Do ALL miracles come from God?
People have often given an account of some miraculous event as the reason for their faith in a particular church or doctrine. By
using miraculous experiences to determine truth people have joined false religions and believed false doctrines. We must not
interpret the Bible by personal experience. Rather we must interpret our experiences in light of the Bible.
We can show this truth in the Bible by examining two points.
(1) The Bible tells us that we should test the spirits to see if they are from God.
(2) The Bible tells us that not all signs, wonders or miraculous events are from God. Satan is out to deceive people to lead
them away from the truth. He is more than willing to use his own power to trick people into believing a lie.
(1) The Bible tells us that we should test the spirits to see if they are from God.
I Jn 4:1-3 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false
prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has
come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the
antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
Here we are told that we can recognize these deceiving spirits by what they say about Jesus Christ. So what did John mean
when he said that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh? Well this same person tells us what he meant in the gospel of John.
John 1:1&14, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (verse 14) And the Word
became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
The Word was God and God became flesh, and dwelt among us. In other words those that deny that Jesus was God in the
flesh are teaching the spirit of the antichrist. Lets say a person in a false church that denies this truth experiences some sort of
miracle within this false church. Does this mean that is a true church? No of course not, because not all miracles are from God.
We should examine any church or person performing miracles in the light of what they teach about Jesus.
(see also 1 Thes. 5:21, Acts 17:11, Prov.14:15, Rom.16:17-18, 2 Pet.2:1)
(2) The Bible tells us that not all signs, wonders or miraculous events are from God.
Deut 13:1-5 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the
wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let
us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you
to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. "You shall follow the LORD your God and fear
Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. "But that prophet or that dreamer
of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the
land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God
commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
Exod 7:10-12 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw
his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the
sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and
they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Matt 7:22-23 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out
demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'
Matt 24:24 "For false Christ's and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if
possible, even the elect.
II Th 2:8-9 And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end
by the appearance of His coming; {that is,} the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and
signs and false wonders,
Rev 13:12-14 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell
in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come
down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs
which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the
beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.
Rev 16:13-14 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the
false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the
whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
In summary if we do not want to be deceived we must interpret all miracles from personal experience or otherwise in the light of
Gods' written word. (The Holy Bible)
We must test the spirits to see whether they are from God.
People have often given an account of some miraculous event as the reason for their faith in a particular church or doctrine. By
using miraculous experiences to determine truth people have joined false religions and believed false doctrines. We must not
interpret the Bible by personal experience. Rather we must interpret our experiences in light of the Bible.
We can show this truth in the Bible by examining two points.
(1) The Bible tells us that we should test the spirits to see if they are from God.
(2) The Bible tells us that not all signs, wonders or miraculous events are from God. Satan is out to deceive people to lead
them away from the truth. He is more than willing to use his own power to trick people into believing a lie.
(1) The Bible tells us that we should test the spirits to see if they are from God.
I Jn 4:1-3 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false
prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has
come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the
antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
Here we are told that we can recognize these deceiving spirits by what they say about Jesus Christ. So what did John mean
when he said that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh? Well this same person tells us what he meant in the gospel of John.
John 1:1&14, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (verse 14) And the Word
became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
The Word was God and God became flesh, and dwelt among us. In other words those that deny that Jesus was God in the
flesh are teaching the spirit of the antichrist. Lets say a person in a false church that denies this truth experiences some sort of
miracle within this false church. Does this mean that is a true church? No of course not, because not all miracles are from God.
We should examine any church or person performing miracles in the light of what they teach about Jesus.
(see also 1 Thes. 5:21, Acts 17:11, Prov.14:15, Rom.16:17-18, 2 Pet.2:1)
(2) The Bible tells us that not all signs, wonders or miraculous events are from God.
Deut 13:1-5 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the
wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let
us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you
to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. "You shall follow the LORD your God and fear
Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. "But that prophet or that dreamer
of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the
land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God
commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
Exod 7:10-12 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw
his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the
sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and
they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Matt 7:22-23 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out
demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'
Matt 24:24 "For false Christ's and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if
possible, even the elect.
II Th 2:8-9 And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end
by the appearance of His coming; {that is,} the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and
signs and false wonders,
Rev 13:12-14 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell
in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come
down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs
which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the
beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.
Rev 16:13-14 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the
false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the
whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
In summary if we do not want to be deceived we must interpret all miracles from personal experience or otherwise in the light of
Gods' written word. (The Holy Bible)
We must test the spirits to see whether they are from God.
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