Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful
that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah, either
by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray
for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?
The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian, we really,
I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the Bible,
they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will
do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a
non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't
hesitate to send us questions. It helps me, actually, to know, as I'm preaching, how to
deal with the types of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.
Let's just bow our heads in prayer as we prepare to think about God's Word written. Let's pray.
Father, your Word tells us that demons never miss church. And so, Father, I have no power in and of
myself as a human being, but as one who is your adopted child, your child by adoption and grace,
in the name of Jesus, if there are any demons or unclean spirits that are present here at this time,
whether indwelling us or speaking to us or harassing us or laying claim to us. And Father, in the name
of Jesus, may these demons be disinherited, removed, silenced, and bound. In the name of Jesus, may they
be cast far from this place and from us, never to return. And Father, we ask that you do not leave us
empty, but that the Holy Spirit would come with even greater power within each person who is here and
fill this place. That, Father, it will be Jesus alone who holds us and ministers to us, and that
it will be you alone who speak to us and that we listen. And we ask all these things in the name of
Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen. Please be seated. And for many of you, that is the weirdest prayer
before sermon that you've ever heard in your entire life. And so I just want to say, today we're going
to talk about demon possession. Now, if you're wondering why on earth I picked a topic like that,
and some of you might think that that just shows I'm an uneducated hick, which is fine. We'll talk
about that in a moment. One of the things which we do here at the church is that we try to preach the
Bible the way it's written. And the Bible is written as books, usually, and so we preach through
either very big chunks of the Bible or through books. And that means I don't think in advance,
oh, what topics do I have like an itch to talk about? Oh, I want to talk about this. I want to
talk about this. I want to talk about this. I want to... No, no, no, no. What we do is we just go from
passage to passage in the Bible, and what the Bible talks about, we talk about and we think about.
And in fact, if you're a seeker seeking to try to figure out what Christianity is all about,
this is a good church to attend, because there's no fine print that, you know, you sort of get in
the door and they say, oh, yeah, by the way, you have to believe this. No, no, no. We just,
we talk about everything. We just want to be open to what God's Word says. And so since the Bible
talks about evil spirits possessing a man, we are going to look at that. So if you have your Bible,
and hopefully you do, please open it to Acts chapter 19, and let's have a look at this text
together. And if you don't have a Bible, those sort of blue books over there are Bibles. You're
welcome to get out of your seat and come and pick up a Bible for yourself. The text will be on the
screen, but there's something about having your own Bible with you. I like you to be able to look
around to see if I'm trying to do something. I want to reason with you from the Bible and to the Bible.
And so we, I want us to be completely transparent to that. So let's look at the text. And the text
begins, we're going to look at Acts chapter 19, beginning at verse 8, a little bit earlier than
Monique read. And just sort of here, a bit of a nerdy moment. The way Acts chapter 19, 8 to the
end of the chapter is sort of structured, it's structured in a very interesting way. So this is a
bit of a nerdy moment for you grammar type of nerds. And you know who you are, and probably your loved
ones roll their eyes and say, yes, we know who they are. And the way it's structured is there's two
short summary accounts of what Christians have been doing. And there's summary accounts of just
generally what they've been doing. And then you have two stories following it. And the two stories
now look at it from the point of view of people outside the Christian faith and how they respond
to Christian success. And so part of it is in the world of spirits, and part of it is in the whole
world of reason. And so that's the way this, so we have two short stories about what Christians do,
what Paul was doing, and then two stories about how people responded to it who are outside the
Christian faith. And so Paul's in Ephesus. It's now in what we would call Western Turkey. It's one of the
most important cities in the Roman Empire, one of the largest cities as well. And Paul has been here,
and here we go at verse 8. And Paul entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly,
reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. That means about Jesus and what it means to
have him as your Savior and your Lord. Verse 9, but when some became stubborn, and in the original
language, stubborn is a very good word, but there's an older-fashioned phrase underneath it, which means
they hardened their hearts. But when some hardened their hearts and continued in unbelief, speaking evil
of the way before the congregation, Paul withdrew from them and took the disciples with him,
reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus. This continued for two years so that all the residents
of Asia, we now call that Western Turkey, heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
Now just sort of pause here. This is a bit of a summary statement. They're scattered throughout
the book of Acts, if you look at it just from a literary point of view. And it's a very,
very important thing. When it says there in verse 8, reasoning and persuading, that's the way Paul
always dealt with people. And that's the way Christians should deal with people, by reason and
persuasion. And reason isn't just being able to think very, very clearly. It's also, of course,
being able to identify the truth of different matters. And so you identify the truth of different
matters and subjects and things of importance, whether it be something in human experience or
something in nature or something in history. And you identify the truth and you reason and you
persuade. And that's how Christians are to be. I'm not saying Christians are always like that.
Far from it. Christians, to say somebody's a Christian isn't necessarily to compliment them.
It isn't the same thing as saying they're a good person. There are many Christians who aren't good
people. To say that somebody is a Christian means that they've given their life to Christ and are
following Him as their Savior and Lord. They are, in a sense, they've come to Him as a sinner,
broken and battered, and they've come to Him to have Him start to put them together.
But here's the point. In fact, you know, at the end of it, there's going to be sort of two big
points for the whole sermon. And one of them is Christians never give up on reason and prayer.
Never give up on reason and prayer. That's part of the way of, that's a fundamental way of being a
Christian, is to be committed to reason and be committed to prayer. And so we see that. And so
what we see here is a very common thing. When reason, and it's a very human problem, we see it
throughout history, we see it throughout the world today, and unfortunately some of us see it in our
own lives, is that we can't beat the reasoning. So, and we don't want to surrender or give in.
So what do we do? Well, we call them names, and we insult them, and we yell, and we intimidate them.
We do everything other than reasoning. And that's what we see here in a very, very mild way. But
they're very successful. The reasoning and persuading about Jesus is starting to have a very big impact,
not only in Ephesus, but all around. Now, what's the second thing that's successful? Well, the second
thing is going to make some of you think, George, if this second thing is in the text, then Christians
aren't reasoning. It's something else. Because if you believe any of these next little bits, it's a sign
that you've cut your head off, you've stopped thinking, you've kissed your mind goodbye.
It just doesn't go with reason. Well, what do I mean? Let's have a look at it. It continues in verse 11,
and the next summary statement, so to speak. Verse 11,
And God was doing extraordinary
miracles by the hands of Paul,
so that even
handkerchiefs or aprons,
or another word to put it would be
sweatbands, or
you see somebody working
maybe on their car or their garage,
and they have something around,
like something
they put on themselves so they don't get dirty,
and then you rub your hands on it to clean your hands maybe before you answer the phone. And so
that type of article of clothing,
verse 12 again,
so that even
handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched
his skin, Paul's skin,
were carried away to the sick,
and their diseases left them,
and the evil spirits
came out of them.
Evil spirits.
So what it's saying is that God, not Paul,
God does something by Paul's hand,
and the thing that he does
is as a result of Paul's prayers
that
people who are sick
get healed,
and people who have demons inside of them
have the demons removed from them.
That's what the text is saying.
Now, as I said,
some of you
will say
you can't talk about reason
and
persuasion and truth
if you also talk about something like this.
Well, a couple of things.
First of all,
I'm going to double down on it.
Those of you who know me
know that that's what I'm going to do.
What I'm reading,
it looks very fancy in this book,
of course,
but it didn't start out as that.
It started out as a man
who had been raised as a pagan
by the name of Luke,
who sometime
was trained as a medical doctor,
and sometime
in his middle years
became a follower of Christ.
So he would have been somebody
who would have worshipped Artemis
or Zeus
or some other god or goddess,
and he comes to a faith in Christ
and renounces all of that stuff
and lives as a Christian,
as a well-educated man,
a man of the Roman world
and the Roman Empire.
And he writes
an eyewitness-based biography
of the life of Jesus.
We now call that
the book of Luke.
And after he wrote
that eyewitness-based biography
of Luke,
he wrote what we now call
the book of Acts,
an eyewitness-based history
of the first 30 years,
approximately,
of the Jesus movement.
And both books
he wrote
while many eyewitnesses
were still alive.
And I've talked about this
a little bit,
but one of the things
which really shows
that he has this profound
concern for the truth
and that it really is
an eyewitness-based history
when the eyewitnesses
are still alive
would be seen,
I'm not going to comment
on it later,
but when you see later on
in the chapter
when it mentions Asiarchs
and what's often hidden
in the language
translated into English
is that when he goes
to different cities,
the different officials
are called different things
in those different cities
depending on their status,
whether they're a village
or they're a Roman colony
or they're the capital
of a province.
And every one of those places
have different types
of titles for people.
And in every case,
as we learn more and more
about archaeology,
we discover that Luke
got it right
100% of the time.
Now that's completely
and utterly
an impossible thing to do
unless he really
was an eyewitness
writing in those days
and he was concerned
with the truth.
Just to give you an example,
if we were to do
something very simple,
like say to you,
all of a sudden
you cannot use Google,
there's nothing like,
you know,
those of you who are old enough
remember encyclopedias,
there's nothing like that,
you just have to do it
from talking to your buddies
and I'd like you to write
something from 40 years ago
that talks about being
in a small village
in northern BC
and then talks about being,
let's say,
in Burnaby
and then talks about being
in Roxborough
in the island of Montreal
and then talks about
a little village
across the road
from Quebec City
and then something
in Halifax.
And when you talk
about all these things
from 40 years ago
and when you make reference
to the federal government,
you get all of the
government departments right
and all of the names
of the office holders
correct
and you can't use Google
and you can't use
any resource,
you just have to write it.
Now,
there might be one
super nerd
in the room
who could do that
but you know what?
There wouldn't be.
Nobody could do it.
I mean,
good grief,
40 years ago,
you might talk about
the mayor of Ottawa
not worrying that 40 years ago
was before Ottawa
was amalgamated
from 14 cities into one.
How are you going to get
all that stuff right?
Like,
it's completely impossible
but Luke gets it right.
It's one of the things
that shows that he's concerned
about it being
an eyewitness history
that's accurate.
I could go on and on
about the ways that
the more archaeology grows,
the more we see
the accuracy
of the writer.
So now we get to the fact
that some people
are going to have
a great problem
with the fact
that this is a story
that talks about
evil spirits
and the next story
when we talk about
how outsiders respond
to this
we're going to see
that Luke doubles down
on it.
And generally speaking,
the average for Canadians,
there's three types
of responses
to this idea
of a spiritual world.
One type of response
are the atheists,
the naturalists,
the belief that
there's only matter
and energy
and there's only
matter in motion
and there's only
the scientific method.
Anything other than that
is just complete nonsense
and that's one big section
of Canadians.
Another very big section
of Canadians would say,
yeah, of course we believe
that there's demons
and evil spirits
and all that type of thing
and we believe
in talismans
and amulets
and rituals
and all those things.
We believe in all those things.
We believe you can use
crystals and channel
and you can talk
to the dead.
There's another large group
of Canadians
who think that
and then probably
another group
are sort of the ones
who are a bit in between.
They're not all the way
with the atheists
but they're sort of dabblers,
they're sort of open,
they're not sure
if it's just sort of
a little bit like
a party trick
or it's just a fun thing
for conversation
and they're open
to the fact that,
you know,
there in a sense
would be somebody
like Joe Rogan
who's open to the fact
he rejects
the atheist worldview
and knows that there's
mystery and oddness
in the universe
and they're open to that.
So, I'm going to speak
to the second two types
in a moment
but I just want to say
something to,
if you're online
or if you're here
and you're part of that
materialist, naturalist group,
I want to say something
very brief to you.
First of all,
I'm really glad
you're either here
or you're listening
and I'd love it
if you sent me a line.
That would be
really, really wonderful
and I just want to,
some people don't know this
but I became a Christian
when I was in grade 12
and I've shared before
off and on
in different ways
however, the first,
the next, let's say,
almost 10 years of my life
I had six or seven times
when I almost walked away
from the Christian faith
and in almost every single
one of those cases
the primary thing
about me losing my faith
was the arguments
from people who were
what I would call
naturalists or materialists
who believe in the scientific method
in reason
that the world
is just matter in motion
in almost every case.
In fact, the very first time
when I probably,
one of the biggest times
I almost gave up my faith
was about seven or eight months
after I became a Christian
and it was specifically
by a very, very well-informed
critique
from a naturalistic perspective.
I know this sounds
a bit nerdy to a couple,
some of you,
I apologize.
I'm sort of speaking more
and maybe for some of you
if you have friends like this
it'll help you to speak.
I just want to say
one particular thing
to people who are like that.
friends who are like this.
Because you live in Canada
you're not aware of this
but there,
you have a problem
because you cannot actually
account for the existence
of the mind.
Hundreds of years
of philosophy
there has,
there is no successful
materialist account
of the mind.
I mean there's lots
of attempts at it
and there's a lot
of desire
for it to be plausible
but they all fail.
You see if you committed
to the idea
that all that exists
is matter in motion
the second you're committed
to that
you've excluded mind.
You've just excluded it.
And you see
to have a mind
that means
there has to be
something outside
of the flow
of cause and effect
that's not completely
outside of it
but is outside
of it enough
that it's not
completely caused
all the time
and it can look at
in a sense
cause and effect.
It can reason
and act
in cause and effect.
And if you believe
in a universe
where there's only
matter in motion
you cannot account
for mind.
You cannot.
And ironically
or tragically
the second you
account for mind
for some type
of a non
cause and effect
reality
that is
an essential part
of human beings
that allows you
to reason
the second you
account for it
you've opened
the door to angels
and to spirits.
It's unavoidable.
Send me an email
I'll buy you coffee
we can talk about it
but I'm going to
say listen
this is in fact
how most human beings
have normally thought
and there's a huge
problem
with the materialist
or the naturalist
project
can't even account
for the existence
of your own mind
and so we're going
to talk about
demons
and I'm going to
talk about something
about this
the other problem
with a spiritualist
view of the world
it's going to come
clear in the next
story
so if you turn
with me
to verse 13
what we'll see here
is how people
outside the Christian
faith
seen the success
of Christian
exorcisms
what they do
and they
live in a world
where they accept
that there are
spirits
and gods
and goddesses
and presences
and all of that
in the universe
and that some
of them are harmful
and so here's
what they do
verse 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
now
what they're
doing here
is all the
language
of magic
and spells
and
which Luke
has captured
accurately
and so
basically
what they've
done
is they've
thought
they look
at Paul
doing these
things
and they
don't listen
to Paul
saying that
I'm nothing
I'm a nobody
I have no
power
I have no
authority
God's doing
everything
they don't
look at
that
they sort
of ignore
that
they look
at what
he's doing
and they
try to
develop
spells
and rituals
and powers
in light
of it
they've
tried to
take it
on to
themselves
and so
they just
they make
as if they're
making some
type of a
magical statement
a cult
statement
and they
use the
phrase
I adjure
you by
the Jesus
whom Paul
proclaims
but the
result is
verse 14
seven sons
of the Jewish
high priest
named Sceva
were doing
this
but the
evil spirit
notice not
the man
but the
evil spirit
answered them
Jesus I
know and
Paul I
recognize
but who
are you
and then
the story
continues to
double down
on this
idea of
an extreme
type of
demonic
possession
verse 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
the house
naked and
wounded
their magic
didn't work
their occult
practices
didn't work
and verse
17 and
this became
known to
all the
residents of
Ephesus
both Jews
and pagans
and fear
fell upon
them all
in the
name of
the Lord
Jesus
was
extolled
now
I'm
spending
longer
on this
part of
the sermon
than I
will in
the next
I want
to say
a couple
of things
so the
first thing
about this
is now
I'm speaking
to those
who believe
in a
spiritual
world
those
the Canadians
that believe
in this
spiritual
world
they wear
amulets
and also
those who
sort of
dabble in
it
they might
do Ouija
boards
occasionally
they might
go to a
seance
they might
get some
crystals
to do a
little bit
of channeling
they do
different
things like
this
and so
generally
in that
whole
world
view
and it's
remarkable
how similar
that language
might change
a little bit
the rituals
might change
but there's
basically a
very common
world view
there where
there's a
belief that
in this
spiritual
world
there are
dark
darkness
type of
spirits
and then
there's
light
type
spirits
and then
there's
neutral
spirits
and that
there are
people
they come
to believe
who have
a special
type of
power
in negotiating
and accessing
that world
of spirit
and so
they know
the rituals
they know
the names
they know
the amulets
they know
the talismans
they know
the shrines
they know
the sacrifices
that are
required
to balance
those types
of spiritual
forces
which have
an impact
on human
beings
and that's
just generally
the way
that people
think about
it
and what's
going to be
a bit of a
shock to you
is that
Christians reject
that complete
model
completely
so what I'm
going to tell
you is
how Christians
view it
and then why
you should
listen to that
so here
if you could
put up the
first point
that would be
very helpful
if a spiritual
presence
funnels you
anywhere other
than Jesus
it is an
evil spirit
neither good
or neutral
if a spiritual
presence
funnels you
anywhere other
than Jesus
and by here
I mean Jesus
as revealed
in the Bible
it is an
evil spirit
neither good
or neutral
the Bible
does not
accept the
distinction
of those
three types
of types
of spirits
rejects it
completely
spirits that
say they're
good
are evil
spirits that
are neutral
are evil
spirits that
are evil
if you could
put up the
second point
that would
help to
bring this
out a bit
clearer
because Christians
believe that
there are
angels that
exist
in fact
the Christian
if you read
the Bible
it's fair to
say that
there are
angels in
the room
right now
that there
are angels
in the room
right now
we just
don't see
them
but they
are present
and here's
the second
point
angels
self-effacingly
usher you
to your
grace-giving
savior
and his
means of
grace
so in other
words if a
spiritual being
says that
they're the
angel Michael
and that
you're to
do this
and you
do that
you do
that
it's almost
definitely
an evil
spirit
because angels
if you read
the Bible
I'm not going
to go through
the Bible
text
they don't
point to
themselves
they point
away from
themselves
to Jesus
they point
to Jesus
as the one
who will give
you grace
he is the one
who will save
you and it's
by following
his words
and commands
the means
of grace
that you will
know your
freedom
and your
wholeness
and so
any spiritual
being that
funnels you
anywhere
other than
Jesus
in fact
is an evil
spirit
it only wants
to harm
you
there's a
very old
blues song
I've never
been able
to find it
but it has
a wonderful
line
don't give
the devil
a ride
he only
wants to
drive
don't give
the devil
a ride
he only
wants to
drive
and here's
the third
point
if you could
put it
up
the Lord
Jesus
never
teaches
you
methods
or spells
or rituals
or anything
like that
he never
teaches you
methods
or spells
he never
commands
talismans
or amulets
or shrines
or some
other type
of physical
object
as having
some type
of power
the story
that we
just read
the handkerchiefs
you need
to read
that as
a type
of ironic
comment
by Luke
the seven
professional
exorcists
could not
accomplish
what God
does
merely by
a dirty
rag
it's a
mocking
statement
about the
supposed
professionalism
and power
of the
exorcists
God
can use
anything
even a
dirty
rag
even a
dirty
rag
from
Jonathan
he can
use
from
Renee
that's
how powerful
our God
is
that's
how big
he is
that's
how weak
human
power
is
so the
Lord
Jesus
never
teaches
you
methods
or spells
he never
commands
talismans
or
amulets
what does
he do
he calls
you
to
union
with
himself
he
calls
you
to
abide
in
him
and
as
you
abide
in
him
to
pray
for
yourselves
and
others
in
other
words
out
of
that
abiding
to
pray
for
yourself
and
others
that's
what
he
always
calls
you
to
in
a
sense
he
always
calls
you
to
a
version
of
what
I
did
when
I
began
the
service
with
that
odd
prayer
of
exorcism
over
this
place
that's
what
Jesus
does
now
why
should
you
believe
this
why
if
you
are
from
a
native
or
Hindu
or
Buddhist
background
or
if
you
were
raised
by
Wiccans
or
you
were
raised
by
good
modern
secular
Canadians
and
you
dabble
in
things
like
crystals
or
the
odd
seance
or
some
other
type
of
odd
psychic
fair
type
of
thing
like
why
you
could
say
okay
well
George
just
because
Jesus
says
this
doesn't
mean
anything
to
me
I
just
think
he's
wrong
and
why
should
you
listen
to
Jesus
and
if
you
say
that
that's
a
very
good
question
it's
a
very
good
comment
all
I
can
say
is
this
if
you
could
put up
the
fourth
point
by the
way
the
fourth
and
fifth
points
are
the
big
points
of
my
sermon
the
gospel
is
the
good
news
and
I'm
quoting
I
can't
remember
the
name
of
the
song
brother
my
song
is
love
and
know
and
I've
slightly
adapted
a line
in that
song
from
the
1600s
I
think
it's
actually
a
very
old
song
and
it
is
the
gospel
is
the
good
news
of
love
to
the
loveless
shown
that
loved
and
lovely
you
might
be
that's
the
good
news
and
I'm
saying
a
little
bit
more
than
that
you
see
here's
the
thing
did
you
know
that
within
10
years
of
Luke
talking
about
Paul
in
this
story
Paul
will
die
a
gruesome
torturous
death
within
10
years
of
this
story
Paul
will
have
died
a
gruesome
painful
death
at the
hands
of the
Roman
authorities
and
he
could
have
avoided
that
gruesome
death
if
all
he
did
was
deny
one
fact
his
death
was
not
because
he
was
a
political
revolutionary
he
wasn't
some
type
of
religious
fanatic
he
only
had
to
deny
one
fact
and
if
he
had
denied
that
one
fact
he
would
live
what
was
the
one
fact
the
one
fact
was
that
Jesus
rose
from
the
dead
if
you
just
said
no
I'm
just
kidding
you
see
what's
not
of
any
type
of
debate
amongst
anybody
in
the
ancient
world
is
that
Jesus
died
a
death
of
crucifixion
there's
no
debate
about
that
what
is
of
no
debate
is
that
the
fact
that
the
tomb
was
empty
and
that
the
body
was
never
found
there's
no
debate
about
that
the
debate
is
why
is
why
is
the
tomb
empty
and
Paul
is
one
of
these
people
of
historic
witness
who
said
the
reason
the
tomb
is
empty
is
because
I
saw
the
risen
Jesus
I
talked
with
him
I
saw
him
on
more
than
one
occasion
and
the
grave
is
empty
and
the
body
is
gone
because
he
is
risen
and
he
went
to
a
gruesome
death
because
he
would
not
deny
that
fact
now
here's
the
thing
which
is
very
important
you
see
is
the
fact
the
matter
of
the
death
of
Jesus
upon
the
cross
is
not
just
some
weird
type
of
Christian
talking
point
it
is
first
and
foremost
the
most
profound
news
in the
world
it
is
the
news
that
God
showed
love
to
you
and
me
who
are
loveless
why
so
that
you
will
be
loved
by
him
and
become
lovely
that's
why
he
set
aside
his
glory
and
divine
prerogatives
that's
why
he
became
a
human
being
that's
why
he
lived
a
fully
human
life
that's
why
he
died
on
the
cross
that's
why
he
tasted
all
there
is
to
taste
of
death
that's
why
he
rose
from
the
dead
that's
why
the
gospel
goes
out
that's
why
there's
an
invitation
to
come
to
him
because
he
wants
you
who
are
loveless
to
know
that
you
are
loved
by
him
and
experience
his
love
and
grow
in
the
loveliness
that
comes
from
being
rooted
in
his
love
and
here's
the
important
thing
when
Jesus
died
upon
the
cross
and
experienced
all
there
triumph
over
sin
and
it's
a
triumph
over
shame
and
it's
a
triumph
over
all
hostile
spiritual
powers
amen
and
when
you
believe
into
him
and
he
enters
into
you
and
there's
a
union
with
Christ
that
is
the
true
defeat
of
all
hostile
spiritual
powers
in
your
being
and
if
Jesus
really
did
rise
from
the
dead
you
should
believe
what
he
says
you
should
believe
what
he
says
and
all
I
am
doing
is
saying
what
Jesus
says
there
is
no
neutral
spirits
there
are
no
good
spirits
there
are
only
evil
spirits
because
if
you're
coming
in
contact
with
an
angel
an
angel
is
self
effacing
and
will
point
you
to
know
Christ
know
Christ
be
in
him
abide
in
him
pray
out
of
him
for
yourself
and
for
others
and
that's
why
this
next
part
is
in
the
Bible
if
you
just
look
at
me
it's
a bit
some
people
think
it's
like
a
weird
thing
about
book
burning
look
at
verse
19
also
many
of
those
who
were
now
believers
came
confessing
and
divulging
their
practices
in
other
words
they
had
been
Christians
but
they
didn't
realize
that
they
couldn't
be
a
Christian
and
also
practice
talking
to
the
dead
and
using
spells
and
having
amulets
and
having
talismans
they
didn't
realize
that
there
was
a
contradiction
between
those
two
things
and
now
it
becomes
very
clear
to
them
and
so
they
come
their
practices
verse
19
and
a
number
of
those
who
had
practiced
occult
arts
brought
their
books
together
and
burned
them
in
the
sight
of
all
and
they
counted
the
value
of
them
and
found
it
came
to
50,000
pieces
of
silver
to
give
you
an
idea
of
what
that
is
in
Canadian
dollars
if
you
take
the
average
wage
of
160
Canadians
and
multiply
it
that's
the
value
of
what
was
destroyed
160
the
average
wage
of
160
Canadians
so
the
word
of
the
Lord
continued
to
increase
and
why
so
why
do
they
burn
it
why
do
they
not
say
wow
let's
just
think
of
all
the
missionaries
we
could
support
think
of
all
the
poor
we
no
because
the
things
are
dangerous
for
you
so
they
should
only
be
destroyed
I'm
just
going
to
give
you
a
word
of
admonition
brothers
and
sisters
if
you
have
a
Ouija
board
at
home
burn
it
if
you
have
a
talisman
or
an
amulet
to
protect
you
from
the
evil
eye
or
from
evil
spirits
destroy
it
with
a
sledgehammer
and
throw
it
in
the
garbage
if
you
have
some
type
of
shrine
that
you
think
will
protect
your
house
smash
it
with
a
sledgehammer
and
throw
it
in
the
garbage
if
you're
going
to
psychic
fairs
or
you
have
something
from
a
psychic
fair
or
if
you
have
a
friend
who's
a
witch
or
a
wiccan
or
a
warlock
and
they've
given
you
something
to
help
burn
it
throw
it
out
don't
give
it
away
flee
to
Christ
you
know
from
last
night
on
to
even
the
way
when I
was
driving
here
this
morning
I
had
a
big
battle
and
the
big
battle
was
I
can't
say
these
things
to
atheists
and
to
people
involved
in
the
occult
and
have
it
be
on
YouTube
so
thank
you
for
praying
for
me
because
I've
said
it
because
the
people
need
to
know
we
need
to
be
unembarrassed
and
unashamed
of
these
things
it's
the
truth
just
very
briefly
the
last
story
and
the
last
story
is
a
profound
challenge
to
Canadians
and
if
you
could
put
up
the
fifth
point
that
would
be
very
helpful
and
I'm
going to
say
the
fourth
and
fifth
point
again
and
here's
the
first
big
point
is
to
understand
that
the
gospel
is
this
profound
news
that
love
to
the
loveless
shown
that
loved
and
lovely
you
might
be
the
other
big
point
is
never
give
up
on
reasoning
and
never
give
up
on
praying
you
might
be
tempted
to
insult
people
to
mock
people
you
might
be
tempted
to
want
to
bring
up
some
movement
where
you
can
shout
a
slogan
and
shout
people
down
in
Canada
we
are
very
familiar
with
demonstrations
that
have
no
arguments
whatsoever
all
they
do
is
yell
the
most
mindless
foolish
thing
over
and
over
again
with
anger
that's
the
world
we
live
in
and
never
surrender
to
that
never
give
up
on
reasoning
never
give
up
on
praying
folks
so
what's
the
next
spirit
I'm
just
going to
talk
about
it
very
briefly
basically
what
happens
is
Paul
makes
a
decision
it's
about
time
to
go
but
before
after
he's
made
the
decision
it's
time
to
go
before
that
happens
let's
look
at
verse
23
about
that
time
there
arose
no
little
disturbance
concerning
the
way
that's
a
way
describing
christianity
for a
man
named
demetrius
a
silversmith
who
made
silver
shrines
of
artemis
brought
no
little
business
in other
words
made
piles
of
ka-ching
no
little
business
to
not only
himself
but
others
so
he
gathers
verse
25
those
together
with
the
workmen
in
similar
trades
and
said
men
you
know
that
from
this
business
we
have
our
wealth
and
you
see
verse
26
and
hear
that
note
this
Paul
has
persuaded
and
turned
a
great
many
people
away
and
so
you
know
if
you
does
he
then
go
on
so
he
says
so
I
think
we
should
bring
down
from
Athens
and
bring
up
from
Alexandria
some
of
our
leading
intellectuals
we
should
have
some
public
lectures
we
should
begin
a
teaching
campaign
to
refute
Paul's
arguments
no
first
of all
we
get
a
summary
of
his
argument
look
at
verse 26
saying
that
gods
made
with
hands
are
not
gods
and
then
the
rest
of
it's
going
to
go
on
not
because
he
wants
to
bring
in
lecturers
great
is
our
team
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians
great
is
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians
and
they
just
yell
and
scream
and
cause
a
big
riot
and
all
that
goes
on
but
just
here
very
briefly
I
don't
have
the
courage
to
do
this
and
I
don't
have
Paul's
winsomeness
he must
have
a
winsomeness
do
we
have
the
courage
like
isn't
that
a
summary
of
the
world's
most
brilliant
argument
against
idols
and
against
amulets
and
talismans
okay
really
like
just
help
me
you
think
that
little
piece
of
metal
that
some
dude
or
some
woman
made
somehow
was
going to
have
a
power
over
an
evil
spirit
like
really
help me
think
that
through
a
little
bit
really
you're
really
into
native
spirituality
you think
that
thing
that
you
just
made
with
your
own
hands
is
somehow
God
or
like
just
help
me
think
that
could
you
help
me
to
understand
that
do
we
have
the
courage
to
say
to
our
Buddhist
or
our
Hindu
neighbor
about
their
shrine
just
help
me
think
this
through
some
human
being
made
that
with
their
hands
so
how
is it
you
think
that
anything
you
made
with
your
hands
is
actually
like
God
can
you
explain
that
to
me
or
one
of the
coffee
shops
I
frequent
had
an
advertisement
just
for
women
I
wasn't
invited
not
invited
but
it's
about
how
to
become
the
creatrix
of your
own
of being
a
goddess
really
okay
let's
just
so you
think of
a few
things
and
do
a few
chants
and you
just
sort of
invent
out of
your
own
head
and
explain
to
me
how
that
makes
how
that's
going
to
accomplish
you
becoming
a
goddess
just
curious
well
most of
us
as
Canadians
don't
have
the
courage
to
say
those
things
I
just
said
it
on
YouTube
we'll
see
if
it
has
any
impact
I
don't
know
but
it's a
brilliant
argument
isn't
it
it's
a
very
ancient
Jewish
argument
it's
a
brilliant
argument
and
it's
an
argument
that
people
realize
you
see
here's
the
thing
about
the
gospel
if
you
could
put
up
the
fourth
point
again
that's
this
is
what's
really
important
that
the
gospel
is
the
good
news
of
love
to
the
loveless
shown
that
loved
and
lovely
you
might
be
that's
the
fundamental
news
see
Jesus
died
on
the
cross
that
all
of
Jesus
tasted
death
and
all
there
is
to
taste
of
death
and
all
of
Jesus
rose
from
the
dead
and
when
he
calls
you
and
me
to
himself
and
union
into
him
he
takes
all
of
me
there's
no
depth
of
me
that
he
does
not
take
there's
no
nook
and
cranny
that
he
does
not
take
there's
no
part
of
my
history
or
my
future
that
he
does
not
take
there's
nothing
about
me
that
makes
me
that
he
does
not
take
into
himself
and
that
he
does
not
redeem
and
that
he
does
not
call
to
be
Lord
and
this
would
be
something
quite
frightening
if it
wasn't
something
that
comes
out
of
the
voice
of
love
himself
dying
so
that
you
might
know
God's
love
into
the
very
depths
and
nooks
and
crannies
of
who
you
are
and
so
that
in
obedience
with
him
and
living
out
of
this
profound
gift
of
what
Christ
has
done
for
you
that
as
you
listen
to
him
and
as
you
obey
him
and
as
you
move
into
deeper
union
with
him
he
makes
you
lovely
he
gives
you
a
beauty
and
a
coherence
and
a
loveliness
that
is
what
your
heart
deeply
longs
for
that
is
the
him
for
all
of
me
and
so
if
that's
the
case
all
of
him
and
all
of
his
love
for
all
of
me
that
I
might
be
loved
and
grow
into
loveliness
then it
makes
sense
that I
begin to
learn to
reason
and that
I
have
a
life
of
prayer
and
that
I
reject
anything
that
might
be
of
an
idol
or
of
a
demon
and
I
commit
to
reason
and
I
commit
to
prayer
because
reasoning
and
prayer
respects
the
dignity
of
other
human
beings
it
respects
the
dignity
of
their
minds
reason
and
prayer
are
ultimately
God
based
hopefulness
that
respects
the
integrity
and
the
fact
that
the
goal
is
that
the
one
we
are
talking
to
will
know
that
they
are
loved
and
become
lovely
that's
why we
share
the
gospel
we
don't
start
riots
if you
could
put up
the
final
point
so
never
give
up
on
reasoning
never
give
up
on
praying
brothers
and
sisters
lies
are
always
your
enemy
the
truth
is
always
your
friend
lies
might
seem
very
comfortable
but
they
only
hurt
you
the
truth
might
seem
profoundly
uncomfortable
but
at the
end
of
the
day
the
truth
is
your
friend
never
give
up
on
reasoning
never
give
up
on
praying
as
you
abide
in
Christ
I
invite
you
to
stand
bow
our
heads
in
prayer
father
your
word
has
said
has
brought
us
into
some
very
challenging
areas
father
we
confess
that
there's
lots
of
times
we
would
rather
have
the
lies
that
are
popular
for
our
political
or
religious
tribe
and
that
we
would
rather
listen
to
those
lies
and
we
rather
listen
to
lies
about
others
and
father
you
know
how
deeply
we
are
attracted
to
things
like
that
and
so
father
we
ask
that
we
give
you
thanks
and
praise
that
once
a
week
we
can
gather
together
with
other
Christians
in
your
presence
so
we
can
we
can
feed
on
him
spiritually
and
we
thank
you
father
that
you
call
us
back
to
Christ
you
call
us
back
time
and
time
again
to
that
and
that
you
call
us
father
to
the
great
virtue
the
great
quest
the
great
task
of
reasoning
and
praying
and
we
ask
father
that
you
help
us
to
forswear
to
forsake
all
of
those
name
calling
and
all
of
the
lies
and
all
of
the
hatred
that
goes
on
and
that
you
help
us
to
be
people
who
desire
to
know
the
truth
to
walk
in
the
truth
to
reason
humbly
but
clearly
and
to
pray
father
with
passion
and
with
hope
and
some
of
us
father
are
better
at
reasoning
and
some
of
us
are
better
at
praying
and
we
thank
you
that
we
can
all
be
together
in
the
body
of
Christ
and
so
father
we
ask
that
you
do
that
wonderful
work
in
our
lives
and
we
ask
these
things
in
the
name
of
Jesus
and
all
God's
people
said
Amen