Playlist: Apostles, Miracles of (topic)
Acts (Part Seven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughGod worked through the apostles with miracles of healing and judgment, and used them both as mercy and as advertisement for the church. Many signs and wonders were done through their hands, so that people carried the sick into the streets so that Peter's shadow might fall on them. Crowds from the surrounding cities brought the …
Acts (Part Five)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe healing of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate shows the continuing power of the risen Christ working through others, in the same pattern as Jesus' own ministry: a healing, conflict with the leaders, preaching, and a standoff. The man was a well-known fixture, lame from birth and about forty years old, so the evidence could …
Acts (Part Six)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe apostles' miracles, such as Peter's healing of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate, followed the pattern of Jesus: a miracle, usually a healing, followed by effective preaching. Together with the preaching, these miracles provoked the persecution of the church. The Sadducees, who denied the resurrection and rejected the idea …
Matthew (Part Fifteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJesus gave the Twelve power over unclean spirits and authority to heal the sick, cleanse lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons, and He sent them out with a commission to preach that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. They received this power before they were converted and before they had God's Spirit, which shows that God …
The Failure of Miracles to Produce Righteousness
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsMartin Collins asserts that miracles and signs from God, while certainly generating awe and fear, seldom lead to righteousness, but more likely to continued rebellion. Jesus points out that only an adulterous generation seeks after miracles and signs. No greater period of miracles took place in history than at the time of the …