LESSON
57
THE SORCERER & THE HOLY GHOST
Acts 13:6-12
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Afterward they traveled from town to
town across the entire island until finally they reached Paphos, where they met a Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus. 7 He had
attached himself to the
governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor
invited Barnabas and Saul to visit him, for he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas,
the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek), interfered and urged
the governor to pay no attention to what Barnabas and Saul said. He was trying
to keep the governor from believing. 9 Saul, also known as Paul, was filled
with the Holy Spirit, and he looked the sorcerer in the eye. 10 Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of
deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting
the true ways of the Lord? 11 Watch now, for the Lord has laid his hand of punishment upon you,
and you will be struck blind. You will not see the sunlight for some time.”
Instantly mist and darkness came over the man’s eyes, and he began groping
around begging for someone to take his hand and lead him. 12 When the governor saw what had happened, he
became a believer, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
1.
MINISTERED TO THE
ENTIRE ISLAND V. 6
2.
CAME TO PAPHOS AND
THE GOVERNOR V. 7
3.
THE SORCERER
BAR-JESUS (ELYMAS) V. 8
4.
THE HOLY GHOST’S
ACTION & RESULT V. 9-11
5.
SALVATION COMES TO
THE GOVERNOR V. 12
THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT LEADS PEOPLE TO
SALVATION.
