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henk - 03.12.2004 14:00
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Why Do We Need To See Supernatural Power Operate?
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> by John Arnott
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> Why is this? So that your faith would not be built upon the wisdom of man but would be in the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:5) It is the gospel, the good news of Jesus the Messiah, who is the deliverer, the Savior, the rescuer, and it must come to us with convincing supernatural power. This is the supernatural gospel that swept the Greek and Roman world out of paganism and polytheism into the truth of Jesus Christ. Nothing but a powerful supernaturally demonstrated message would have converted the pagan world to serve the Jewish God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; The God and Father of Jesus the Messiah, the Savior of the whole world.
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> So what are signs and wonders? A sign is something that points to something much larger than itself. A sign is a messenger that helps you get where you need to go. It is an advertisement that is supposed to draw you into the greater thing, the real goods.
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> A wonder is something that makes you wonder. It is something that arrests your thought processes, fills you with awe and causes you to realize that what has just happened is not normal.
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> God has invaded your space and life. And so God, whom many feel is far away, indifferent to them or even non-existent, has just revealed Himself in a powerful and personal way that cannot be explained or denied. This resonates with the human heart that is desperate to know the meaning and purpose of life. In the wake of miracles, life becomes very meaningful because a powerful, supernatural God is truly in your heart and understanding.
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> Healings and deliverances are happening with increasing regularity and intensity, and so are signs and wonders. I recently heard the story of the conversion to Christ of a prominent Iranian Muslim leader. One day while visiting his farm in the country, he realized that he had locked his keys inside his car. He would have to walk the considerable distance back to town. Though he was very hungry, he decided to first offer up his usual evening prayers. He got down on his knees to pray, and then smelled the heavenly scent of fresh baked bread. As he looked all around, he noticed there beside him a towel containing fresh bread from the oven.
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> Puzzled and wondering how on earth fresh bread would be lying there right on the ground, he proceeded to break off a piece and eat it. Suddenly he heard a booming voice shouting, "I am the Bread of Life, stand up on your feet."
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> Being a well-read scholar, he knew that the Bread of Life was Jesus. A blazing brilliant figure approached him and said, "Go back into the city and I will tell you what you must do." He suddenly realized that it was pouring rain in a circle around him, yet it was not raining everywhere else. Quite shaken and disturbed, he returned to his car to discover his car unlocked and the keys in the ignition.
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> Three days later Jesus, the Bread of Life appeared to him again in a dream. He saw a large tree in the dream with the picture of twenty top leaders in Iran. He was told to go to them all and tell them what had just happened to him, how the Bread of Life had appeared to him. This story is shaking the nation of Iran.
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> I recently heard another similar story from Egypt. There had been a tragic automobile accident in the city of Cairo. The mother of two little girls was unfortunately dead on arrival at the hospital. The funeral was held the same day according to Islamic tradition, and the family tomb was sealed up. The woman's two little girls were missing and could not be found anywhere. Weeks went by.
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> There was another death in the same family and the family tomb was reopened. In the tomb the family discovered the two missing little girls, healthy, alive and well. The little girls had clung unnoticed to their departed beloved mother. Jesus had come and rescued them.
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> The people asked, "How did you survive for three weeks without food or water?" They replied, "A man who said his name was Jesus, dressed in white with holes in his hands, came through the wall and brought us bread and water every day." Cairo media published this story all over the nation of Egypt.
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