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\u201cTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of <\/em>wisdom<\/em><\/a>, and to another the utterance of <\/em>knowledge<\/em><\/a> according to the same Spirit, to another <\/em>faith<\/em><\/a> by the same Spirit, to another gifts of <\/em>healing<\/em><\/a> by the one Spirit, to another the working of <\/em>miracles<\/em><\/a>, to another <\/em>prophecy<\/em><\/a>, to another the ability to <\/em>distinguish between spirits<\/em><\/a>, to another <\/em>various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues<\/em><\/a>. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.\u201d<\/em> 1 Corinthians 12:7-11<\/a><\/div>\n
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So far in my series on 1 Corinthians 12, I\u2019ve got as far as \u201cGifts of healing<\/a>\u201c. It is interesting that next in the list is \u201cmiracles,\u201d and it surely is the clearest proof that this is an overlapping rather than mutually exclusive list. Whilst it does raise the possibility of non-miraculous healings being works of the Spirit, surely a demonstrable clear healing that confounds the medics would also be called a miracle. I can think of a handful of examples of healings which are not of the \u201cmy headache went away\u201d kind.\n

Just the other day I was reminiscing about an old example that I remember personally witnessing- it happened many years ago when I was a teenager. I was chatting with one of the leaders in the meeting, and he remembered things just as I did and, confirmed that this had confounded doctors and they had heard back from the boy after the meeting. <\/p><\/div>\n

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I will never forget watching as a boy came to the front of one of the teens meeting of Downs Bible Week wearing a significantly raised shoe on one foot. The platformed extension on the sole of his foot was obvious, and thanks to this he was able to walk normally despite the obvious fact that one leg was shorter than the other. We all prayed. We all then watched dumfounded as the shorter leg visibly grew to match the longer. Let\u2019s just say the most memorable part of this miracle was watching the boy hobble back to his seat as he was still wearing his platformed shoe that he now very obviously didn\u2019t need.\n

I wish I could say such events were commonplace, but they are not. You may well say, \u201cI never saw such a thing. To which I would say, Martin Luther had never seen a church congregation that preached justification by faith alone, and yet God clearly called him to summon forth thousands upon thousands of such congregations. Ironically, it is often the cessationist that makes arguments from experience or rather from the LACK of experience. I have yet to see a single argument from the bible that supports the notion that God has changed and can no longer act miraculously. For those of us who refuse to put limits on God, we can say things like, \u201cIf I never see a genuine miracle in my life, I still believe that the Bible leaves it open for God to perform them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually, I fear that a theology that leaves no room for miracles makes God into an absentee watchmaker who is watching His universe tick away to His rules. I believe God intervenes in all kinds of large and small ways like miraculous calm in the channel on the day of Dunkirk, or on a smaller scale, miraculous financial provision received just at the right time. I suspect that, in fact, minor miracles are there to be seen all around us if we only open our eyes and look they are the answers to our prayers!<\/p><\/div>\n

BLOGGING THE GIFTS SERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Blogging the Gifts \u2013 Healing, Part Two<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts \u2013 Healing, Part One<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts \u2013 The Word of Knowledge<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts \u2013 The Word of Wisdom<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts \u2013 Sermons to Keep You Going<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts \u2013 More on the Holy Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Piper on Using Charismatic Gifts Today<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Sola Scriptura and the Gifts<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts-Interlude on Receiving Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging on the Gifts <\/span><\/a><\/a>1 Cor 12<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>From a Reader on Gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts <\/span><\/a><\/a>1 Cor 12:1-3<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Blogging the Gifts <\/span><\/a><\/a>1 Cor 12:1<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

ON BEING A REFORMED CHARISMATIC <\/strong><\/p>\n

2000 Posts and a Big Thank You to The Doctor<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Lloyd-Jones: Vital Place of Joy in the Holy Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>More Lloyd-Jones on the Baptism of the Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Lloyd-Jones on Baptism with the Holy Spirit<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Apostles are Meant for Today<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>Has the Holy Spirit Rushed on You?<\/span><\/a>
<\/span>It\u2019s All About You Jesus-Calvinism and Worship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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