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BAR-JESUS 2

Text : Act 13:6 

 *And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:* 

Today, we shall be looking closely at the operations of Bar-jesus so we are not caught unaware in his schemes. 

1. *Affiliation to Jesus* : 
*The people that are more liable to derail you in or from  the faith journey, are the wolves in sheep clothing.*
 Notice that Bar-jesus was a Jew. The Jews are traditionally known as people of God. And besides, he paraded himself about as "son of Jesus'. Yet he was intricately against Christ. Note that people that have power to deceive and derail others from the faith are those who come in the name of Jesus.

2.  *Reasoning and intelligence :* Have you ever wondered why some well-read individuals are submitting to some so called 'prophets ' ?  Well, it is because *the things of the Spirit cannot be comprehended by logic and reasoning* ,  at  best your reasoning can only be manipulated by people  with evil intentions who come in the name of the Lord. 

 1 Corinthians  2:14 says the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
This is so because   God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 1 Corinthians  1:27.

So to understand spiritual things, you must cease from interpreting it with your logics and reasonings alone and allow for the Spirit of God to Guide you.

Though proconsul Sergius Paulus, the deputy Governor of the state was an intelligent man,  yet he was a friend to a false prophet who has been blocking him from seeing the true light. Acts 13:6-7.

Anyone who debars you from gaining insight into the things of the Spirit is  Bar-jesus. Their main preoccupation is to keep you close so they can keep milking you.

Sergius Paulus' deliverance started when the desire to hear the word of God well up within him. Acts 13:7.

You must desire the sincere milk of the word for you to be free from wolves and false prophets and really grow into God.


 *BIBLE READING* : Acts 13:5-12.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Pray that the desire for the word will well up within you.

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