When Jesus Christ was here upon the earth He performed a number of miraculous deeds. The Various Gifts of the Holy Spirit Part Two – Question 13 He can perform lying signs and wonders, but not true miracles, for he is not a teacher from God.Why Don’t Believers Today Perform the Same Miraculous Works as Early Christians? If the devil could perform true miracles, he would be a teacher from the Lord. This point is key in answering the question as to Satan's ability to do miracles.
If we were to see genuine miracles today, we would have to receive the miracle worker's words as being from the Creator otherwise, the miracles would not be serving the purpose God has for them.
The Lord said to Moses that He would confirm His Word by miracles (Ex. Special revelation has ceased, for the foundation of the Apostles and prophets for the church has been laid, and once laid, the foundation cannot be laid again (Eph. In other words, miracles in the narrow sense are granted by the Lord to demonstrate that a messenger has been sent by Him with His Word. Hebrews 2:1–4 says that miracles were given to confirm that the message of the gospel was from God. Second and more important, Scripture's presentation of the purpose of miracles indicates that they are not occurring in our day. Some claim to be resurrecting the dead or causing amputees to grow brand-new limbs, but no person making such claims has been able to provide confirmation. The first line of evidence for this is the fact that, despite all claims to the contrary, we do not see miracles in the strict sense happening today. Considered this way, it seems clear that miracles are not occurring in the present. A miracle, properly speaking, is an "extraordinary work performed by the immediate power of God in the external perceivable world, which is an act against nature that only God can do" (for example, resurrections and floating axe heads). Theologians have a strict definition of miracles, as Dr. Yet we also need to think about the proper distinction between miracles and His ongoing supernatural works. We see people healed in response to prayer and converted by His Spirit. We do not mean by this that God does not answer prayers today or that His supernatural work does not continue. Do miracles still occur in our day, and is it possible for Satan to perform them? Without a doubt, the majority of professing Christians would answer yes to both questions.Īccording to Scripture, however, we have to disagree with this assessment. Before we finish our brief look at the person and work of the Holy Spirit, we need to consider one more gift associated with His ministry-miracles.
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