Since he himself said they would (John 14:12)? The context is clearly referring to miracles.
2007-01-06 19:37:35 · 8 answers · asked by Medusa 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why don't verifiable miracles happen today? What better way is there to
convince people of the Christian message, and isn't that the commission given
to the church by Jesus?
2007-01-06 19:39:20 · update #1
Jesus didn't say that you had to be "good" to do miracles....he said you only needed as much faith as a mustard seed..........geez read your own book would ya?!?
2007-01-06 19:44:25 · update #2
Hey jesus never made a sports stadium with a RETRACTING ROOF!!!
2007-01-06 19:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are. As you said the context was miracles, and what the Bible teaches is that the healing of the body is much inferior to the healing of the soul. Heal the body only last for time but salvation of the soul is eternal. The work of the church is to preach the gospel and bring eternal salvation to the lost. That is much much geater than Jesus healing of lame people, or giving sight to the blind, or even raising from the dead.
2007-01-07 03:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What jesus meant in that verse was greater in number not quality. Jesus raised the dead. There's no greater work than that, so he couldn't have been talking about greater works in quality. But when Christ died and the church began and down through the ages you have had billions of christians, many of them doing many good works, you could say that the church has done many times more work than Christ did Himself.
2007-01-07 03:46:52 · answer #3 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that Christian stuff, but miracles happen everyday of the year and the world hides them.
2007-01-07 03:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apostles were the object of his words at the time, and they did exactly what you describe.
I don't know where you've been looking, but I still see miracles being performed today.
2007-01-07 09:14:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WELL THIER WAS A PERSON NAME SMITH WIGGLESWORTH, THAT LIVED BACK IN THE 1800'S.YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND A BOOK ABOUT HIM AT THE BOOKSTORE . HE WOULD HEAL PEOPLE AND RAISE PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD. SOME PEOPLE TODAY CAN DO STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR ABOUT IT. WELL GOD COULD EVEN USE YOU, IF YOU ARE A WILLING VESSEL. EITHER YOU OUR FOR GOD OR AGIANST HIM.
2007-01-07 05:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by mizzpretti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because jesus was a geat man
we can only get inspiration from him
cause now-a-days people can't be as good as jesus because everywhere is happening bad and we all are fallen in that bad community
2007-01-07 03:40:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause were all a bunch of back sliders, his word says IF you do all that is written, and nobody is!
2007-01-07 03:39:28 · answer #8 · answered by bungyow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋