Message #35852

[Psalm 51:17]

Paul was casting out devils in ACTS 16, And are you sure that it was just a sign to the Jews? In acts 16 they were in the GREEK city of Philippi. And they cast the devil out of a Greek girl.

Jesus said the only sign they, the Jews,  would get from him was the sign of Jonah. Now the gift of speaking in tongues was a sign just for the Jews. But i never heard that casting out Devils was.

I understand that part now(to the Greek city of Philippi) - but nonetheless, Acts is more of a TRANSITION book, at least from what I understand. But when you get to the NT epistles from Romans to Revelation, nowhere do they talk about casting out devils.

Yes, I understand when you play around with witchcraft or join the Freemasons, you are playing with a lot of fire right there - but nonetheless again, when you compare the book of Acts with the NT epistles, you can see a rather big difference. No, not throwing Acts out of the bathwater, but at the same time some(including myself) tend to error when they run to the book of Acts too frequently to get their doctrine.

Also, I read Kurt Koch's "Occult ABC" last year - it's a very informative book over playing around with witchcraft and its consequences. He's a German Christian psychologist, and documented many people, including professing Christians, who played around with many forms of witchcraft and paid the price for it.

Heb 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7  If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8  But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.