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Have you ever heard someone use the name of Jesus when it didn't sound right? I think that you know what I mean. People use it when they are angry at someone else or they hurt themselves and they shout the name of Jesus. We know that this is the wrong way to use the name of Jesus. There are other ways to use the name of Jesus. Some of them are right and there are some other ways that are wrong.

Paul had that kind of experience while he was in the town of Ephesus. He had lived there for almost two years when seven men whose father was a priest decided to use the name of Jesus. They were magicians who tried to make people believe in their power to change things as well as people. One thing that they liked to do best was to find someone who suffered from some kind of problem an…