“Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it” - Mark 16:20.
Signs and wonders follow the preaching of the WORD. They are always GOD'S SIGNS, not ours.
Colonel Sanders retired after he sold his KFC business to a large corporation. Many years later, the corporation invited Sanders to be their traveling ambassador. Sanders was served a plate of KFC when he visited one of the KFC outlets. Tasting the food, he became visibly upset and angry saying “this is not my recipe”.
Paul founded the early church. The early church was very powerful in transforming lives through healing, deliverance and the impartation of spiritual gifts. If Paul is to walk into a powerless church today, he will be very upset because this was not the church he founded.
Saul was a very learned man, having been trained under Gamaliel, a great teacher of the Law. On the way to Damascus, the light from heaven flashed around him and transformed him to, Paul, an apostle of God. The light (fire) turned him into a ‘Flame of Fire’ as Hebrews 1:7 says that “God makes His ministers flame of fire” that even a girl possessed by a fortune-telling demonic spirit could see the light (Acts 16:16-17).
He zealously proclaimed the gospel of Christ with a powerful demonstration of ‘signs & wonders’ under the power of the Holy Spirit.
He wrote:-
Romans 15:18-19, “I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:17, “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel–not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.”
1 Corinthians 2:4-5, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.”
1 Corinthians 4:20, “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.”
Any Christian who does not believe in signs, wonders, and miracles in his ministry is walking short of the mark of Sonship, to live a victorious life. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians are no threat to the power of darkness.
A man of God wrote: “True Christianity is not just a matter of words; it is a demonstration of God's love and power to save, heal and deliver. Jesus did not just talk about God's power to heal and save, He demonstrated it.”
Another wrote:- “All the works of the Holy Spirit are done through man’s spirit while the works of the enemy are all done through man’s soul and sinful flesh.”
We give all glory to God!
Paul K P Ang
Arsenal of Fire Global
June 11, 2019
神迹奇事跟随着所传讲的道。它们一直都是上帝的标志，而不是我们的标志。
桑德斯上校退休后将他的肯德基生意卖给了一个大企业。许多年后，该企业邀请桑德斯成为他们的旅游大使。当桑德斯到其中一家肯德基专卖店时，他品尝了食物之后，明显感到沮丧和愤怒，说到“这不是我的食谱”。
保罗创立了早期的教会。早期的教会满有能力的通过医治，释放和传授属灵恩赐来改变生命。如果保罗今天走进一个没有能力的教会，他会非常沮丧，因为这不是他所建立的教会。
扫罗是一个非常有学问的人，受过伟大的教法师迦玛列的训练。在去大马士革的路上，天上发光，四面照着他，把他转变为保罗，成为上帝的使徒。正如希伯来书一章7节所说的那样，“上帝以火焰为仆役”。那光（火）把他变成了‘火焰’，即使是一个被巫鬼所附的女孩也可以看到那光（使徒行传十六章16至17节）。
他满有热忱地宣扬基督的福音，在圣灵的大能下大有能力地展示了‘神迹奇事’。
保罗写到：-
罗马书十五章18至19节，“除了基督借我做的那些事，我什么都不敢提，只提他借我言语作为，用神迹奇事的能力，并圣灵的能力，使外邦人顺服，甚至我从耶路撒冷直转到以利哩古，到处传了基督的福音。”
哥林多前书一章17节，“基督差遣我原不是为施洗，乃是为传福音；并不用智慧的言语，免得基督的十字架落了空。”
哥林多前书二章4至5节，“我说的话、讲的道，不是用智慧委婉的言语，乃是用圣灵和大能的明证，叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能。”
哥林多前书四章20节，“因为神的国不在乎言语，乃在乎权能。”
任何在他的事工中不相信异能、奇事和神迹的基督徒，都没有达到儿子的记号，过着得胜的生活。没有圣灵的能力，基督徒对黑暗的权势是没有任何威胁的。
一位上帝的仆人写道：“真正的基督教不只是用言语；它表明了上帝的爱，拯救，医治和释放的大能。耶稣不只是说上帝医治和拯救的大能，祂把它们示范出来。”
另一位写道：“圣灵的一切工作都是通过人的灵完成的，而仇敌的工作都是通过人的魂和罪恶的肉体来完成的。”
https://arsenaloffire.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-powerless-church-has-little-for-devil.html
我们将所有的荣耀归给上帝！
洪光炳 Paul K P Ang
环球烈火军火库事工
www.aofglobal.com
https://arsenaloffire.blogspot.com
2019年6月11日
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