This generation of so-called Christians are more sign and wonder hungry than any other generation in history.
When our Lord Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection, what did He say to Thomas after he couldn’t bring himself to believe that Jesus indeed rose from the dead?
John 20.29: Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Are you depending on signs and wonders to fuel your relationship with Christ? Or are you walking by faith and believing without seeing?
What did Jesus Christ say to the religious leaders when they asked for a sign to prove His authenticity?
Matthew 12.39: But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Why do so many seek after a sign when Jesus was so dead against them?
If your relationship with Jesus Christ is based on experiences then the enemy will hook you and lead you around like a love-sick puppy. If you want signs, he will give you all the signs you can handle. If you want to see demons being cast out, he can do that too. In fact, if you want to see “Jesus” coming in the clouds with all of the saints of heaven in tow, he will definitely do that as well…just watch and see.
Jesus isn’t about signs and wonders, He’s about obedience. If you haven’t seen God’s miracles operating in your life, you still press on evangelizing for God’s glory. He will show Himself and His wonders when He’s good and ready. Don’t go looking for them like a drug addict searches for their next fix.
Jesus Christ is not nor ever will be a magician for hire. He doesn’t draw crowds through signs and wonders, He draws people to Himself through His truth and life encapsulated in that truth.
The next time you see or hear of a “revival” taking place and all the people can talk about is the stuff happening, then chances are it’s not from God. If the truth isn’t being spoken and unbelievers aren’t being convicted of their sin and rebellion then it’s not from God. Hang the miracles. You can’t get saved on miracles, just like you can’t live a healthy life on candy. You have to have the truth which is the life, which is from Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ only. Then and only then, will God decide to show His power through miracles.
- Gold dust
- Gold teeth
- “Anointed” Oil coming out of someone’s hands
- Giant jewels falling from the sky
- Angel sightings
- Jesus sightings
When our Lord Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection, what did He say to Thomas after he couldn’t bring himself to believe that Jesus indeed rose from the dead?
John 20.29: Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Are you depending on signs and wonders to fuel your relationship with Christ? Or are you walking by faith and believing without seeing?
What did Jesus Christ say to the religious leaders when they asked for a sign to prove His authenticity?
Matthew 12.39: But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Why do so many seek after a sign when Jesus was so dead against them?
Sensationalism
The church is for the most part guilty of seeking after a sign to validate their experience as a Christian. Their relationship with Jesus Christ is experience-based, which means without something “happening”, they don’t have a relationship. If there isn’t signs and wonders, then Jesus mustn’t be moving. Or many believe that they have or are sinning, that’s why they aren’t receiving the “outpouring”.If your relationship with Jesus Christ is based on experiences then the enemy will hook you and lead you around like a love-sick puppy. If you want signs, he will give you all the signs you can handle. If you want to see demons being cast out, he can do that too. In fact, if you want to see “Jesus” coming in the clouds with all of the saints of heaven in tow, he will definitely do that as well…just watch and see.
Jesus isn’t about signs and wonders, He’s about obedience. If you haven’t seen God’s miracles operating in your life, you still press on evangelizing for God’s glory. He will show Himself and His wonders when He’s good and ready. Don’t go looking for them like a drug addict searches for their next fix.
Jesus Christ is not nor ever will be a magician for hire. He doesn’t draw crowds through signs and wonders, He draws people to Himself through His truth and life encapsulated in that truth.The next time you see or hear of a “revival” taking place and all the people can talk about is the stuff happening, then chances are it’s not from God. If the truth isn’t being spoken and unbelievers aren’t being convicted of their sin and rebellion then it’s not from God. Hang the miracles. You can’t get saved on miracles, just like you can’t live a healthy life on candy. You have to have the truth which is the life, which is from Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ only. Then and only then, will God decide to show His power through miracles.
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