Never Underestimate Spiritual Power, No Matter What Its Source

It’s Up to Us to Find God’s Meaning and Purpose In Our Lives

Never Underestimate Authentic Spiritual Powers, Whether Good or Bad

(Acts chapter 19, verses 13–22)

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Last week when we completed part one of Acts 19, the apostle Paul had amassed an enormous amount of healing power through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. He was actively accessing this implanted power — power that he did not possess himself, but which had been imparted by his baptism with the Holy Spirit of the risen Lord Christ Jesus. Untold scores had been healed of various diseases or medical conditions, possibly many hundreds or even thousands. All this was occurring in the city of Ephesus, in what is now western Turkey. It was to the church there that the Book of…