Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. (Acts 5:12-16, ESV)
No one else but the apostles dared to join the gathering in Solomon’s Portico… Because they held them in high esteem…
Is this the reason people are shying away from our gatherings now? Because they are holding believers in such high esteem? Is that what we think? Is that what we want?
The believers in Acts did signs and wonders like Jesus told them they would. Jesus told us that we would do greater miracles than He did if we remained in His word, and followed Him. Are we still doing signs and wonders? Or have we stopped following Him or abiding in His word?
Many would say we have gone astray from what God told us to do because we are abandoning tradition and doing things against His word. But did not Jesus come to show us that living in fellowship with God was not following the rules, but living love out loud?
So what signs and wonders are you doing to help people see God?
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