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Revival in Ephesus

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[ Acts 19:20 ]

In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

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God has given the Apostle Paul an evangelistic mission for the Gentiles. The apostle Paul did this faithfully. He traveled from place to place saying that Jesus was the Messiah.

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There were people whom Paul met when he went to Ephesus. They were baptized by John the Baptist but did not know about Jesus.

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Paul preached Jesus to them. They immediately accepted Jesus in their hearts. They wanted to be baptized in the name of Jesus.

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Paul baptized them in the name of Jesus. When Paul laid his hands on their heads, the Holy Spirit came upon them. Amazing gifts began to appear to them who were filled with the Holy Spirit. There were twelve people there.

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Paul boldly preached the Word of God in the synagogue in Ephesus. Paul discussed the kingdom of God with those who gathered there, and he urged them to accept the kingdom of God.

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But not everyone accepted the gospel. The hardened ones did not believe Paul's gospel, but rather went to people and cursed it.

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Paul did not give up preaching the gospel despite many difficulties. He took the people who accepted the gospel and lectured the word of God every day in a hall of Duranno. Paul preached the Word of God there for as long as two years.

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God performed amazing miracles to people through Paul's hands. When Paul prayed, the sick were healed. Some ghosts that haunted people were driven out.

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Something more amazing happened. When people put Paul's handkerchief and apron on the sick people's body, their illness was healed and the ghost was cast out. God saw their faith and performed miracles.

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When people saw God doing power through Paul, there were people who imitate themselves as if they had the same power as Paul. The representative figures were the seven sons of the Jewish high priest, Suceva.

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They went to a demon possessor and spoke as Paul did.

“In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

They thought that if they talked and acted like Paul, it would be something. They wanted to get the attention of the people, so they did what Paul did.

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The demon in the man listened to them and spoke ridiculously.

“I know Jesus, but I know Paul, but who are you?”

Those who said this and demon possessed man attacked them.

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The demon possessed man was far more powerful than Suceva's sons. The demon possessed beat them and ripped off all their clothes. Suceva's sons ran away from the house naked.

They were humiliated in exchange for the name of God.

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The believers who heard this news honored God more and praised the name of Jesus.

The magicians brought their magic scrolls and burned them all to repentance.

When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

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The Gospel of Paul spread powerfully in the area of Ephesus overflowing with artemi idols. Millions of people abandoned idols and believed in Jesus. God was with Paul to make the gospel powerful.

The gospel has power. No matter how difficult the land is, God will spread the power of the Gospel. We too must share the gospel with Paul's earnestness to those who need to hear it. Then God touches their hearts to make them believe in Jesus.

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