Re: Signs and Wonders - Why Can't More Christians Perform Miracles?

[Nic]

On 9/14/21 12:59 AM, Robert wrote:
> On Sep 13, 2021, Ollie Smth wrote
> (in article<912e88b2-2371-406e...@googlegroups.com>):
>
>> On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 3:00:31 AM UTC+10, servant wrote:
>>> This 4 min. youtube video explores the subject line. Did Christ say those
>>> who come after Him will perform greater "signs and wonders",ie. miricles?
>>> Some today say that "signs and wonders",ie. commonplace miricles are
>>> required to identify the "real" church.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Xg-i15mxw
> What a nervous nellie.
>
> One big reason why believers are inoperative.
>
> “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a
> wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think
> that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable
> in all his ways.” (Jas 1:6-8, KJV)
>
> “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto
> you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
> mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing
> shall be impossible unto you.” (Mat 17:20, KJV)
>
> Joh 14:12-14 (KJV)
>
> 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I
> do shall he do also; and greater worksthan these shall he do; because I go
> unto my Father.
>
> 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
> may be glorified in the Son.
>
> 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
>
> Yes, the "normal" believers did mighty works. Look at Stephan. And others as
> well.
>
> People were tele transported. Paul stated clearly that he would far rather
> see the Glory and power of the workings of the Holy Spirit so that mens faith
> might be in God and not on his words.
>
> Even Jesus as he taught and worked Miracles said, "According to thy faith be
> it unto you"
>
> Faith in what? God of course.
>
> The Holy Spirit gives out gifts severally as he wishes, but as we grow we are
> expected to seek the hight gifts, and none of these gifts operate without
> Faith. How outstanding were these gifts amongst the laity? So powerful that
> Simon the Sorcerer sought Christ and then offered money to the Apostles so
> that he could do what the others did.
>
> The spirit of error was upon that hyped up guy who understood things only in
> the flesh, as he sought to dumb down the believer and create doubt. And we
> all know that one who lives in doubt should not expect anything good from
> God.
>
>> Signs and wonders can by satanic, too.
>> See 2Thes 2:7-9ff
> As to Roy sowing seeds of doubt here as well, the very verses he quoted were
> time specific. And at a time when the Spirit of God who holds back sin, evil
> and iniquity so that the man of evil (666) will be revealed.
>
> 2Th 2:7-12 (KJV)
>
> 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
> let, until he be taken out of the way.
>
> 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
> the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
>
> 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
> signs and lying wonders,
>
> 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
> because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
>
> 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
> believe a lie:
>
> 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
> in unrighteousness.
>
> Obviously this is after the assembly of righteous believers have been taken
> out of this world and it is the time of the Great Tribulation. Take it all in
> context Roy, and see that all men will be believing a great delusion. So that
> they will all believe a lie.
>
> So tell us Roy, why do you pray for others when you expect a work of satan to
> be performed?
>
>
This your best writing to date Robert, as i have stated before, I would
prefer you on my good eye in that moment of battle.