Miracles Are For Unbelievers

Miracles are for unbelievers. How different from this faith which demanded a miracle and therefore was not faith but sight was the acceptance by the samaritans without a miracle who believed for the woman s word and more fully when they heard the word of christ himself. It seems we see signs wonders and miracles all over our bibles. Prophecy however is for believers not for unbelievers. A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign.

Christians believe that jesus worked miracles for two primary reasons. By strange tongues and foreign lips i will speak to this people but even then they will not listen to me says the lord 22 tongues then are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. So where did the wonders go. Signs wonders are for the unbelievers.

1 a supernatural creator exists see lyons and butt 2014 who is capable of working supernatural miracles in accordance with his will and 2 the bible is the inspired word of god see butt and lyons 2015 which testifies to the miracles of christ. It s a question from a college student who writes in to us. 7 responses to signs are for unbelievers milind says. Unbelievers have a vested interest in denying the lord s miracles because to accept them would be to admit his supernatural abilities.

Unbelievers chase after miracles news. May 10 2013 at 7 45 am. I was confused a bit since the reference is about the evil one displaying signs to deceive everyone but the text is about god showing signs to help unbelievers to believe but got it in the end. 1 corinthians 12 28 29 esv 551 helpful votes helpful not helpful and god has appointed in the church first apostles second prophets third teachers then miracles then gifts of healing helping administrating and.

Also the only credible studies on miracles i ve seen are written by believers and are automatically suspect in an unbeliever s eyes. Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers. Pastor john thank you for the wonderful podcast. But for many of us we see an absence of signs wonders and miracles in our lives and in the world around us.

But signs wonders are to follow the believers as a witness of our belief to the unbelievers. The believers believe only the word anyway whether there be signs wonders following or not. Prophecy and tongues 21 it is written in the law. Believers are not to follow multitude like after sign wonders alone.

Miracles were often done in the presence of unbelievers false teachers and even false miracle workers. Fake faith healers often refuse to do miracles if doubters or opponents are present or they excuse their failure on the grounds that the observers lack faith.