Signs and Wonders II

Signs and Wonders II

In my last Post we acknowledge that there is such a thing as false Prophets and false Christ's who will perform signs and wonders. So with that comes the question, How can we tell which "miracles, signs, and wonders" are of God?
You can tell what signs are from God and what signs are not from God.

Here is How:
Test #1 Who gets the Glory.
Is God getting the Glory or is it the man. Is the man directing the glory to God? If he is not then he is a False Prophet. Anyone who glorifies himself should be shunned no matter how extraordinary the signs that follow him.

Test #2 The sign stands the test of external verification.
"Go, show yourselves to the priests" (Luke 17:14)
When a miracle or Healing appears to have occurred we should welcome impartial verification.

Test #3. It builds up the church.
"In the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles" (1 Cor. 12:28).
Apostles, Prophets, and Teachers are God-given for the functioning of the church, so are workers of miracles. Both teaching and miracles, word and deed, occurring in unity are to be part of the church and it's outreach.
Acts 8:5-7
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
6 And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
Signs and wonders should work in conjunction with our proclamation of the Gospel to the building up of the Church.

Test #4 From a righteous source.
When Jesus was speaking of false prophets He said, "By their fruit you will recognize them" (Matt. 7:15-16). Is the person laying on hands above reproach?

Don't be deceived by accepting all signs and wonders, some will be false done by False Prophets and False Christ.
Also be assured that Jesus is still Alive in His disciples today just like He was in the Book of Acts and He is still performing miracles and signs and wonders because He is a miracle working God.
God is Awesome.

One last word on False Prophets
Deuteronomy 13
1 "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 "and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods' -which you have not known-'and let us serve them,'
3 "you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 "You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
5 "But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.