I read something extremely interesting the other day and I would like to share it. It goes along with the scripture Exodus 32:1-33:6. I have struggled with this contemporary approach and this pretty much sums up why.
"There are people who think they could believe in God, believe in God more strongly, or continue to believe in God if only He would do a miracle for them. There is even a contemporary approach to evangelism known popularly as the "signs and wonders movement" that teaches that the way to get people's attention and win them to Christ is by a miraculous display of God's power in healing diseases and driving out demons. Although God can and sometimes does do miracles, that is not the way people come to faith. What is needed in salvation is not external displays of power, but that inner change known as rebirth or regeneration, which happens as the Word of God is taught in the power of the Spirit of God. The Spirit and the Word work together."
Inner change, not external displays of power. Amen!
Monday, February 2, 2009
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