Daily Dose of God's Word For 7-7
Memory Verse:For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:21
Read: : “Exulting in Christ is evidence of the Spirit’s work! The focus of the church is not on the dove but on the cross, and that’s the way the Spirit would have it. As J. I. Packer puts it, “The Spirit’s message to us is never, ‘Look at me; listen to me; come to me; get to know me,’ but always, ‘Look at him, and see his glory; listen to him, and hear his word; go to him, and have life; get to know him, and taste his gift of joy and peace.”
― John MacArthur, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship
"...even in the Bible miracles are relatively rare. There are approximately 250 occurrences of miracles in the Bible. From Abraham to the apostles is about 2,000 years. If you were to spread those miracles out evenly, there would be one miracle every eight years (even less frequent for miracles done before crowds). Of course, miracles did not occur every eight years-they occurred in bunches...The main point is that miracles were are still rare even in the Bible. Most events in the Bible were natural, regular events like they are today, which enable miracles to stand out when they occurred...Since the primary purpose of miracles is to confirm new revelation, and since miracles have to be rare to have their intended effect, it's no wonder that miracles are not as frequent today." Frank Turek, Stealing from God, p. 189.
What implications do these two quotes have for the continuing of miraculous gifts?
Pray
Come, Holy Spirit. Renew in me the gift of reverence so that I may express my awe at your greatness in my thoughts, words, and actions.
