Thursday, August 31, 2006
When we as the church obey GOD we call it a miracle, when the church helps the poor inside there own congregation or outside there congregation we call that a miracle.
When we part with any resources we call that a miracle. When a person in need receives an unexpected blessing to them it may seem like a miracle and it very well might be.
I believe instead its obedience. I think that obeying GOD should be so commonplace in the church it shouldn’t be a surprise or classified as a miracle when it occurs. That there might be the issue, we don’t recognize obedience to His word and most certainly don’t always walk in an obedient manner. The real miracle is that GOD allows us to be a part of blessing others.
Webster dictionary has more then one definition of miracle, but I think when we are talking about miracle the following definition is the one we have in mind.
Webster… 1: an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs.
I don’t believe the early church sought after the miracles instead they recognized that GOD’s love was the extraordinary supernatural event they have longed for and it was manifested in the person of Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:7-9
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Matt 16:3-4
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah." And He left them and departed.
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1 Sam 15:22
…to obey is better than sacrifice,
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