When Your Back Is against The Wall. Part [9] 11/27/2025 (Evening thought)

Acts 8: 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which before time in the same city used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one.

Now, if the devil can bring diseases, the very next logical question is, can he cure them for real. We are not speaking of some of those fake healings which have been on display for many years. We are referring to the real Mccoy. Question [2] Can satan do genuine works of healing diseases?… Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, this man is the great power of God.

The words: “From the least to the greatest” and “To him they had regard” tell us unmistakenly that this man was held in very high esteem, both by those in authority, and your everyday Joe. In other words, he was famous, and was well respected in high and low places. Furthermore, you do not become famous by doing false works of healing, or any other fake miracles for that matter, and because intelligent people began to take note by coming to him as a reliable source,

If it was fake, the upper echelons of society and the well educated would have discovered the fraud, sooner or later. Obviously, Simon was doing what he did through the power of the devil, because miracles only have two sources, God or satan, and if they do not originate with The Lord, the only default setting is that they are coming from the devil. That this conclusion is true can be observed by Peter’s response to him.

Acts 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

When Your Back Is against The Wall. Part [8] 11/26/2025 (Morning thought)

Matthew 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known.

We are going to start from scratch, and we’ll let the Bible explain itself. Question [1] Can satan cause and bring disease upon people? We’re not going to deal with the issue of permission at this time, we just want to know whether or not he has the power to bring disease. Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent everyone his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Luke 13: 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

May the Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!