Why I Do Believe In Miracles In The Name Of Jesus Christ

Original written by Pastor Alberto Rendon

I have been very busy in the past few days doing things online ministries, giving messages, insights, advises, commendations, comments on the very important issues on the Facebook accounts of my friends, FB groups and especially on the FB account of Congressman Manny Paquiao. I have been very concern on the political issues Cong. Manny Paquioa is facing in the two successive days about the people that he was also very concern about.

I am following our Champ on FB. Please let us continue to uphold him in prayer.  I noticed that he is very bold enough to say against the corrupt system of our government.

Why I Do Believe In Miracles In The Name Of Jesus Christ

The subject about miracles is a controversial among the Bible believers today. Believers are divided on different beliefs about miracles. Everyone could use biblical proofs to support its belief. And some are skeptics on the miracles that are always taking place especially in the forms of healing.

Beside among the believers, there are those none Bible believers who could easily refute the belief of miracles. Some of these people would use heresies that support their attacks against miracles.

I believe there are many false miracles taking place everywhere throughout the world, that is why in advanced Our Lord Jesus Christ gave a warning to His followers that Anti-Christ and false prophets could perform signs and wonders. Jesus said, "False Christ and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders so as to mislead if possible even the elect." Then He added as if knowing that many would ignore the warning, "Behold, I have told you in advance," (Matthew 24:24-25. ) 

It is true that there are fake miracles, but they cannot be the reasons that the true miracles will not take place in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why I believe in miracles.

Mark 16:17-18 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

From these two verses in the Bible, I would like to emphasize that there are miracles in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Before Jesus Christ was taken up in the air, he left these words assuring that there will be miracles taking place or signs shall follow them that believe in His name.

I believe in Jesus Christ as well as I believe the Bible His word, and the power of His name. I boldly say this, no matter if you or people do not believe me, but I believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is in favor of me, because this is His promise and I am only verifying what He said - as found in the Bible.

I have been reading of an article that attacks the miracles now a days.  I do not blame the author, because I understand that if he is not a Bible believer he didn't have any knowledge and experiences in the power of the word of God. If in case, he is a Bible believing - but I cannot determine exactly - because in his writing nothing found about himself.  He has been brain washed from the doctrine that has been taught that miracles have ended already. 

The things he wrote about, is that there is no miracle today, because if there is, why is it that those who teach about miracle and healing when they get sick they go to the hospital for healing. He said that, those who believe in miracles died with sickness in many kinds as others that do not believe. Many things he wrote to attack those who believe in miracles. He added that those testimonies heard on TV or read on any magazines and articles are fakes and are not verified. 

I have read one of the known preachers who also believe that the gift of miracle has passed away. So therefore no more biblical miracles today if there is any, it's of the devil. This statement amazed me on how they have made an end the word of Jesus Christ that signs shall follow them that believe? Would that be a clear statement that they do not really believe the gospel, or they must have to say there are no more believers today.  

What they have believed that what Jesus was talking about signs are not miracles, but just providence.  To properly and clearly distinguish if the signs Jesus was talking about are only providence and not miracles, we will throw back to them about their explanation of what miracle is all about.   

They said that; 

“Miracles are extraordinary acts of providence which should not be conceived, properly speaking, as violations of the laws of nature, but as the production of events which are beyond the causal powers of the natural entities existing at the relevant time and place." 

So, miracle is a violation of the laws of nature, which I believe it is true. 

Looking back at what happened in the Bible history times, more likely of what the records in the Old Testament miracles, that God has made an highway in the middle of the red sea, the sun never moved on, the fall of Jericho walls, the iron ax floated and we could put more on the list... and many more in the New Testament. 

But, let us go back to Mark 16:17-18, are the signs Jesus have spoken here, are only providence or miracles or violations of the laws of nature? 

Now let us look first the definition about providence. 

Providence of God, in contrast, is not miraculous other than the fact that God provides the guidance within the minds of men to perform his wishes. And the performance by man is within the realm of natural laws.

 Many confuse near-miracles with actual miracles. The praying for the sick or wounded may or may not invoke the providence from God that will allow the person to heal and return to good health. He may guide the mind of the physician to do the proper things for the person to recover. And on many occasions, even when one is expected to be dying and does not, the reason was not miraculous. The very definition of miracle is something that is beyond the laws of nature.

It is now very clear that the signs our Lord has spoken are two things providence and miracles. 

Casting out devils, could be a miracle and providence. The miracle is, you as human that is against the nature of the spirit have the authority against the spirits or the devils. What is that violates against of its nature? It is the nature of the evil spirits that submit to the nature of the human beings. So it is a miracle. 

The providence is that, it is in the name of Jesus Christ that the authority of the believers came.  And the miracle is that, the nature of evil spirits submits to the human nature which violates the laws of nature.

Miracle as an act of God through the believers is still in effect today. I believe that, and it is happening throughout Christian history. 

My Personal Experience

We stayed in a house we rented for almost four years. 

We were looking a house to rent after we have been moved out from the previous house we have rented because it was already sold to a company to build their gasoline station on that location.  

We have found out a house that was closed, but before that many have been already renting this house for only a short period of time, then moved away because they have seen the movements of evil spirits disturbing them most of the time, and their children got sickly. 

The history was that, in the bath room where the male owner of the house was found out dead caused by severe stroke.  Since then, the family moved out and the house was ready for rent. 

So we've got the agreement to rent the house, but our neighbors were amazed after several weeks and they told us, that they have not seen any signs of the movements of evil spirits anymore, and which before that they can sense and actually see how the evil spirits manifest in unusual ways. That’s exactly, the evil spirits where the one moved out because we have cast them out in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

I can tell many stories about providence and miracles. Read this story and it is up to you what you can say. 

The Conversions of the Unbelievers

There was a wife who suffered of severe kidney trouble; they were indigents that they were hesitant to bring her to the hospital. So the wife have suffered several days until they have decided to borrow some amount of money to bring her to the hospital, and on that day as they plan the husband woke up early in the morning to go to their relatives outside the village to borrow some amount of money.  

In the afternoon, the husband was not at home yet, and we get together with the church members of the Church I visited, conducting a bible study in their neighbor's house. Their neighbor invited her to attend in the bible study for prayer.  So the wife attended, and I saw her that she is sickly, seems agonizing inside that according to her she has not eaten breakfast and lunch due to a severe pain.

I was the one preaching the word of God, instead of lecture type as a bible study style, I was preaching boldly, then I sensed the moving of the anointing of God on me, so after that, I told everyone to lay our hands on her and pray for her healing. So we laid hands, of course I led her a sinners' prayer first, then I prayed that God will manifest his healing power through us in the name of Jesus Christ.   

I rebuked the evil spirits that put that sickness on her to get away from her, and then I declared that she is healed in the name of Jesus Christ.  I did not pray that God will heal her in the name of Jesus Christ; my prayer was that God will use us for her healing. After that, it was really instant healing. I saw her now differently as tears falling down from her eyes joyfully. She was completely healed. 

The husband got home later and was told of the healing of his wife. So they did not go to the hospital anymore and both of them were converted and have been born again. And later on I heard that the husband become a pastor. 

So, what can you say? Was that a miracle or only providence? If miracle is against the law of nature, can we see there the things that violates against the law of nature? 

Now, let us look at it closely. The nature is that, the kidney has a trouble that caused the pain. Although, we are not told that there was a stone on her kidney and whatever, we are very sure that naturally there is something wrong in her kidney. But mostly, kidney troubles caused by kidney stone and if ever there is a stone inside her kidney then it is melt or removed not by any medicines or operations, but after we laid hands on her and declared her healing. Was that a miracle or not?  Was that against nature or not? 

Science and medical go together with nature, and their solution is operation or a medicine to melt the stone.  So that's nature or natural means for her healing, if that is so and she is healed then that is God's providence that guides the Doctor to successfully heal her. That is not a miracle, but God's providence as the answer to the prayers. 

But if in case, she has no kidney stone, just something wrong that made an abnormal function in her kidney that caused a sever pain, could we say then, that it is not a miracle that when the abnormality of her kidney has now become normal again without any medicines? I think that's really a miracle.  

Where is the providence there? The providence, is that we have that power in the name of Jesus Christ to rebuke the evil spirits, declared healing and cursed the sickness.  

Why is it that those who believe in miracles still died with sickness like the others who do not believe miracles? The answer of this question will be on the future post.  Please stay tuned....