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Though God has not promised to act in the same miraculous manner today as He did in the days of old, we can expect Him to move in our behalf. \

Nor has God promised not to act in the same miraculous manner today as He did in the days of old, nor that we cannot expect Him to move in our behalf in such a manner.

For God is sovereign, and can choose to give more grace to some and in some times than others, but with more grace comes more accountability. God could have brought Sodom to repentance if He had shown them the degree of unwarranted grace He showed others which came to repentance, or who did not, as proud prosperous (much as the USA) maritime Capernaum (which is, by interpretation, "the village of comfort"):

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. (Matthew 11:23)

For as

unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required, (Luke 12:48) then the Lord said,

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (Matthew 23:14)

And even more accountable are those who were given even more grace (as me),

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Hebrews 10:29-30)

And there are periods when more grace is poured out, even in an ad hoc manner:

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. (Luke 5:17)

Plenty of adversaries such as John Newtons died in their sins without seeing the extraordinary long suffering and grace given to him, but which does not at all render their damnation unjust. For we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. (Romans 2:2)

In which souls are damned because of the sins which they were accountable for, having rejected the degree of light given them. (Jn. 3:19-21; Rm. 1:19-21ff; cf. 2:14) And by rejecting that light then they have in essence rejected the Light, Jesus Christ, the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:9)

Yet God also blesses obedience,

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (2 Chronicles 16:9)

And promised,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. (John 14:12)

The church did not begin and spread merely because it had better arguments, but by Scriptural substantiation in word and in power. And it is only insomuch as it thereby manifests that can it claim to be that of the living God, which has not said to place the book of Acts in a museum, or that He would take a sabbatical from doing as He ever could. But i think the problem lies with me, and with us, who too much draw back from the price of real revival.