1) Miracles occurred at key points in biblical history like Creation, Moses, and Jesus to confirm divine messages and revelations. 2) Miracles interrupt natural processes and events through immediate and complete healings or other supernatural occurrences. 3) Signs, wonders, and miracles authenticated Jesus and the apostles' messages, but there are no longer apostles or the "baptism with the Holy Spirit" to transmit miraculous powers today. God's revelation is complete so no further confirmation through miracles is needed.

1. The Purpose and
Duration of Miracles

2. Miracles Followed By Natural
Processes
• At Creation
– Miracles (instantaneous creation)
– The procreation (natural)
– Adam and Eve (miracles)
– Cain, Abel, Seth, etc. (natural)
• At time of Moses
– Begins new era with supernatural or miraculous
confirmations
– Followed by belief in the written Law

3. Miracles Followed By Natural
Processes
• At time of Christ
–Miracles attested the veracity of Jesus
• In the work of His apostles
–Miracles attested and confirmed their
message
–Life would be in the seed planted

4. 
Miracles Worked in
Time of Revelation
• Creation Foundation of Divine Revelation
• Moses’ life Revelation of Old Covenant
• Prophets Revelation through Prophets
• Jesus’ life Revealing the Messiah
• Apostles Revelation of New Covenant
• Miracles were worked in order to:
1) Give evidence of teaching’s divine approval
2) Reveal a message by miraculous action itself

5.  A miracle is not just an awe inspiring natural event. Example:
The eruption of a volcano is not a miracle. Nor is the birth of a
baby a miracle.
 A miracle is a sudden interruption of natural events
 1. The healing of the blind man in John 9
 a. Not a normal occurrence
 b. Immediate results
 c. No recovery time
 2. The healing of the man with a withered hand in
Matthew 12
 a. Not a normal occurrence
 b. Immediate results
 c. No recovery time
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Characteristics of Miracles

6. Signs, Wonders, and
Miracles
 Signs, wonders, and miracles are essential to
the Christian faith.
 They proved that Jesus was sent from God.
(Acts 2:22 NKJV) “… attested by God to you by
miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through
Him in your midst, .…”
 They confirmed the prophet’s messages.
(Heb 2:4 NKJV) God also bearing witness both with
signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of
the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

7.  There were two modes (or means) by
which miraculous abilities were transmitted:
 The laying on of an Apostle’s hands.
 “Baptism with the Holy Spirit” by Jesus.
 There are no Apostles today (none meet the
qualifications—Acts 1:20-23, I Cor. 15:8-9).
 There is no “baptism with the Holy Spirit”
today (Paul says there is “one baptism” in
Eph. 4:5, written AD 62).
Signs, Wonders, and
Miracles

8.  No more miraculous powers are given to men
 Those powers were distributed “through the hands of the
apostles” –Acts 8; 19
 There are no more apostles to distribute those powers
 The “baptism of the Holy Spirit” from Jesus in heaven has
finished the purposes attached
 The Divine Seal on Pentecost for the Jews’ sake –Acts 2
 The Divine Seal in Acts 10 for the Gentiles’ sake
 By AD 62 –”There IS ONE baptism” –Eph.4:4f
 God’s revelation is complete - Jude 3; 1 Cor.13
God Has No More Revelation
to Confirm