Miracles & Providence
February 9, 2010 – 6:00 pmPhil Johnson posts some insightful thoughts regarding the distinction between miracles of God and the providence of God over at his always “hot” Pyromaniacs blog.
As our churches send out ministers of the gospel they will inevitably confront men and women who claim a special “access to miraculous powers,” whether it takes the form of Catholicism, Buddhism, or a regional animistic religion. Closer to home, we are confronted with similar promises of “get well soon” miracles, health/wealth miracles, relationship healing miracles, etc.
Phil’s conclusion serves as a great reminder to think and act biblically in such matters:
The faith that sees the hand of God in the natural outworking of divine providence (and understands that God is sovereign over every detail of everything that happens) is not a lesser faith than the kind of belief that can only see God at work when He intervenes in spectacular, supernatural, and miraculous ways.
HT: Mark Snoeberger (Of particular interest are his comments regarding the affect of attributed “miracles” on cessationist missionaries. This post is well worth your time.)
