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Miracles #2
Contributed by James Phillips on Jun 22, 2003 (message contributor)
Summary: Miracles can be done my others, but we will know they are not from God.
MIRACLES #2
I. Alleged miracles performed by magicians
EXODUS 7:10 12
10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh,, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
12 For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
7 The magicians did the same with their secret arts,, making frogs come up on the land of
Egypt.
II. Performed by other impostors
22 "Many will say to Me on that day, "Lord, Lord,, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
III. Performed through the powers of evil
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs,, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
IV. Performed in support of false religions
1 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’
V. Performed by false messiahs
24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
25 "Behold, I have told you in advance.
26 "So if they say to you, "Behold, He is in the wilderness,’do not go out, or,"Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.
27 "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
VI. Performed by false prophets
REVELATION 19:20 21 20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which bums with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
VII. Simon the Sorcerer (Magus)
ACTS 8:9 11
9 Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;
10 and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God."
11 And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts.
VIII Not to be regarded
3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 "You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
5 "But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
IX Deceive the ungodly
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.
