Any group proclaiming ‘miraculous signs and wonders’ should be avoided as Jesus clearly warned about these 'counterfeits'.....Additionally signs and wonders are limited to the age of the apostles. This doesn't mean miracles don't happen. It just means they are not the typical or normal way ministry is to be done. The healing ministry of Jesus and the apostles was unique. Signs and wonders were not done by Christians in general, but were the signs of the apostles. Likely this is why they've hitched up to the Apostle/Prophet idea to give credibility to what they claim. Counterfeiters always mask the reality of who they really are.
[[The healing ministry of Jesus and the apostles was unique.]]
Absolutely they were-
I believe TRUE supernatural spectacular miracles do not happen today (Not that they couldn’t through God- but God I believe has chosen not to work this way in the church age for His purposes)- (Yes, some people appear to ‘come back from the dead’ but this could be due to natural means, ie, there was just enough life left in them- even though they were clinically declared dead- doctors do make mistakes, and these things can be written down to natural occurrences- is it possible they are true miracles? Yes, but it’s also possible they are natural happenings- True miracles were not possible naturally) but I’m talking about true spectacular miracles that can’t be written down to natural events- like 3 day dead folks rising from grave- Jesus restoring the ear that peter cut off- walking on water- commanding the weather- Caused water to turn into wine- Told people things they were keeping secret from others- (read their hearts) - Multiplied 5 loaves of bread and 5 fish to feed the masses- etc- these are all indisputably supernatural events that could not happen naturally. It’s true that Jesus and apostles did miracles that could perhaps be construed as naturally possible, but they also did miracles that could not have happened naturally as well- today’s ‘healers’ who claim they have the power of the Spirit to do miracles can’t claim that- I’ve heard of no account of a healer restoring a severed ear or limb for that matter- Nor of anyone walking on water or commanding the weather- nor turning water into wine-
I believe God still does spectacular healing- but for His own reasons, He does not work through people these days to do truly supernatural miracles That can’t be explained any other way than being truly supernatural-
I know people claim things like “The congregation prayed for me and my cancer was healed- however, people’s cancers go into remission all the time- naturally- and God does heal through natural means all the time in response to prayer- but for true miracles, these are not done through people claiming to be apostles or prophets today