Exposition of Acts: False v True Miracles
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. EXAMPLE OF A MIRACLE
A. CIRCUMSTANCES OF HEALING
>>1. CUSTOM (Acts 3:1; 2:43)
>>2. CONDITION (Acts 3:2)
>>3. CRY (Acts 3:3)
B. COMMAND OF HEALING
>>1. CONFRONTATION (Acts 3:4)
>>2. CONTEMPLATION (Acts 3:5)
>>3. CHARITY (Acts 3:6; Luke 9:1-2,6)
>>4. CONFERRED (Acts 3:7)
C. CONFIRMATION OF HEALING
>>1. CREDIT (Acts 3:8)
>>2. CERTIFIED (Acts 3:9-10a; 4:22)
>>3. CONFOUNDED (Acts 3:10b)
>>4. CELEBRATION (Acts 3:11)
II. ERROR OR TRUTH?
A. BIBLICAL MIRACLE ARE RARE
>>1. MOST OCCURRED IN LIMITED TIME FRAME
>>2. FALSE MIRACLES TODAY (Mt 24:11, 24; II Pet 2:1-3; I Jn 4:1; II Cor 11:13-15)
B. GREATEST MIRACLE CELEBRATED
>>1. MIRACLES OF THE CRUCIFIXION (Lk 23:34, 46; Mt 27:46, 57-60; Jn 19:30, 34)
>>2. MIRACLES AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION (Mt 27:25; 51-54; Lk 19:40)
>>3. MIRACLE OF THE FIRST EASTER (Ps 16:10; Mt 28:5-6; I Cor 15:17; Rev 1:18; Jn 14:6)