I Was Healed! Part 2

“I wasHealed!”(part 2)

Do miracles still occur today?

What is a miracle?

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

3 Bible Words

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

3 Bible Words

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

3 Bible Words“A sign is intended to appeal to the understanding, a wonder appeals to the imagination, a power indicates its sources as supernatural.” —Vine

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

3 Bible Words

What is a miracle?

Does God still use miracles to confirm His message?

“These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.”

John 20.31CB NT p. 205

Does God still use miracles to confirm His message?

Why did God use miracles?

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

Why did God use miracles?

“Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst”

Acts 2.22CB NT p. 210

Why did God use miracles?

Signs Word Faith

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

Romans 10.17CB NT p. 279

Signs Word Faith

“the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints”

Jude 3CB NT p. 430

Is it still necessary?

Why did God use miracles?

It is no longer necessary!

Do Miracles Occur Today?

How Do We Explain So-Called

“Modern Miracles”?

Authentic Miracles

Authentic Miracles

Demonstrable fact

Matthew 12.24, CB NT p. 22;Acts 4, CB NT p. 213-214

Authentic Miracles

Demonstrable fact

Matthew 12.24, CB NT p. 22;Acts 4, CB NT p. 213-214

Authentic Miracles

Demonstrable fact

Matthew 12.24, CB NT p. 22;Acts 4, CB NT p. 213-214

Authentic Miracles

Worthy Motive

Acts 3.6, CB NT p. 211

Authentic Miracles

Worthy Motive

Acts 3.6, CB NT p. 211

Authentic Miracles

Credible Witnesses

John 6.10, CB NT p. 171Acts 26.26, CB NT p. 258

Authentic Miracles

Instantaneous

Mark 10.52, CB NT p. 83Acts 3.7, CB NT p. 211

Authentic Miracles

Perceptible

John 2.9, CB NT p. 164Acts 20.27, CB NT p. 204Luke 22.51, CB NT p. 154

Authentic Miracles

Independent of Secondary Causes

John 9.1, 7, CB NT p. 180Luke 22.50-51, CB NT p. 154

Authentic Miracles

Independent of Secondary Causes

John 9.1, 7, CB NT p. 180Luke 22.50-51, CB NT p. 154

Authentic Miracles

“Modern Miracles”?

1. The power of Satan to deceive.

“...by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception...”

2 Thessalonians 2.9-12CB NT p. 362

Satan’s Deceit

“Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false”

2 Thessalonians 2.9-12CB NT p. 362

Satan’s Deceit

“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”

2 Corinthians 11.14CB NT p. 323

Satan’s Deceit

“Modern Miracles”?

1. The power of Satan to deceive.

“Modern Miracles”?

2. Fakers

“On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

Matthew 7.22-23CB NT p. 13

WARNING!

“And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”

Matthew 7.22-23CB NT p. 13

WARNING!

“Modern Miracles”?

3. Psychosomatic Illnesses

“Modern Miracles”?

“the illness may be emotional or mental in origin but have physical symptoms.”(University of Michigan Health System)

“Modern Miracles”?

“the illness may be emotional or mental in origin but have physical symptoms.”(University of Michigan Health System)

“Modern Miracles”?

3. Psychosomatic Illnesses

Some things I’m NOT saying...

God cannot do miracles.

Some things I’m NOT saying...

God is inactive.

Will today be the day you decide to

go to heaven?

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#09

“I Was Healed” (Part 2)John 20.30-31

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart22 August, 2010Las Cruces, NM

www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: This is the second part of a lesson discussing modern miracles. Having shown in the first lesson that the Bible teaches that miracles have served their purpose, this lesson answers how we may explain the so-called modern miracles. Three explanations: the power of the Devil, fakers, and psychosomatic illnesses.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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