Posts Tagged ‘miracles’
Isn’t it a miracle when a person sees an angel or receives the Holy Spirit?
Question: What about people who see angels these days? Is that not a miracle or are you teaching that is of the devil? What about receiving the Holy Spirit is that not a miracle? Answer: Miracles are alterations of natural events. The birth of a baby is a wondrous event, but it is not a…
Read MoreAren’t we to desire the greater gifts? So miraculous gift could not have ended, could they?
Question: I have seen on a couple of occasions on this site that you believe the gifts of the spirit are a thing of the past, and that you use I Corinthians 13:8-10 to try and validate that point of view. It is very easy to take a verse or two of scripture and make…
Read MoreWere Elders Limited to the Age of Miracles?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WereEldersLimitedToTheAgeOfMiracles.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 20:17-35 I. Some times I wonder where ideas about the Scriptures come from. A. The passages are clear, but it seems that some want a certain outcome, so they seek whatever means they can find to arrive at that result. B. I was asked if elders were only for the…
Read MoreWere elders limited to the age of miracles?
Question: Were elders limited to the age of miracles? Was the church only supposed to have elders while the miraculous gifts were present? I have someone here who is claiming this and he bases it on Acts 20:28, Ephesians 4:11, and I Timothy 4:14. Answer: Stated to End? In order to make this claim, one…
Read MoreDo you think that Jesus will talk to me about my plans?
Question: Hi, I’m a 19-year-old college student and have a close relationship with Christ. Lately, I have been having mixed emotions about life. (I’ve read what you said about feelings). It isn’t that I’m ungrateful for the gift of life, it’s just that in looking at the world in a new light, you see how…
Read MoreJesus Heals the Man Born Blind
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2011Spring4JesusHealsTheManBornBlind.mp3 by Taylor Ladd Influence and Evangelism
Read MoreDid I receive the baptism of fire?
Question: Last night my pastor opened an altar call for the baptism of fire. After I received the baptism I felt as if I had a sunburn coming from the inside out. Have you ever heard of this experience before, or was I just wanting a sign from God and it was in my mind?…
Read MoreWhy is Solomon hearing ants absurd, but Jesus turning water into wine or Moses parting the Red Sea not?
Question: The Qur’an said Solomon talked with ants and Christians claim this is absurd. But didn’t Jesus turn water into wine, and didn’t Moses divide the Dead Sea? Doesn’t all this fall into the same category as Solomon’s issue? Answer: The Qur’an claims that Solomon communicated with ants through the great wisdom that God gave…
Read MoreIs there a non-miraculous form of prophecy?
Question: I’m having a problem understanding “prophesying.” In Romans 12:6 Paul said, “let us prophesy.” Is I Corinthians 14:3-4 teaching that during the days of the early church one form of prophesying was not in a “miraculous” sense but rather a “natural” ability (cf. Romans 12:4-6)? Answer: In Romans, Paul makes the point: “For as we have…
Read MoreGod Is Speaking to You
by Clem Thurman via Gospel Minutes, Vol. 58, No. 49, Dec. 4, 2009. One person claims that God revealed to her in a dream what she was to do with her life. A man says that God spoke to him, openly, telling him what he was to do religiously. Yet another sees signs in the…
Read MoreThe Age of Miracles
by Clem Thurman via Gospel Minutes, Vol. 57, No. 47, Nov. 21, 2008. Question: Most of the older members of the church tell me that the age of miracles has ended. But I can’t find anyone who can give me the passage of Scripture that teaches that. Can you provide me with the Scriptures? Answer:…
Read MoreAre we limiting God by saying miracles don’t happen today?
Question: I have a friend who believes, like many people, that spiritual gifts still exist. He says to believe that they don’t is limiting the Holy Spirit. I told him that I see that as the opposite being true. To say that some have the gift of healing today and many many others don’t is…
Read MoreWhat does it mean that you will receive power?
Question: In Acts 1:8 when Jesus says that after the Holy Ghost has come upon you, you shall receive power. Does that mean power over my sins, over my thoughts power to talk right, or does it mean just what the Bible says? Answer: When Jesus said, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense…
Read MoreWas faith an absolute requirement for Jesus’ healing people?
Question: Was faith the absolute requirement for Jesus’ healing people? Answer: “Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to…
Read MoreThe Miracle of Creation: A Stronghold for Believers
by George Hutto via Tidings, Vol. 24, No. 11, Nov. 2009. Moses laid the foundation for belief in God with the first ten words in the Bible: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Other miracles are significant, but the miracle of creation tells us our origin, gives reason for believing in…
Read MoreAre people who rejected the ministry of the Holy Spirit not Christians in actual fact?
Question: The article on the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit as a sin that cannot be forgiven did not really explain why those people accused Jesus of casting the demons by the power of Beelzebub. In reality, there are people who professed to be Christians but reject the ministry of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues,…
Read MoreHow do I tell a friend that Benny Hinn cannot heal her blind child?
Question: I know a person who has a blind child. This person wants to take her child to Benny Hinn because she believes her son will be healed through him. I know this is not true, but I need Scripture to back it up. I feel so bad for her because she wants so badly…
Read MoreCould Jesus have cured people through the placebo effect?
Question: Recently I have been reading a book that discusses something called “mind-body medicine” where it emphasizes examples in past history where people were cured of their health-related illnesses by having faith in themselves to heal. They simply hoped in their mind that they can heal and they healed. The book also cites how a…
Read MoreHow do I tell my children that the TV “miracles” are fake without sounding like I’m condemning their mother who believes in them?
Question: My wife is involved with a charismatic group and subsequently, God told her to divorce me. During that time I tried very hard to accept her “religion.” The talking in tongues, putting oil on the windows to keep out evil spirits, being accused of witchcraft, spiritual and emotional abuse and taking the entire blame…
Read MoreDoes God still raise people from the dead?
Question: A friend of mine seems to think that it is possible for someone to raise from the dead now. I thought that Jesus was the last person to do that. He seems to think that I am underestimating God’s power. I believe that God can do anything, but I don’t think He will raise…
Read MoreWhy did God prove He existed before but not now?
Question: My son has come to me asking questions about the church. He is a member of the church but has fallen away. His asking questions is a crack in the door I don’t want to miss out on. He’s asking why did God allow proof that He existed then, but doesn’t now. He said…
Read MoreCould you explain prophecy, tongue-speaking, and interpretation a bit more for me?
Question: I have a question. It has to do with I Corinthians 14. We are studying the various spiritual gifts bestowed upon the church members and how this gift was abused. The gifts we are focusing our study on is prophecy and tongues. My question, are there several versions of prophecy? Also, my understanding of…
Read MoreDid an angel actually stir the waters at Bethesda, or was it only a local tradition?
Question: I have a question about one of the study lessons on your site. In ‘Jesus’ Authority Questioned’, it talks about the Pool of Bethesda, and in the lesson, it says that ‘angels stirred the waters’. My question is: Where or how do we know this to be true? I looked for references in my…
Read MoreCould Jesus and the apostle only do miracles after receiving the Holy Spirit?
Question: Do you think that Jesus was able to perform miracles after His baptism because the Holy Spirit came to Him and that Jesus was not able to perform miracles before this because He didn’t have the Holy Spirit? This was presented in class and my gut feeling is that something is wrong with this…
Read MoreHow many times does the Bible mention prayer, salvation, healing, and money?
Question: I was searching for some information when I saw your site. The questions are, how many times in the Bible does it mention the four following items: prayer salvation healing money [tithes]? I wanted to witness on these items and the importance of them but did not know where to look on the information…
Read MoreThe Sufficiency of the Bible
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/SufficiencyOfTheBible.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ephesians 3:1-12 I. Do we need anything beyond the Bible to know God’s will for us? A. If the Bible is all sufficient, then we would not need any church, priest, or religious leader. B. If the Bible is sufficient then we would be responsible to find the truth for ourselves…
Read MoreSpeaking in Tongues
Text: Acts 2:1-11 I. I received several questions in recent days regarding speaking in tongues A. People wanting to know what it was, what is the heavenly language, what is the unknown tongue B. But probably more than anything else, they want to know if you must have the gift of tongues as evidence of having the…
Read MoreQuestions about miraculous gifts
Question: First off I would like to say that you have great knowledge of the Word of God. I’m on your web site constantly reading and taking notes and going back to the book to read. I have a few questions if you don’t mind breaking them down for me. What is the requirement to…
Read MoreFacts About Faith Healing
by Rick Duggin via Westvue Messenger, Vol. 29, No. 7, July 1986 Members of the Faith Assembly, an Indiana-based religious sect, have lost as many as eighty-eight members to treatable illnesses or injuries because they believe that going to a doctor is wrong. A federal and state study concluded that the mortality rate for their…
Read MoreDo Miracles Occur Every Day?
by Leon Mauldin via Gospel Power, Vol. 15, No. 40, Oct. 12, 2008. What does the Bible teach regarding miracles? Is it true, as some claim, that miracles are happening every day? In reality, even during Bible times, miracles did not occur “every day.” Miraculous activities for the most part were confined to certain periods of…
Read MoreDoes God send us signs?
Question: I am curious to know whether God sends signs to us. For example, a man has an interest in a woman he has never met but seen at school or someplace. He tries to look for signs to see if she has any interest. He later finds out that she’s a Christian, and finds…
Read MoreI was healed but I never benefited from it because my daughter abuses me
Question: I took seriously ill six and more years ago and found the sickness and its diagnosis a mystery. The doctor I attended is a Christian and as such up until I got this sick was guilty of having prescribed to me not once but twice the wrong medication, the result of which was horrific,…
Read MoreWhy do you say that the wine at the marriage feast in Cana was grape juice?
Question: I read your web site. Why do you tell Christians that the wine at the marriage feast at Cana was grape juice? Read my book. You don’t need to protect the Gospel from its own truth. The wine at the marriage feast at Cana contained alcohol and you cannot make it plain grape juice…
Read MoreWhy is the command to baptize applied to us, but not those concerning miraculous gifts?
Question: I am confused about the role of preaching and evangelism. I am curious to know whether passages such as Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-16 apply to all Christians (past, present, and future) or if they only applied to the apostles and early Christians? I ask this because in the context of both passages Jesus…
Read MoreHow do I receive revelations from God concerning the power of the Bible?
Question: How do I receive revelations from God concerning the power of Bible verses? I heard a preacher say that you could study verses like John 3:16 and Romans 3:21-27 and Romans 1:16-17 for years and years because it is filled with such doctrine. How do I pray in order for God to reveal to…
Read MoreWhen did Jesus restore the hair of a man?
Question: We had a Sunday morning study and the brother conducting the Bible study had mentioned an occasion when Jesus had restored the hair of man named Malkas (not sure if that is the correct spelling). I tried to search for the passage but have been unsuccessful. Do you recall such an event, it has…
Read MoreHow can miracles cease if God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow?
Question: In Acts 9:40-41 it states that Peter kneeled down and prayed and turning him to the body said; Tabitha, arise [ exactly the same as that said by Jesus when He raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead. (Mark 5.41)] And she opened her eyes and when she saw Peter, she sat up.…
Read MoreHow did light reach the earth from the stars when God created the world?
Question: I was wondering regarding the star that appeared at Jesus’ birth, so I talked with a teacher about red shifting and the Doppler effect (that has many different flaws in it). Did God just make a new start or did the light just hit the earth after traveling for so long? My theory is…
Read MoreDid the apostles speak in different languages or did the people hear in different languages?
Question: When the apostles were speaking in tongues, were they actually speaking a different language or did each person hear them in their own language? Were they each speaking and different groups congregated toward the one who was speaking their particular language or did each apostle just speak and every person just heard him in…
Read MoreIs the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, by Joseph Murphy, Christian?
Question: Is the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, by Joseph Murphy, Christian? Answer: I have not read the book, but I did find the following description from the publisher: “I have seen miracles happen to men and women in all walks of life all over the world.” — Dr. Joseph Murphy. At last, a…
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