Bible Study Acts 16
A female slave with a demonic spirit which gave her fortune telling abilities began following Paul around. She kept shouting these are servants of the most high God. Paul found this very annoying so he spoke directly to the evil spirit and commanded it in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of the girl. The spirit left immediately.
This shows that people with evil spirits can be loud, persistent, mocking, and annoying. The total opposite of the fruit of the Holy Spirit which is love, peace, kind, gentle.
The girl's owners were furious because their income was affected and they had Paul & Silas beaten and thrown in prison. Around midnight they were singing praises to the Lord and there was a great earthquake that broke their chains!!! They could have escaped but didn't. As a result of their testimony the jailer and his entire family came to the Lord.
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