This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
This slave girl, possessed by a spirit that mimicked Apollo's oracles, spoke truth about Paul and his companions, but truth from a demon's mouth is no testimony worth having. She enriched her masters by feeding men's hunger to know the future; the devil himself maintains his dominion by pretending to reveal what lies hidden.
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Commenting on Acts 16:16-24
What made her claim striking was its absolute truth: these men are servants of the Most High God, ministers of His word. But salvation comes not through human works, that way is sinful and vain, but only through Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, sin is atoned, and the vilest sinner finds sure hope.
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Why she followed them shouting their praises, we cannot say with certainty. Perhaps she hoped for reward, or feared they would cast out her demon and so tried to win their favor, or saw tokens of God's power and hoped to raise her own standing by associating with them.
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