'Bible Miracles.'
a) Acts 2:22; Hebrews 2:4. They are called:-
1-Miracles.
2-Signs.
3-Wonders.
b) Hebrews 2:4. Gifts of the Holy Spirit at God's Own Will.
c) John 11:17-45. A miracle was very evident, Lazarus came alive again.
There were many people who witnessed this Miracle for the Glory of God.
d) John 9:1-25. A man born blind received a Miracle of sight. There were
many people who witnessed this Miracle for the Glory of God.
e) Luke 13:11-16. The woman who was bent over for eighteen years by an
evil spirit received a Miracle of Healing. There were many people who witnessed
this Miracle for the Glory of God.
f) Acts 3:2-10; 14:8-11. The beggar man lame from his mother's womb
received a Miracle of Healing. There were many people who witnessed this
Miracle for the Glory of God.
g) Mark 1:40-45. The leper received a Miracle of Healing. There were many
people who witnessed this Miracle for the Glory of God.
h) Mark 2:1-12. The paralytic man received a Miracle of Healing. There
were many people who witnessed this Miracle for the Glory of God.
i) Mark 7:32-37. The deaf mute man received a Miracle of Healing. There
were many people who witnessed this Miracle for the Glory of God.
j) Acts 3:7; Luke 13:11-13; Mark 2:10-12. The general pattern of Biblical
Miracles was that they were instant and obvious.
k) Matthew 4:23-24; 14:34-36; Acts 5:12-16. There was no "failed
miracle". Every kind of disease could be Miraculously Healed.
l) Luke 7:11-17; Acts 13:6-12; Mark 4:35-41. Miracles were not performed
in the Bible according to peoples' Faith. Each Miracle was a Grace Gift from
God for His Glory.
m) Matthew 12:10-13; Mark 1:40-45; Acts 3:8. True Miracles of Healing were
complete and perfect restoring people to normal health for the Glory of God.
(This QT teaches me that Bible Miracles took place publicly for the Glory
of God. They were always obvious and never glorified any human being, ministry
or church. In 36 years of ministry in many different kinds of Churches I have
seen very few Biblical Miracles, less than five)
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'The Gift Of Tongues Or Languages.'
(The Greek Word is gloce-sah, meaning language or dialect used by a
particular people distinct from that of other Nations)
a) Revelation 5:9; 14:6; 17:15. The word "tongue" used in the
Bible to refer to languages that were:-
1-Natural.
2-Native.
3-Human.
b) Acts 2:4-11; 11:15-17. When the Holy Spirit came upon them and they
spoke in "tongues", these were languages, miraculously given, that
those around who understood the languages, could hear about the Wonderful Works
of God and Glorify Him. This goes to prove that language is corporate factor in
the Worship of God and not race.
c) 1 Corinthians 14:5-28. If a foreign person speaks a Message in Church
and there is no one able to interpret, either naturally or by Holy Spirit Gift,
then the speaker should keep silent. The true Gift of Tongues is a Message
capable of being understood by the majority of people present in the Worship.
d) 1 Corinthians 14:5. The goal must be the edification of the Church.
e) Acts 2:2-12. The people were never taught here to "speak in
tongues", they were suddenly empowered by the Holy Spirit.
f) Acts 4:13. The speakers were seen as ignorant and unlearned.
g) Acts 10:44-46; 19:6. The people were given the Gift suddenly.
h) 1 Corinthians 14:14-15. "My spirit", not Holy Spirit, prays.
"I will" do this. It is totally human. Prayer can be in the Holy
Spirit or led by the Holy Spirit or enabled by the Holy Spirit, BUT much
prayer, especially that that merely comes from emotion or thinking, is only
human. God is not in it at all.
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Chris.
The Bible and the Biblical Pattern of the New Testament Church, together
with the Apostles' Creed being read, understood and applied, lay the foundation
of our True Church today. The whole emphasis of the True Church should be to
Glorify God, to share the Gospel with a lost World and to make Disciples of
Christ in the most effective way suitable to the culture of the Church. The
True Church is adhering to Acts 2:42: Bible Study (on a regular basis),
Fellowship (not a gossip center or mere social club), Eating together and
taking the Holy Communion together, (it means practical outworking of our
relationship with God and of our relationships with other people in Church),
Praying together, (in the Bible there are three expressions of Prayer, one is
prayer alone to God, second prayer as a family - for the True Believing family,
thirdly prayer as the Church. The thought of prayer "groups" that are
dealing with "special subjects" or of small "intercessory
groups", whether inside or outside the Church, is totally not Biblical and
can lead to: spiritual pride, division and deception.
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