Friday, April 25, 2008

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

"Were you given the Holy Spirit?"

"No!" they answered. "We have never even heard of the Holy Spirit."
"Then why were you baptised?" Paul asked....
The apostle Paul placed his hands on them. The Holy Spirit was given to them, and they spoke unknown languages and prophesied...PAUL SPOKE IN THE LECTURE HALL IN Tyrannus EVERY DAY FOR TWO YEARS, UNTIL EVERYONE IN ASIA HAD HEARD THE LORD'S MESSAGE.
God gave Paul the power to work great miracles.. all of the sick people were healed and evil spirits went out. Unbeliever's tried to force out evil spirits by using the name of the Lord Jesus..when an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus! And I have heard about Paul. But who are you?" Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them up. They ran out of the house, naked and bruised...Everyone heard about this and were so frightened that they praised the name of the Lord Jesus. Many who were now followers started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing. Some who had been practicing witchcraft brought their books to be burnt in public. These books were worth about fifty thousand silver coins.

From the Book of Acts, Chapter 19, The Bible.