God works miracles through his children
PREACHED ON APRIL 11th 2021
PASTOR ANTONIO RUSSO
GOD WORKS MIRACLES THROUGH HIS CHILDREN
God has chosen to work miracles with our collaboration.
What is a miracle?
A supernatural intervention, which cannot be explained by the rational human mind, is a divine intervention.
Where there are impossibilities, God makes everything possible, the extraordinary thing and that God wants to do it with us and through us.
Operating is a process of fulfilling things, God has decided to work miracles, but he has decided to use each of us to do it.
All those who have received the "Diunamis" of Holy Spirit
"Diunamis" is a supernatural power that has allowed people to perform miracles.
Acts 1: 8
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea, in Samaria and to the extremity of the earth".
When the Holy Spirit came, the power of God was given.
When you receive the Holy Spirit it is only the beginning of what God wants to do in our lives and through our lives.
The more you begin to move in the power of the Holy Spirit, in miracles, the more the power of God is manifested in your life.
Activate your faith and you will see the power of Christ manifested.
What do you need to do to be credible?
Manifest the supernatural through our life.
The church is not natural, it is supernatural.
The Holy Spirit who dwells in us has empowered us to be a witness to the supernatural power of God.
The devil would like to scare you, but he is a liar and we need to start abiding in his Word.
The resurrection is the continuation of the life of Christ through each one.
Jesus did not remain in the tomb, he is risen and lives through everyone, performs miracles through everyone, destroys the works of the devil through everyone. The power of miracles works through everyone's faith.
There are 9 supernatural gifts of the spirit.
The gifts were not given to people to keep them, they were given for a purpose, to be used.
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
We must not ignore what is in the world of the Spirit.
We need to use our gifts, we don't have to bury them but we have to use them, because it is up to us to know Him as He works.
God works through each of us, collaborating with each one of us.
Everyone's responsibility is to understand how He works.
God gives you the input and lets you know his will.
You have to activate faith, and to act by faith.
We must believe and obey him and put faith into action.
2 Greek words for miracles:
1) Senion (Signs)
what is the sign? The sign awakens and appeals to our intelligence.
It is a sign that makes you understand, makes you reflect and think.
The sign doesn't get you confused, whether it's natural or supernatural.
Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
Hope has to do with the future but faith is in the present.
2) Terata (wonders)
indicates the astonishment of a miracle, the astonishment that arouses in a person's life.
Luke 9:43
And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
