Title

Who Do You Know?

Scripture
And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
(Acts 19:15)
Devotional
In the spiritual realm, it is not necessarily what you know that counts as much as it is Who you know and who knows you. Christianity is not a religion of merely knowledge. It is a belief organism based on a relationship with Jesus Christ. Anytime we attempt to have a religion based on knowledge only there will be vulnerability toward evil. Whenever we aspire to live religious lives without Christ, we are doomed for failure. Whenever we attempt to fight against the principalities and powers of darkness in our own strength, we will not only lose every time, we will lose profusely. It does not matter what you know until you are related to Christ through the finished work of Calvary. Even then you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. We never want to war with the enemy in the flesh, because the battle belongs to the Lord.
Thought For The Night
“To stand by the shadows of a friendly tree with the wind tugging at your coattail and the heavens hailing your heart, to gaze and glory and to give oneself again to God, what more could a man ask? Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth. I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him.” Jim Elliot, The Journals of Jim Elliot.
 
Evening Text
Acts 19:15: And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
 
Looking for Answers
 
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Know”: “To perceive with certainty; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or any thing that actually exists,” Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary.
 
Referencing: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” James 2:19
 
Applying: Get to know God through His Word, and by getting to know His people, the Body of Christ, and by having an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.