Now here's the thing though. Jesus and the apostles were very successful at it, right?
They're extremely successful and you know, we see that throughout the new testament
We see it in the book of acts that they're constantly casting out devils casting out demons
However, these vagabond jews they actually failed miserably at it
Okay, you know they claim to be exorcists. They claim to have the power to be able to cast out devils
Well, what happened to them? Well, look at verse 14 verse 14. It says and there were seven sons of one siva a jew
And chief of the priest which did so and the evil spirit answered and said
Jesus I know and paul I know but who are ye?
I mean that's not a good sign
You know and they're just like we adjure you by jesus whom paul preaches
They're like, well, first of all, let's start off from the beginning
And let's ask ourselves a question. Who are you?
You know, I know the authority of jesus. I know the authority of the apostle paul. I don't know your authority
Okay, and he says in verse 16 and the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them
And overcame them and prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded
What does that mean? They got their hinder parts handed to them by this one demon, okay?
You know, they thought they could come in the authority of jesus whom paul preaches
They thought they could exercise the devil and a demon
And try to cast out these devils in the name of jesus whom paul preaches and the demons basically or the one demon
exercised them
He cast them out of the house naked and wounded by the way. What that means is they physically harmed
These people now, what does that teach us that teaches us the demons can actually physically harm people, right?
They can physically harm people whether that's through a demon possessed individual or by other means
We see according to the bible that they can physically harm individuals and we have that example there