Miracles in the Bible always
unmistakably involved an immediate and powerful action of God and
always served a purpose. Bible miracles could never be mistaken for
a coincidence. Jesus, the apostles, those the apostles laid hands
on, and Cornelius & his household were the only ones in the New
Testament to work miracles. Consider the purpose of the miracles,
who performed them, and whether we need them today. The purpose of
the miracles, signs, and wonders was to confirm the word and to show
that God does not show partiality (Acts Chapter 10). Both of those
reasons have been fulfilled forever; therefore, miracles are no
longer needed for those purposes.
| 2 Corinthians
12:12 |
Truly the signs of an apostle
were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in
signs and wonders and mighty deeds. |
| Acts 8:18 |
...through
the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given... |
| Acts 11:15-18 |
"And as I began to speak, the
Holy Spirit fell upon them [Acts Ch. 10],
as upon us [the apostles] at the
beginning. Then I remembered the word of the
Lord, how He said, 'John indeed baptized with water, but you
shall be baptized with the Holy
Spirit.' If therefore God gave them the same
gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I that I could withstand God?" When they heard
these things they became silent; and they glorified God,
saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles
repentance to life." |
| Acts 2:43 |
Then fear came upon every soul, and
many wonders and signs were done through the
apostles. |
| Mark 16:20 |
And they went out and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them [the apostles] and
confirming the word through the accompanying
signs. Amen. |
| Hebrews 2:2-4 |
For if the word spoken through angels
proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect
so great a salvation, which at the first began to be
spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing
witness both with signs and wonders, with various
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to
His own will? |
| Acts 6:5,6 |
They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. (KJV) |
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