Today some Christians seem afraid to belief in miracles,
they belief some persons who are performing miracles are
doing it through Satan. This differs little from the times
of the Jews in bible where certain Jews believed the
miracles performed by Jesus himself were as a result of the
power of Satan.
This article therefore will focus on miracles performed in
the bible, focusing on the differences if any, between
miracles performed by a power other than JEHOVAH.
The bible records many miracles performed while the
Israelites were in Egypt. The magicians were able to
duplicate some of these miracles performed by God, but as
God began to step up on the type of miracles the magicians
themselves admitted it was the finger of God performing
these miracles as the source of these magician's power could
not compare.
When Jesus came to earth, and started performing miracles,
certain of the Jews thought he was doing so through the
power of Satan (Mat 12:24). Jesus, however, mentioned that a
kingdom divided will not stand, and if Satan were to cast
out Satan, in order to heal the sick, that kingdom would
soon fall (Mat 12:25-26).
If one was to extrapolate from this then one can draw the
conclusion that the healing of persons from demonic
possession so as to free them of diseases, and various
hindrances, is of JEHOVAH. Some persons, however, are of the
opinion that Satan can miraculously heal the sick, and this
has become their stumbling block, and might be against what
Jesus was saying.
So miracles which result in the liberation of a person
should be seen as a miracle of God especially once it is
done to the glory of God. One should also be careful in
harnessing doubt in such situations as the bible might have
referred to this as
blasphemy of the Holy Ghost (Mat 12:31).
John the Baptist also showed this doubt about whether Jesus
was the son of God who was to come, when he heard of the
works Jesus did. Jesus sent back to John the Baptist proving
who he was by the type of miracles which he performed. The
blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the
poor have the gospel preached to them (Mat 11:2-5).