INTRODUCTION God is not the author of confusion, the Bible is clear in revealing not only the reality of miraculous events in the Book of Acts but also their purpose. One of the main purposes of the miracles in the Book of Acts was to create a platform for preaching and evangelism for the Apostles. The miracles in the book of Acts were not for the direct benefit of those performing the miracles or for material purposes. They were for the purpose of authenticating the message about Jesus.
GENUINE MIRACLES Miracles are seals of a divine mission. The inspired authors used them as proof that they were messengers of God. Jesus Christ appealed to miracles as undeniable proof of his divine mission. Miracles are unexplainable by nature …show more content…
Mark says, “that the Lord confirmed his word but the Apostles preached it.” (Mark 16:20) When Luke is describing the ministry of Paul and Barnabas He said the Lord confirmed His message, “which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands,” (Acts 14:3). In both of these passages the Apostles are not confirmed but the Lords confirms his message or word. A quote by Lester Porter puts it this way: “By miracles also, the divine commission of the apostles was proved to-the various peoples among whom they preached. Thus, of Paul and Barnabas at Iconium, it is said: “Long time abode they, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands” (Acts 14:3). And Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews, writes (2:3-4: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them who heard; God also bearing witness to it with signs and wonders and with various miracles” The signs, wonders, and miracles were wrought by the power of God, and were the evidences to mankind of the reality of the apostle’s commission and the divine authority of his
GENUINE MIRACLES Miracles are seals of a divine mission. The inspired authors used them as proof that they were messengers of God. Jesus Christ appealed to miracles as undeniable proof of his divine mission. Miracles are unexplainable by nature …show more content…
Mark says, “that the Lord confirmed his word but the Apostles preached it.” (Mark 16:20) When Luke is describing the ministry of Paul and Barnabas He said the Lord confirmed His message, “which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands,” (Acts 14:3). In both of these passages the Apostles are not confirmed but the Lords confirms his message or word. A quote by Lester Porter puts it this way: “By miracles also, the divine commission of the apostles was proved to-the various peoples among whom they preached. Thus, of Paul and Barnabas at Iconium, it is said: “Long time abode they, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands” (Acts 14:3). And Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews, writes (2:3-4: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them who heard; God also bearing witness to it with signs and wonders and with various miracles” The signs, wonders, and miracles were wrought by the power of God, and were the evidences to mankind of the reality of the apostle’s commission and the divine authority of his