MIRACLES TODAY

MIRACLES TODAY

“Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." John 20:29

The miracles God uses today thru His sovereign power are different in character today for they are providentially hidden. In the face of the inexplicable problems of human life, such as the prostate cancer I am dealing with, the mysteries of the Divine will, the apparent inequalities of Divine justice and the human perplexity under the somber shadows of a silent heaven, the church member must walk by faith and not by sight (1 Cor. 5:7).

There is nothing sinful about believing on the sense experience but a special blessing comes for those who have believed without seeing, who against the adverse testimony of human experience, continue to trust and believe without reserve in Him who today is not visible (1 Pet. 1:8). In the church God is preparing a special people, called out and tested in the crucible of adversity, who are destined to occupy the highest place of responsibility in the future Kingdom of Christ (Luke 22:29-30).

As the period of the Acts ended, we passed from the time of “signs and wonders” into an era characterized chiefly by the demand for unquestioning faith in the presence of a silent heaven as far as great public miracles are concerned. Today the prayers we bring to Him for His answers need to be conditioned by the mind of Christ Who possesses perfect faith. We need to know Him and His desire for our perfection in order to rule and reign with Him and to eventually know and see Him just as He is (1 John 3:2).
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