There are a lot of people who can quote a lot of verses, but there are not a lot of people who can cast out devils and raise the dead.  Let’s not allow our knowledge to rob our simple faith.  We have to grow to the stature of a child, and we’ll be great in the kingdom.

So, Jesus was given this information that His disciples couldn’t cast out a demon, and He was not real happy with it.  This was an encounter and a war took place in the spirit realm.  “I brought him to your disciples, and they could not.  And He said, ‘O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him to me.’  And they brought him unto Him, and He saw him.  Straightway the spirit tore him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.” 

It’s interesting how these demonic powers will show out at different times.  I've seen it on numerous occasions.  A few years ago, we were holding a meeting in the slums there on the outskirts of Nairobi.  This woman fell on the platform, and I’d seen it before, but she just slithered like a snake, supernatural power.  I’ve seen people just thrown to the ground by these demonic spirits.

So, this spirit began to act out in front of Jesus.  Jesus asked the question, “How long has this been?”  They said, “Since he was a child.  He’s often been thrown into fire and thrown into the water to drown and destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”  Jesus, on numerous occasions, was asked the same questions, “If thou wilt, thou can heal me.”  And Jesus said “I will.  Be whole,” praise God!  Amen?

There’s something we are going to have to contend with in Scripture, and we’ll look at a number of miracles of the apostles.  So often, people will say, “Well, this was Jesus.”  The Bible says “He healed them all.”  Amen?  “Well, He was Jesus.”  Jesus was a man, just like you and I, who was under the power of the Holy Spirit; His divinity was never once used in any of these miracles.  He did not heal as God.  He healed by the power of God working through Him as a man, just like you and me.  His sinlessness and His complete trust and reliance on God, “to do the will of him that sent me, and finish his work,” is what brought about the authority to be our Redeemer, to become the substitute and sacrifice on our behalf, and to fulfill the eternal purpose of God, “from before the foundation of the world.”