they can exorcise demons and do all 10

11 kinds of healing miracles but what does the scripture say? 1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 1Jn 2:4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 1Jn 2:5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 1Jn 2:6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. We would do well to remember this scripture my friends. If that man is not keeping the commandments of God.. then the scripture tells us that he is a liar, and that the truth is not in him.. and if the truth is not in him.. then he has no real power.. at least not the power of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Going back to the staff of Arron in Exodus chapter 7 verses 10 through lets read that for a moment: Exo 7:10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Exo 7:11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. Exo 7:12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. What do we see here? We see that the sorcerers of Pharaoh also had powers to turn their staffs into snakes didn't they? But what happened... Gods serpent ate the serpents of Pharaoh's didn't it? So what does that tell us? It tells us that our adversary is always trying to imitate the things of God.. but what he imitates is simply an imitation. The true power of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob can not be matched by any man, angel, or demon. And it's important to realize these things because we're told that in the last days that this Anti Christ this Man of perdition will also do many miracles and will even be able to call down fire out of Heaven to trick and fool if it were possible.. even the very elect. So these demons of our adversary do have what we would call some super natural powers that can be used to try and trick us if we're not aware of these things. But the power that they have does not and can not supersede the power of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. and this is why my friends it's so important to test the spirits.. lets read first John chapter 4 verses 1 through 6: 1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 11

12 1Jn 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 1Jn 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 1Jn 4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1Jn 4:5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 1Jn 4:6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. These Jewish exorcists that we see in Acts chapter 19 verse 13, were using the name of Jesus but had no real faith in Jesus and this evil spirit knew it. They did not belong to Jesus, and they were not covered by the blood of Jesus and so it was.. that these evil spirits had nothing to fear of these so called Jewish exorcists. They were not obeying and keeping the commandments of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, and they certainly had no idea who there own Messiah even was.. and here they were playing with fire.. and they got burned. My friends.. watch out for these internet exorcists, and these wolves in sheep's clothing that claim to be able to cast out demons. If they themselves are not keeping the commandments of God.. then according to God.. they are liars and the truth is not in them. They are nothing more than cheap magicians, and many of them are not worshiping the God you think they are worshiping my friends. The scriptures were given to us to keep us safe and to keep us away from these kinds of people.. if we would only read them. 12