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1 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Morant61 | 126094 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! You wrote: "Never, not even once in all the Bible, did the spiritual condition of the recipient ever impede the execution or the quality of the miracle in the Bible." Yet Matt. 13:58 says, "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith." Mark 6:5 says, "He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 And he was amazed at their lack of faith." Luke 4:24 says, "'I tell you the truth,' he continued, 'no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.' 28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this." I am convinced that many of us never see miracles today because we do not really believe in them anymore, but nothing in Scripture indicates that they are no longer possible or that the gift of healing is no longer dispensed by the Spirit as He chooses. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Age of Miracles - Past or Present | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 127348 | ||
I must apologize in taking so long to respond to your post. Back to the subject at hand. I must admit you make a good point and I should also say my statement quoted above was a little extreme. I guess from a certain point of view the lack of faith on these folks did factor into Jesus' decision not to perform miracles in their midst. But I should also say that at least the most important point of this whole discussion is that Jesus CHOSE not to perform these miracles because of their lack of faith. I would say in this instance, Christ chose "not to throw pearls to swine." So in the ultimate analysis, the net effect is the same: as far as we in this modern age (dispensation), miracles are still NOT impeded by our lack of faith or the lack of anyone's faith. The big difference should be our solid belief in Christ and His Word and our using His Word to "test the spirits" and evaluate these "miracles" in contrast to those in God's Word. But again, in a spirit of open mindedness, I would love to witness a miracle performed by a human being before the end of my life. So if you hear about such a miracle, meeting the qualifications as I've cited in my previous post, this thread, post no 126084, I'd be most interested in hearing about it. God bless, dear friend. Rowdy |
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