Jesus said in John 14:12 that we would be able to do great
things:
I tell you
the truth: whoever believes in Me will be able to do what I have done, but they
will do even greater things, because I will return to be with the Father.
What does this really mean? Jesus healed the lame and raised
the dead, yet the only ones that appear to be doing this today are big ministries
that are often proven fraudulent. At the same time I have seen “miracles”
happen from people mysteriously being cured of cancer and at least in my case
being raised from the dead. So I wonder how much of what we have seen are “miracles”
of nature or of God.
With all the questions you have a Wanderlust Productions who
go search out healing ministries who appear authentic. Since they are not on TV
asking for your money to keep up the lavish life healing it seems authentic.
What they have videoed is miraculous and does not appear to be refuted in any
way.
I have talked with “gifted” people who have spiritual gifts
like seeing into the “second heaven” and it seems genuine. I have actually been
accused of not being a believer since I did not have any gifts especially
speaking in tongues. “Igottagetahundai” or “Shouldaboughtahonda” is the most
common mocking of those gifts. It’s difficult to tell which are genuine and
which are there for people to observe your gift since no one can verify what
you are saying. Which opens up a long discussion I will not follow since the
scripture is also clear that there should be someone who can interpret.
It’s a mixed up world right now when it comes to gifts of
the spirit and often the ones people focus on are the ones that people tend not
to understand, like tongues. Honestly, I wonder if the problem isn’t that they
are not there, but rather people do not try to use them out of fear they will
not work. I know I have wanted to “lay hands” on people that I felt led to, but
did not out of fear of failure. The last thing I want to do is make a mockery
of our faith and having God lessened because of me.
So I sit and wonder if I should or should not answer the “call”
to take action? What do you think? Should we be healing and raising the dead or
was this just a message to his disciples to solidify the word of God before
spreading it throughout the nations?