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Originally Posted by mfblume
I do not think God cares what people think of why He does whatever if He is helping people. Jesus warned us of slanderers. It's par for the course. If God cared what slanderers thought of His works in the manner you propose, He would not let them live.
Also for Timmy, no I do not believe we are to accept every claim of a miracle. We do have to compare it with the Word. Moses told the people that false prophets are known by their claims that do not come to pass, but also if a miracle is done but another is endorsed in it.
And miracles do not even make me think the person is necessarily a true prophet either. Jesus said not everyone who says LORD LORD and performs wonders is in the kingdom. But he never said they were not genuine miracles either. Also, I know there are fakes and have been fakes. But you cannot have a fake unless there is a genuine.
I think people get on the warpath of hunting for the fakes since they thing the miraculous confirms a person's salvation, when it does not.
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The Bible promises signs,
and warns about false signs. But there is no way to tell them apart. Weird. Discernment itself is just as uncertain: some with discern differently from others, and then what do you do?
As for "you cannot have a fake unless there is a genuine"? I feel I can go out on a limb here and say with utter certainty, that is wrong. You absolutely
can have a fake anything without the need for the real thing to exist. It is entirely possible to have fake leprechauns, even if no real leprechauns exist.
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