(back then)...they saw healings and people raised from the dead. Jesus Himself said that believers would even do greater things than what He did.
Well, He raised some from the dead, did He not?
So, the question is, does "do greater things" mean the type of thing or the quantity of things?
Physical things, or spiritual things?
I don't think even the most heretical lunatic from TBN will say they raise people from the dead.
So Christ had to be speaking of QUANTITY of things.
Si?
And since NO ONE can stand at the entrance to an ER and heal those that pass by on gurney's. Or, of course, they would be doing just that, would they not?
So, He was speaking of the QUANTITY of SPIRITUAL things.
Si?
If I preach Christ and Him crucified to a man and that man gets convicted, repentant, and saved.
What has happened to that man?
He has been
1. Brought back from spiritual death
He has been healed of spiritual,
2. blindness - he now sees the truth
3. deafness - he now hears the truth
4. lameness - he can now walk with God
5. dumbness (as in mute) - he can now speak to man about God
ALL the maladies that Christ healed with miracles (to prove His veracity) is done unto one man that gets saved.
Greater quantity indeed
Si?
Those that practice a form of 'christianity' without the indwelling Holy Spirit, will watch a man (Benny Hinn comes to mind) onstage (also without the Holy Spirit) PRETEND to do the miracles that Christ did. And throw money at him for his efforts.
Never understanding one bit of what Christ really meant. Or WHY He did miracles. They just want to be entertained!
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Bro. Dan: The curse continues...was just informed by AT&T that our internet service will change from DSL to U-Verse. We pay nothing for the upgrade or equipment, and for one year the cost will be 2/3 of what we pay now. After a year, we'll pay what we pay now.
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Standing Firm in Christ: Sounds like the kind of curse we all can endure.... Unless the piano is out of tune.
Jul 29, 2014 7:51:32 GMT -6
Standing Firm in Christ: Sounds like cursings we all can endure.
Jul 29, 2014 7:49:47 GMT -6
Bro. Dan: The curses keep coming! Our daughter's piano teacher just offered to let her take 45 minute lessons instead of her usual 30 minute lessons...for the same price we're paying for 30 minute lessons.
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Standing Firm in Christ: Trust me... It's the tithe pushers that are lying.
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Bro. Dan: ...but then again, instead of waiting on the curse, I should ALREADY be cursed with a curse (according to tithe-pushing pastors and their interpretation of Malachi 3:9)...but I'm not. Hmmm...so either God has lied, or the tithe-pushers are lying.
Jul 25, 2014 12:37:19 GMT -6
Bro. Dan: Thanks SFIC! Well, I haven't tithed in years, and I'm still waiting on "the curse" to come. I would share that I just got a raise at work, but I'm afraid Mike Murdock would ask for it.
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Bro. Dan: Hi folks! Long time, no shout.
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. -- Acts 17:11