WHY
DON'T HEALING SERVICES CURE ME?
Once again, there
are too many scriptures with the word "healing" or
"miracle" in it, so the following is a summary study. If interested in more, look up all the
scriptures in a concordance.
Exodus 20:22; 21:1 - Who introduced the era of Old Testament Law?
_________________
Exodus
7-10; 14:21 - Give some examples
of his miracles to prove he was from God. ญญญญญญญญ_____________ _________________________
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Deuteronomy
34:9 - On whom did Moses
transfer his miraculous powers? ______________ ________________________________
Joshua
never passed miraculous powers on to anyone else.
1 Kings 17:1 - Who introduced the era of prophets? __________
1
Kings 17:12-15; 18-22; 18:34-38
- Give some examples of his miracles to prove he was from God. _____
_________________________________________________
2
Kings 2:9-11 - On whom did
Elijah transfer his miraculous powers? ____________________________
Elisha
never passed miraculous powers on to anyone else.
Acts 1:4, 8, 2:38;
41-43 - Who introduced the era
of Christianity? _______________________________
Acts 3:6-8; 9:40; 20:9-10 - Give some examples of their miracles to prove
they were from God. _______________
_________________________________________________
Acts
6:5-6; 8; 8:6 - On whom did the
apostles transfer their miraculous powers? ___________________________
Romans 1:1,11 - What title did Paul hold? _________________ Why did he want to visit the church in Rome?________________
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If they could just
pray for those gifts, why would his long trip be necessary?
1 Corinthians
1:6-7 - To whom did Paul impart
spiritual gifts?
____________________________________.
1 Corinthians
11:17 - Did having these
spiritual gifts necessarily make them better or superior Christians?
____________
2 Corinthians
12:12 - What were the signs that
marked an apostle? __________________________________
Below is a
verse-by-verse look at Acts 2:16-21, a quotation of Joel 2:28-32).
Acts 2:16-17a - "This is what was spoken by the prophet
Joel: 'In the LAST DAYS, God says I
will pour out my Spirit on ALL people....'" I Peter 1:19-20 says the latter days began when?
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Acts 2:17b - "....Your sons and daughters will
PROPHESY...."
Luke
1:5, 67 - What descendant (son)
of Aaron prophesied about Jesus?
______________________
Luke 2:25-35 - What other "son" of the Israelites prophesied about
Jesus? _____________________
Luke
1:5, 41-45 - What descendant
(daughter) of Aaron prophesied about Jesus?
____________________
Luke
2:36-38 - What other
"daughter" of the Israelites prophesied about Jesus? ____________________
Acts 2:17c - "....Your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams. Even on
my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and
they will prophesy...."
Matthew
1:20-23 - What young man dreamed
a dream? ______________________ [Don't be fooled by that old tradition
that he was an old man. He was still
alive when Jesus preached (notice present tense in John 6:42).]
Matthew
2:1, 12 - What old men dreamed a
dream? _____
Luke
1:11f, 22 - What old man saw a
vision? _________
Luke 2:25-35 - What other "son" of the Israelites prophesied about
Jesus? _____________________
Luke
1:5, 41-45 - What descendant
(daughter) of Aaron prophesied about Jesus?
____________________
Luke
2:36-38 - What other
"daughter" of the Israelites prophesied about Jesus? ____________________
Acts 2:17c - "....Your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams. Even on
my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and
they will prophesy...."
Matthew
1:20-23 - What young man dreamed
a dream? ______________________ [Don't be fooled by that old tradition
that he was an old man. He was still
alive when Jesus preached (notice present tense in John 6:42).]
Matthew
2:1, 12 - What old men dreamed a
dream? _____
Luke
1:11f, 22 - What old man saw a
vision? _________
Acts 1:9 - _______________________________________
Acts
2:2 -
_______________________________________
Acts 2:19b - "....and SIGNS on the earth
below...."
Below,
list the signs on earth that occurred:
Luke
2:12 -
_____________________________________
Matthew
12:39-40 -
______________________________
Luke
2:34 -
_____________________________________
John
4:48 -
_____________________________________
John
2:18-28 -
__________________________________
John
20:30f - Who performed many
miraculous signs and why? ______________________________
Acts
2:22 - How did God give
accreditation to Jesus among the people on earth? ___________________
Acts 2:19c - "....BLOOD and FIRE and BILLOWS of
smoke...."
Acts 2:23 - Whose blood were the prophet and Peter referring to?
_____________________________________
Acts
2:3 - What fire were the prophet
and Peter referring to? _____________________________________________
Acts
2:2 - What billows of smoke were
the prophet and Peter referring to?
________________________________
This phrase,
"billows of smoke" could also be translated "breath of God's
glory." "Breath" is also
translated "wind."
Exodus
19:9 - Who came in a cloud to
Mt. Sinai? _____
2
Chronicles 7:1-3 - What of the
Lord filled the Temple in the cloud? _____________________
Acts 2:20a - "....The sun will be turned to
DARKNESS...."
Luke
23:44f - On what recent occasion
had the sun turned dark? _________________________
Acts 2:20b - "....and the moon to BLOOD before the
coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord...."
Luke
23:44f - Whose blood had been
spilled recently while it was dark and the moon could be seen? _________
Acts 2:21 - "....And everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved."
Hebrews
10:11 - In the Old Testament
era, did animal sacrifices save them?
_____________
Hebrews
10:10 - Who had to be sacrificed
so we could be saved by him? _____________ Acts 2:1, 38 - When did this
privilege begin? _________
Acts
22:16 - What act is included in
"calling on his name"? _______________________
2 Thessalonians
2:8-10 - Those representing
Satan perform what kinds of miracles, signs and wonders? ______________________ Will it deceive God's people? _____________
Matthew 7:22-24 - Jesus said on the Day of Judgment, many will
declare they prophesied in his name, drove out ________________, and performed
many _______________, but Jesus will tell them, "I _________________ knew
you. Away from me, you ___________________." Jesus wants us to put what into
practice?
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Hebrews 2:4 - By the time Hebrews was written, most of the
New Testament had been written down. In
this passage, is distribution of signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts
of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the present or past tense? _________________
Miracles In First Century
Quote from Eusebius'
Ecclesiastical History, Chapter. VII
"These accounts
are given by Irenaeus in those five books of his, to which he gave the title of
'Refutation and Overthrow of False Doctrine.'
In the second book of the same work, he also shows that EVEN DOWN TO HIS
TIMES [he lived 130-200 AD] instances of divine and MIRACULOUS power were
REMAINING IN SOME CHURCHES.
So
far are they from raising the dead, as the Lord raised, and as the apostles by
means of prayer, for even among the brethren frequently in a case of necessity
when a whole church united in much fasting and prayer, the spirit has returned
to the ex-animated body, and the man was granted to the prayers of the
saints....
Some,
indeed, most certainly and truly cast out demons, so that frequently those
persons themselves that were cleansed from wicked spirits believed and were
received into the church.....
Others
have the knowledge of things to come, as also visions and prophetic
communications; others heal the sick by the imposition of hands, and restore
them to health. And, moreover, as we said
above, even the dead have been raised and continued with us many years....
As
we hear, many of the brethren in the church who have prophetic gifts, and who
speak in all tongues through the spirit, and who also bring to light the secret
things of men for their benefit, and who expound the mysteries of God."
These gifts of
different kinds also continued with those that were worthy until the times
mentioned."