Signs & Wonders

The first century Church did not live at the foot of the empty Cross, but rather it was under the throne of Jesus Christ. They did not linger at the empty tomb, nor did they stand peering at the clouds. They stood firmly under the throne of Christ and moved in His power. Because they knew the authority of Jesus and the role they had as true ambassadors of His Kingdom, they went out in power and Jesus worked with them confirming the message with signs, wonders and miracles. This early band of men and women moved not in their own power and strength, but in the authority of the name of Jesus. There is no evidence in Scripture that signs, wonders and miracles ceased with the last breath of the last apostle. On the contrary there were viable reports during the next 300 hundred years by Church fathers that miracles continued.  No man can heal another man, but the Holy Spirit can work signs, wonders, miracles and His gifts through any willing vessel.

                                                                            (Paul Teske, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Westport, Conn., LCMS)