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To: trebb
Show me someone who purports to do miracles today and I’ll show you one of Satan’s helpers.

Are you saying, then, that all physical healings believed (by a few or many) to be miraculous are in fact Satanic? Or a situation such as Pastor Richard Wurmbrand's "Sermons in Solitary Confinement" being heard, contemporaneously, by a Christian in Canada ... that was Satanic?

Perhaps I totally misunderstand you.

219 posted on 04/27/2008 12:46:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Como estrella en claro cielo, de fulgente resplandor, escogida fue Maria por designo del Senor.)
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To: Tax-chick
Not at all am I implying that all healings/miracle of current times are Satanic. I am saying that those who purport to be miracle-workers are likely to be part of Satan's grand scheme of deception. hose of God, who may play a role in an actual miracle will not claim to be the source - they will give all credit to God. I say this because so many try to act as if they are the ones doing the works. For example; a friend of mine says his wife is attending a church where the female pastor claims to have the power to heal her parishioners. She also "speaks in tongues" which of course comes out as pure gibberish which nobody can understand. He said he asked her why she says folks should believe her as the Bible had folks speaking in tongues which were understandable to those of many languages. She told him that she is just on a higher spiritual plane than everyone that can't understand what she claims to be "tongues". I consider her to be a willful aid to Satan because what she says implies she is the one who can do these things and that anyone who doesn't understand or believe is just not as in touch with God as she is.

In the Bible, God says there will be many false prophets whose main goal is to divert people from the true Word. The Bible is meant to be enough to convince people of the Truth, but it was co opted by the "religious" in the early years because many folks couldn't read, and even if they could, they couldn't get their hands on a Bible. Finally, Gutenberg came a long and his first work was to put the Bible in print. There is no need to get confusing about it to be able to be saved, as many would have their "flocks" believe. The Bible speaks pretty clearly to those who will read it and take the time to study what it says, and to also try to do enough study to understand the original audiences so things stay in context. It's really an amazing book if one takes the time to look into how it came into being. I personally believe it is God's Word as He intended for us to have it made available to us and that there are no contradictions that haven't arisen out of misinterpretations, either intended or unintended to led people astray.

Have a good day.

322 posted on 04/27/2008 3:13:08 PM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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