Bearing Witness With Signs & Wonders

Bearing Witness With Signs & Wonders

There are two schools of thoughts: one thinks that working out signs and wonders at will has stopped with the original apostles; the other thinks that when signs and wonders are worked through the hands of the preacher, God must be bearing witness to the preacher.

Well, nothing is further from the truth.

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 of His grace, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 to be done by their hands. - Acts 14:3

And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 [them] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬. Amen. - Mark 16:20

Note: The word 'them' is not in the original Greek translation. It was added by the English translator.

It lies with the simple interpretation of the Word. Many who advocate exegesis and inductive approach are actually unknowingly practising eisegesis and deductive without realising it. They put renowned preacher's experiences, own experiences and the world's experiences onto the pedestal, instead of the Word.

God bears witness to His Word, not to the original apostles and neither is it the preacher who works signs and wonders. God upholds His Word because His Word is exalted above His name and there is total integrity in it.

If you are not seeing signs and wonders, perhaps the Word that you share/preach is different from the Bible, so God cannot bear witness/confirm a message that is not from Him.

A Gospel message without signs and wonders is a man-made speech that has no revelation of His love and power. It's a TED-talk that has no kingdom in it.