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Were Do Miracles Come From?
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Mar 17, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CLAIM THE ABILITY TO CREATE MIRACLES, MOST OFTEN IT IS DEPENDENT UPON SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOD
WERE DO MIRACLES COME FROM?
MORE POPULAR TITLE: HOW TO MANUFACTURE A MIRACLE
“ “ “ : 12 EASY STEPES TO MIRACLE MAKING
DID WE CALL THE WRONG PREACHER?
EVERY GOOD GIFT
(Jas 1:17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
(Jas 1:18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
(Jas 1:19) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
I want you to see today that good things come from heaven. God is not in the evil creation manufacturing market.
Miracles are a product of heaven, and any evil you may encounter in this world is a product of we as men.
Notice thought that it says, that he has begat us or created us with the word of truth. The first miracle you will encounter before you become a christian is the word of truth. It is from heaven and births heavenly gifts and miraculous gifts, in this dark and troublesome world.
WERE DO MIRACLES NOT COME FROM?
(Gal 3:5) He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
RELIGION AND RULES
METHOD OR SYTEM
FAITH IN GODS WORD CREATES MIRACLES
(Rom 10:17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
TEL-E-VANGELIST SAY,
GIVE MONEY FOR MIRACLES
CARASMATICS SAY,
DANCE FOR IT, OR PRAISE FOR IT
SOME SAY
CHARM OR A HOLY OBJECT
(1Th 2:13) For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
WORD OF MEN
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WORD OF GOD
FOREVER SETTLED IN HEAVEN
WORKETH IN YOU THAT BELIEVE
WORKETH--- CHANGES YOUR VISION AND PERCEPTION FROM A EARTHLY (LIMITED) TO HEAVENLY (UNLIMITED).
EARTHLY VISION / HEAVENLY VISION
DOUBT - (Mar 11:23) and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
FEAR - (2Ti 1:7) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
WORRY- (Joh 14:27) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
It’s like the man who fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. He looks upward and yells: “Is anyone up there?” Then he hears a voice.
“I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?”
“Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe,” the man says earnestly. “But I can’t hang on much longer.”
“That’s all right,” is the Lord’s reply. “If you really believe you have nothing to worry about. I will save you. Just let go of the branch.”
A moment of pause, then: “Is anyone else up there?” (adapted--Bits & Pieces, June 24, 1993, p. 3.)
Real miracles come from faith in Gods word, not your own quality
(Joh 6:27) Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
