MIRACLES, SIGNS & WONDERS AND EVANGELISM
GOSPEL ACCOUNTS:
- Matthew 12:38-40
"Then certain of the scribes and of the
Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from
thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be give
to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three
days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of
man, be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
- Matthew 16:1-4
"The Pharisees also with the Sadducees
came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign
from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening,
ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the
morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and
lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky;
but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no
sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he
left them, and departed."
- Matthew 24:3-5
"And as he sat upon the mount of Olives,
the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when
shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming,
and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in
my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
- Matthew 24:24
"For there shall arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
- Matthew 24:30
"And then shall appear the sign of the Son
of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory."
- Mark 8:11-12
"And the Pharisees came forth, and began to
question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting
him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth
this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, There
shall no sign be given unto this generation."
- Mark 9:38-40
"And John answered him, saying, Master, we
saw one casting out demons in thy name, and he followeth not us:
and we forbade him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said,
Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in
my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not
against us is on our part."
- Mark 13:4
"Tell us, when shall these things be? And what
shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And
Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man
deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ; and shall deceive many."
- Mark 13:22-23
"For false Christs and false prophets
shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were possible even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have
foretold you all things."
- Mark 16:17-20 "And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak
with new tongues; The shall take up serpents; and if they drink
any deadly things, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands
on the sick, and they shall recover...And they went forth and
preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming
the word with signs following."
- Luke 2:12 "And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manager."
- Luke 2:34 "And Simeon blessed them, and said unto
Mary his mother,
Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many
in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;"
- Luke 11:16 "And others, tempting him, sought of him a
sign from heaven."
- Luke 11:29-30 "And when the people were gathered
thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation:
they seek a sign; and there shall no sigh be given it, but the
sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the
Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation."
- Luke 21:7-8 "And they asked him, saying, Master, but
when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when
these things shall come to pass? And he said, Take heed that ye
be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after
them."
- Luke 21:11 "And great earthquakes shall be in divers
places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and
great signs shall there be from heaven."
- Luke 21:25 "And there shall be signs in the sun, and
in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity; the sea and waves roaring; Men's
hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be
shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud
with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come
to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh."
- Luke 23:8 "And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding
glad: foe he was desirous to see him of a long season, because
he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some
miracle done by him."
- John 2:11 "This beginning of miracles(turned water
into wine)did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his
glory; and his disciples believed on him."
- John 2:18-22 "Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What
sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple and in
three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six
years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in
three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When
therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he had said this unto them; and they believed the
scripture, and the word which Jesus had said."
- John 2:23 "Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover,
in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the
miracles which he did."
- John 3:2 "The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto
him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for
no man can do these miracles thou doest, except God be with
him."
- John 4:48 "Then said Jesus unto him(Certain nobleman who
son was sick), Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not
believe."
- John 4:54 "This is again the second miracle(Nobleman's
son at the point of death)that Jesus did, when he was come out
of Judea into Galilee."
- John 6:2 "And a great multitude followed him, because
they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased."
- John 6:14 "Then those men, when they had seen the
miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet
that should come into the world."
- John 6:26 "Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Ye seek me not because ye saw the miracles, but
because ye did eat of the loaves and were filled."
- John 6:30 "They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest
thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost thou
work?"
- John 7:31 "And many of the people believed on him, and
said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these
which this man had done?"
- John 9:16 "Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This
man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day.
Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?
And there was a division among them."
- John 10:41-42 "And many resorted unto him(Jesus), and
said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of
this man were true. And many believed on him there."
- John 11:47-48 "Then gathered the chief priests and
the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? For this man
doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will
believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our
place and nation."
- John 12:17-19 "The people therefore that was with him
when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the
dead, bare record. For this cause the people also met him, for
that they heard that he had done this miracle. The Pharisees
therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail
nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him."
- John 12:37-41 "But though he had done so many
miracles before them, yet thy believed not on him:that the
saying of Esias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake,
Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of
the Lord bee revealed? Therefore thy could not believe, because
that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened
their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, not
understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal
them. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake
of him."
- John 20:30 "And many other signs truly did Jesus in
the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this
book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the son of God; and that believing ye might have
life through his name."
ACTS ACCOUNTS:
- Acts 2:19-20
"And I will shew wonders in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of
smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved."
- Acts 2:22
"Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and
wonders an signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as
ye yourselves also know:?"
- Acts 2:43
"And fear came upon every soul: and many
wonders and signs were done by the apostles."
- Acts 4:14-16, 22
"And beholding the man which was healed
standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when
they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do to these
men? For that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is
manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny
it...For the man was above forth years old, on whom this miracle
of healing was shewed."
- Acts 4:29-30
"And now, Lord, behold their threatenings:
and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may
speak thy word, by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy servant
Jesus."
- Acts 5:12
"And by the hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among the people..."
- Acts 6:8
"And Stephen, full of faith and power, did
great wonders and miracles among the people."
- Acts 8:6
"And the people with one accord gave heed unto
those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did."
- Acts 7:36
"He brought them out, after that he had shewed
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and
in the wilderness forty years."
- Acts 8:13 "Then Simon himself believed also: and when
he was baptized he continued with Philip, and wondered,
beholding the miracles and signs which were done."
- Acts 14:3 "Long time therefore abode they speaking
boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his
grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands."
- Acts 15:12 "Then all the multitude kept silence, and
gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and
wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them."
- Acts 19:11-12 "And God wrought special miracles by
the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the
sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from
them, and the evil spirits went out of them."
- Acts 23:8 "And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding
glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because
he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some
miracle done by him."
EPISTLE ACCOUNTS:
- Romans 15:19
"Through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round
about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of
Christ."
- I Corinthians 1:22
"For the Jews require a sign, and the
Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified..."
- I Corinthians 12:7-10
"But the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal, for to one is given by the
Spirit, the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by
the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another
the gifts of healings by the same Spirit; to another the working
of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another
interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and
the selfsame Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will."
- I Corinthians 12:28-30
"And God hath set some in the
church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers,
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments,
diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are
all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of
healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?"
- I Corinthians 14:22
"Wherefore tongues are for a sign,
not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but
prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them
which believe."
- II Corinthians 12:12
"Truly the signs of an apostle were
wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and
might deeds."
- Galatians 3:5
"He therefore that ministereth to you the
Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works
of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
- II Thessalonians 2:9-12
"Even him, whose coming is after
the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying
wonders. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the love of the truth
that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all
might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness."
- Hebrews 2:4
"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."
REVALATION ACCOUNTS:
- Revelation 12:1-6
"And there appeared a great wonder in
heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her
feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being
with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be
delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of
the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered,
for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought
forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of
iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two
hundred and three-score days."
- Revelation 13:13-14
"And he(beast)doeth great wonders,
so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the
sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of
the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live."
- Revelation 15:1
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great
and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for
in them is filled up the wrath of God."
- Revelation 16:14
"For they are the spirits of demons,
working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and
of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great
day of God Almighty."
- Revelation 19:20
"And the beast was taken, and with him
the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which
he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and
them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a
lake of fire burning with brimstone."
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