And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
These men appeal to human decrees and ancient custom, as if that settles the matter. But custom and council votes rob God's Word of all authority. The Romans had excellent laws, yet religion depends on God's Word alone, not on what men have decreed for a thousand years.
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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
They charge the apostles with teaching a new law and introducing a strange god, which Roman law forbade without senate approval. But their real anger is the lost profit from the demon-possessed girl, not genuine concern for law or religion.
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