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When the day of Pentecost had
come, they were all together in
one place. 2 And suddenly there
came from heaven a noise like a
violent rushing wind, and it filled
the whole house where they
were sitting.
Acts 2:1-2
And there appeared to them
tongues as of fire distributing
themselves, and they rested on
each one of them. 4 And they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit was giving
them utterance.
Acts 2:3-4
ow there were Jews living in
Jerusalem, devout men from
every nation under heaven. 6
And when this sound occurred,
the crowd came together, and
were bewildered because each
one of them was hearing them
speak in his own language.
Acts 2:5-6
|hey were amazed and
astonished, saying, "Why, are
not all these who are speaking
Galileans? 8 "And how is it that
we each hear them in our own
language to which we were
born?
Acts 2:7-8
:ut Peter, taking his stand with
the eleven, raised his voice and
declared to them: . . . ³Jesus the
azarene, a man attested to
you by God with miracles and
wonders and signs which God
performed through Him in your
midst,. . . .
Acts 2:14 & 22
÷t is vital for us to
constantly live in the
understanding that
God is the God of
Miracles.
ot one thing has
changed since Jesus
sent the Holy Spirit to
fill the mouths of His
disciples with
miraculous speech.
After being empowered
through the baptism of
Jesus with the Holy Spirit
they went everywhere
preaching the gospel and
doing miracles in His
name.
÷n the midst of extreme
difficulty their prayer was
for God to demonstrate
His miraculous power as
they preached His Word.
"And now, Lord, take note
of their threats, and grant
that Your bond-servants
may speak Your word with
all confidence,
Acts 4:29
while You extend Your
hand to heal, and signs
and wonders take place
through the name of Your
holy servant Jesus."
Acts 4:30
And when they had prayed,
the place where they had
gathered together was
shaken, and they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak the word of
God with boldness.
Acts 4:31
Miracles are given to
demonstrate God¶s love and
care for us and to give the world
a chance to see God in action.
And they are for everyone!
mur God is
the God of
Miracles.
Jesus said we would see
greater works done through
us than He did while he was
on earth.
God intends for us to continually
live in His miraculous power. He
intends for us to have our lives
touched by the supernatural
power from on high. He intends
for us to see Him at work in our
lives in a very direct way every
second of our lives.
"|ruly, truly, ÷ say to you, he
who believes in Me, the
works that ÷ do, he will do
also; and greater works than
these he will do; because ÷ go
to the Father.
John 14:12
"And behold, ÷ am sending forth
the promise of My Father upon
you; but you are to stay in the
city until you are clothed with
power from on high.³
Luke 24:49
but you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria,
and even to the remotest part of
the earth.³
Acts 1:8
God wants to manifest
Himself to the world by
providing, protecting and
giving His presence to His
children.
For the eyes of the Lm run
to and fro throughout the
whole earth, to show Himself
strong on behalf of those
whose heart is loyal to Him.
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lm
move to and fro
throughout the earth that
He may strongly support
those whose heart is
completely His.
2 Chronicles 16:9
God searches for those
who He can pour out His
miracle power upon. He
wants us to know that He
is our helper and that He
is strong!
÷n the parables of the
Mustard Seed Jesus gives
us some clues as to how
to see a greater
manifestation of His
miraculous power in our
lives.
1. Find out what it
takes to see
miraculous power
manifested through
you.
When they came to the crowd, a man
came up to Jesus, falling on his knees
before Him and saying, 15 "Lord, have
mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and
is very ill; for he often falls into the fire
and often into the water. 16 "÷ brought
him to Your disciples, and they could
not cure him.³
Matthew 17:14-16
|hen the disciples came to Jesus privately
and said, "Why could we not drive it out?³
And He said to them, ":ecause of the
littleness of your faith; for truly ÷ say to you, if
you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain, 'Move from
here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible to you.
Matthew 17:19-20
otice the disciples did not
blame the child or his father for
the lack of a miracle. |hey
sincerely asked why |HEY
could not drive the demon out of
the boy.
|hat is what the disciples did
and so must we.
÷ am called to believe God with
and for others. ÷f we don¶t see a
miracle it is me that needs to
find out what is wrong. ÷ do not
need to find someone to
blame«. Especially the one
suffering.
ot only that ÷ am to believe O
the one who is possibly unable
to hold on to faith because they
are overwhelmed with their
circumstances.
ow we who are strong ought to
bear the weaknesses of those
without strength and not just
please ourselves. 2 Each of us
is to please his neighbor for his
good, to his edification.
omans 15:1
÷f we are going to attribute a lack
of the miraculous power of God
in someone¶s life then let us first
attribute it to ourselves. Jesus
did not condemn those who
were suffering he healed them.
÷n answering the question they
asked about why they were not
able to see the miracle Jesus
told them two things that are
vital to build an atmosphere for
the miraculous.
First he said it was the littleness
of their faith.
|hen the disciples came to Jesus privately
and said, "Why could we not drive it out?³
And He said to them, ":ecause of the
littleness of your faith; for truly ÷ say to you, if
you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain, 'Move from
here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible to you. ":ut this kind does
not go out except by prayer and fasting."
Matthew 17:19-21
|oday ÷ am going to share with you an
interpretation of this passage that ÷ am
almost certain you will have never heard and
most likely never thought of. Yet ÷ believe it is
true. ÷n fact it is the most consistent way of
understanding Jesus¶ use of the Mustard
Seed.
÷ believe Jesus was telling the
disciples that they could not cast
out the demon because their
faith was not yet mature. ÷t was
very small but it had the
potential to grow. ÷t was a
statement of hope and not
discouragement.
For sure it was a statement of
truth. |heir faith was very small.
Jesus was certainly challenging
them to grow in faith. :ut it was
also a statement of hope and
encouragement that their faith
would grow like a mustard seed.
|he mustard seed has a growth
process. ÷t starts as one of the
tiniest seeds on earth but grows
to be a large shrub.
And He said, "How shall we picture the
kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we
present it? 31 "÷t is like a mustard seed,
which, when sown upon the soil, though it is
smaller than all the seeds that are upon the
soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and
becomes larger than all the garden plants
and forms large branches; so that |HE
:÷ S mF |HE A÷ can ES| UE ÷|S
SHAE.³
Mark 4:30
Jesus was telling them if they
would sow their faith they would
move mountains someday. :ut
he was also saying on that day
they were still developing their
faith.
÷t was an encouragement to
grow not a rebuke for something
they lacked.
÷ believe he was saying,