Signs and wonders in comparison to the authority of scripture

In relation to the signs and wonders that Jesus did and of the Apostles, I have come across a teaching that states that the Word alone if not equipped with signs and wonders like Jesus portrayed and that of the Apostles then the Word will not be as effective as it could be.

As to not muddy the water, I'll hold my opinion.

Hebrews 4:

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Seems to me the Word can be just as effective as it needs to be without any help...

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The signs and wonders were for the lost - having no faith. If you have faith, you don't need signs and wonders.

And, the Sword transforms the mind, heart, and soul - no signs and wonders are needed.

The teaching is in error.

'And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast
out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”…'

Not all encounters sharing the gospel need a sign or wonder, but when the Holy Spirit is present, esp in big crowds, people can be saved and healed through the Spirit.

That is incorrect. On the other hand signs, wonders, and miracles were necessary to authentic the divine origin of the Gospel (Acts 2, Hebrews 2). At the same time, many prophets in the OT did no miracles but spoke the Word of God with authority. The Word of God itself is a living Word, and therefore it is the Sword of the Spirit. It is the power of God unto salvation when presented as the Gospel.

No. Jesus rebuked people who wanted a sign, and then you read passages like Phillipians 2: 25 -28. Along with others.
This being the end of times, i tend to think about Jesus giving warning about false signs and wonders.

Which does not mean that i dont believe in miracles from God, because i certainly do. Healing especially. I know God heals.

Do you believe we should drink poison?

Many believe these verses were not of original authority as earlier manuscripts did not contain these verses.

Jesus said:
John 14:12, KJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
We don't stop preaching because there are false teachers, nor should we hold back the Holy Spirit presenting signs and wonders, because of false ones.
Why would we drink poison, that's erroneous. But as a couple I recently watched said, when they preach in foreign countries they know they are protected from bad water. Also, the Word confirms that to be so. There are miracle meetings happening where people are jumping out of wheelchairs, healed of cancer and other ailments, in Jesus name. Insane people are being delivered of possession and people are over-joyed in love with Jesus. I wouldn't want to deny the Holy Spirit's blessings.

The word was already established and proven many times with thousands of signs and wonders. Why would anyone need more?
Even Jesus quoted Abraham, who refered to the books of Moses and the prophets when he was begged by the rich man in hell.

Luke 19

"And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

Jesus did rise from the dead and was seen of over 500 at one point and many others that could have been questioned at that time.

I Corinthians 15:1-4
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1. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2. 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4. 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5. 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6. 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."

How many Eye witnesses to an event are necessary in a court of law?

Acts 16:30, 31

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved...."


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No.

No. The sign gifts ceased with the death of the Apostle John.

What are the 'sign gifts' you're referring to?

There is OVERWHELMING evidence that The Last Twelve Verses of Mark are genuine. Kindly get the book by that title from Amazon, written by John William Burgon, and be informed.

At the same time, the sign gifts were for the apostles and their companions who would preach the Gospel and also show their hearers that they had been sent by God. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? (Heb 2:3,4) Even the apostle Paul did many miracles and called them "THE SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE".

When the Lord sent out the seventy disciples and then the twelve, He gave them power to do miracles in order to show people that they had come from God. However the Bible does not focus on the miracles but on the preaching of the Gospel.

The signs and wonders performed by Christ were also for the same reason. To show the Jews that He had been sent by God. Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Acts 2:22). But even the recorded miracles of Christ are only a fraction of what He performed. And then the Gospel of John selected just seven miracles (most of which were not recorded by the Synoptic Gospels) to present the divine power of Christ.

Who today would not want to have seen Christ perform His miracles? Yet many Jews still refused to believe on Him, and His wicked enemies even accused Him of performing miracles by the power of Satan (Beelzebub). That is why when they deceptively asked Him for a "sign" He told them that they only sign they would see was that of the prophet Jonah (IOW Christ's resurrection). And even then they would not believe.

Certainly God has used signs and wonders to validate His message; and genuine signs like we read of in the Bible are quite impressive. What passes for signs and wonders these days only hinders God's message.

I've met people who won't believe the gospel unless they knew it was true with proof. I guess there are tens of thousands of ideologies in the world that say they are true and can't prove it. People are really that confused, they don't know what to believe. Signs, miracles, wonders would definitely add weight to the gospel and that's why they were used in the Bible.

God watches over His word to perform it ... folks are frightened to preach healing and miracles because their preaching is without power.