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1 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | EdB | 132809 | ||
Reighnskye The greatest miracle in all of creation is our salvation and I do believe that miracle still occurs today and will continue until Jesus' return. As far as other miracles, have you ever witnessed a birth? Or sight restored after laser surgery? I realize this isn't the type of miracle your referring to but to me since they occur everyday I'm blessed everyday. As for other miracles where leg grow back or sight is given to a blinded eyes. Yes they occur but they occur in far different settings that we are conditioned to by TV "miracle workers" When they occur it is before the unbelieving as a sign that what was just spoken was in fact God's word. Will the average Christian ever see it? Probably not, unless they spend a lot of time sharing Jesus to truly lost people. However I'm aware that many have had miracles in Church services by healing evangelists and I say if you got healed praise God. EdB |
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2 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | survivor | 133002 | ||
Ed: You said the following: "As for other miracles where leg grow back or sight is given to a blinded eyes. Yes they occur but they occur in far different settings that we are conditioned to by TV "miracle workers" When they occur it is before the unbelieving as a sign that what was just spoken was in fact God's word. Will the average Christian ever see it? Probably not, unless they spend a lot of time sharing Jesus to truly lost people." A leg growing back? Are you familiar with such a case? Why is it that the average Christian will not see such a thing unless he "spends a lot of time sharing Jesus with truly lost people"? Is the term "truly lost" significant? In curing leprosy, Jesus may have restored parts of fingers, toes, facial appendages, etc. Short of resurrecting the dead, restoring an entire leg would seem to outdo all other miracles in the Bible. Jesus miracles had purpose, as did those of the early disciples - to establish Jesus as the Messiah and the Christians as the true worshipers of God. They also serve as a foregleam of the future. Any "miracles" today seem grossly lacking in purpose, and all too often result in a lack of true faith. People come to rely on the "healer" or constantly look to God for relief from suffering rather than Holy Spirit to endure and the resulting approved condition. I am unaware of any confirmed miracles today that can legitimately be compared to those recorded and attested to in the Bible. |
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3 | matt. 3 ;from verse 6 down | 1 Cor 13:8 | petre | 133003 | ||
Is the holy gost and fire baptism the same if not how can one identify it? | ||||||
4 | matt. 3 ;from verse 6 down | 1 Cor 13:8 | survivor | 133004 | ||
When many Pharisees and Sadducees came out to John the Baptizer, he called them “brood of vipers.” He spoke of the coming One and said: “That one will baptize you people with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Mt 3:7, 11; Lu 3:16) The baptism with fire is not the same as baptism with the Holy Spirit. The fiery baptism could not be, as some say, the tongues of fire at Pentecost, for the disciples there were not immersed in fire. (Ac 2:3) John told his listeners that there would be a division, there would be a gathering of the wheat, after which the chaff would be burned up with fire that could not be put out. (Mt 3:12) He pointed out that the fire would not be a blessing or a reward but would be because ‘the tree did not produce fine fruit.’—Mt 3:10; Lu 3:9. Using fire as a symbol of destruction, Jesus foretold the execution of the wicked to take place during his presence, saying: “On the day that Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all. The same way it will be on that day when the Son of man is to be revealed.” (Lu 17:29, 30; Mt 13:49, 50) Other instances of fire representing, not a saving force, but a destructive one, are found at 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Jude 7; and 2 Peter 3:7, 10. |
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5 | matt. 3 ;from verse 6 down | 1 Cor 13:8 | Praise Be To God | 133029 | ||
Luke 12:49-50 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! I have always been taught that the Holy Spirit was a "fire". In fact, some denominations depict the Holy Spirit by a flame. Janae. |
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6 | matt. 3 ;from verse 6 down | 1 Cor 13:8 | survivor | 133041 | ||
Matt 10:34: "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." The sword or fire that Jesus set ablaze caused Jesus himself much distress, including his finish or death. The tongues of fire at Pentecost were a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, but individuals were not immersed in fire as in true water baptism. The fire Jesus speaks of is similar to that James relates at James 3:5,6. This fire consumes or destroys those without the Holy Spirit, and tries to overtake those that have been baptized with Christ toward a faithful dedication to God. One can find a denomination that will support virtually any belief imaginable, but you and I are concerned with the truth. |
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7 | matt. 3 ;from verse 6 down | 1 Cor 13:8 | Praise Be To God | 133046 | ||
That denomination is the Methodist Church. However, I am not a member of that denomination. | ||||||