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1 | Good morning Bro. John! | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46544 | ||
Good Morning Brother John I have a friend, a sister in Christ. I spoke with her this morning and she has seen a man's leg healed. It was shorter than the other and she said he was prayed for and she saw his leg grow. She has also seen demons being casted out. I also heard John Hagee's testmony about a time when he casted out a demon. With that said, Veronica (my friend) believes that Mark 16:17 is for today. So if she has seen Mark 16:17 and you and I haven't, what is the conclusion? If you believe it is not for today because you have not seen it and she believes it is for today because she has seen it, how do we reconcile that? I am so glad you mention john 14:12. I was thinking of that this morning. Jesus said 'He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also'. And I'm not even going to get into the greater works. Let's just deal with the works he did. When I read this scripture, I consider the works Jesus did. Heal, feed the hungry, teach, preach (those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head). Now Jesus said 'He that believeth on me, the works that I do SHALL he do also'. He did not say they might do the works, he said they SHALL do the works. Now, IF I believe on him and I don't do the works, then as you said 'the promise has fallen to the ground unfulfilled'. So did Jesus make a promise and not fulfill it? And again, if he said the works that he did, those that believed on him would do, then to me that means if he healed, then we heal, if he preached, then we preach, if he taught, then we teach. And again, if these things are not manifested, can it be possible that the problem lies with us? because I am not convinced that these things past away with the early church. If we can find in scripture when it was stated that these things would pass with the early church, then I would have scripture to renew my mind. I really feel uncomfortable basing my faith on what I see or don't see. I need to base it on what the word of GOD teaches. Maybe we can discuss the greater works later. Abba Father bless you! |
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2 | Good morning Bro. John! | Is 57:1 | John Reformed | 46556 | ||
Hello Sister M, I sent you a post on Apostleship just before I got this post from you. In it I spoke of paying attention to context. With context in mind, I ask you: Who was Jesus speaking to in John 14:12? Brother John |
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3 | Phillip | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46565 | ||
He was talking to Phillip. And if in context, I am to conclude he was talking to the apostles, and thus only the apostles would do the works Jesus did, does that mean that verses 1-27 only apply to the apostles? | ||||||
4 | Phillip | Is 57:1 | John Reformed | 46579 | ||
Dear Sister M, If you want me to prove beyond a doubt that we are not promosed to have the same (and even greater) power that Jesus possesed (pertaining to signs and wonders), I will then ask: Where is it evidenced in the life of any saint since the New Testament times. The burden of proof is upon those who preach "signs and wonders" are for today. I have given you what I believe to be some biblicaly based reasons for why I believe John 14:12 does not apply to saints in general but to the apostles only. If every single believer in the new testament was able to ask in faith, believing that God would give them whatever they had the faith to believe for: 1) why were so many persecuted and killed? 2) Why did Paul have to suffer the "thorn in is flesh? 3) Why did Paul tell Timothy to take a little wine for his sick stomach? Why, why, why. I could spend days asking why. In fact I spent years in under pentacostal teaching asking these questions of why this or why that, without any explanation except that I did'nt have enough faith. Talk about a guilt trip! I must go to work now, but would like to continue our exploration of God's truth with you. God Bless Sister M., John |
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