The Holy Spirit, The Gifts, The Gift of the Working of Miracles: Part 1 We now come to the gift of the working of miracles. A miracle can be defined as a supernatural intervention by God in the orinary course of nature. Like many words in the English language, when we use the word "miracle" it means one thing with speaking in general, but when use specifically it means something else. For example, sometimes the word miracle is use generally as a figure of speech, we use terms like miracle fabrics, miracle drugs, miracle detergents, and so on. Just like in the spiritual realm, every one of the gifts of the Spirit is miraculous; they are all supernatural. In general use of the word miracle, all gifts of the Spirit are miracles, not just the gift of the working of miracles. But specifically speaking, all of them are not. When the working of miracles is in manifestation, there is a divine intervention in the ordinary course of nature. For example, after Elijah ascended to heaven in a chariot in the whirlwind, Elisha received his mantle and smote the Jordan river, dividing the waters by the sweep of his mantle was a working of miracles because that was a supernatural intervention in the ordinary course of nature. (2Kings2:14) In the area of healing, many times miracles are received, but this is not necessarily the working of miracles; they are simply called healing miracles. Everything God does is miraculous in a sense, but receiving healing by supernatural means is not a miracle in the sense that turning common dust into insects just by a gesture is a miracle (exod.8:16) or turning water into wine just by speaking a word is a miracle (John 2:7-11). Those two occurrences are examples of the working of miracles. As stated before, the difference between the gift of faith and the working of miracles is that the gift of faith receives a miracle and the working of miracles works a miracles. The working of miracles is used to display God's power and magnificence. In Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, the Greek word for "miracles" in 1Cor 12:10 is "dunamis", and can be translated acts of powers. So, the working of miracles could also be called the working of acts of powers. According to the Greek word also means, explosions of almightiness or impelling, staggering wonders or antonishments. 1 Cor.12:10 could read like this, "To another the working of impelling, staggering wonders or astonishments, or the outworkings of explosions of almightiness and acts of powers. We might say that when this gift is in manifestation through the believer, he participates in the same power that was manifested when God created the world. Let me encourage you as I try to encourage myself to pray that the fullness of these spiritual gifts will be manifested, and it's not a prayer that should be prayed once but everytime we go before God in prayer. Amen " more on this tomorrow"
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