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Sons of Sceva: Why Power doesn't work

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?  - Acts 19:15

This week, we have been learning a lot from the story of the Sons of Sceva. The power of God is not a thing of the mind, it is of the Spirit. The Sons of Sceva got it all wrong by thinking, despite them not be followers of Jesus, they can just call on His name and cast out demons. It doesn't work that way. 
The great prophet Elisha once told Gehazi to go perform a miracle on a boy but he couldn't performed the miracle but Elisha came and did. It was afterwards we found out that Gehazi life was that of greed despite him close to the power of God, he never had the power (2 Kings 4:29-36  and 2 Kings chapter 5).

Many times as believers, we have try out certain things and it didn't work out but we see other people do the same. Is it that God is partial? Not at all. It's because they were never in God so they have got no power.

We must understand that the problem is never with God. It is with us humans. The name of Jesus is the most powerful name in the world. FACT but it's exclusive for those in Jesus. Greater is He that is in you (as a believer) than He than is in the world.

The Sons of Sceva don't have Jesus in them, they ain't followers of Jesus, they only seek to use the Name of Jesus for selfish and greedy gain. "Ko le werk!" (It can't work).

God sees beyond the outside, He sees and knows the motive behind your asking. It was the same Name of Jesus that Peter and John used in raising the lame man at the beautiful gate (Acts 3:1-4).

The name of Jesus is always working wonders, if it's not working for you, check yourself well, are you still on the right track. Do you have Jesus in you and are you still a doer of the word of God?

Don't be like the Sons of Sceva who knows little or nothing about Jesus yet want to use His name for their evil selfish gain. You can't cash a Cheque without the account holder signature.

Thank God it's friday, I love fridays, it's been a hectic week and I can't wait to kick off the weekend. Lolz 😀

The Good Lord will be with you this day and forever. Good Morning and do have a fantastic friday. 👌🏻



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