LA FE Y LOS MILAGROS

LA FE Y LOS MILAGROS

Durante mi primer año de la universidad un evento bastante inusual ocurrió un Jueves en la mañana, durante el servicio en la capilla, toda la comunidad universitaria se vio de cara a la pregunta de la fe y los milagros.

Un joven que quedó cuadripléjico en un accidente de buceo fue traído al santuario. El predicador instruyó a los estudiantes que veríamos un milagro, que Dios iba a actuar y curar a este joven. Nos dijo a las 2 mil personas que estábamos allí, que nos arrodilláramos y oraramos. Nos dijo que oraramos y limpiáramos nuestros corazones, que se removieran todas las dudas de nuestra mente, y toda la distracción de nuestra conciencia. Entonces nos dijo que oraramos para que Dios sanara a este joven. Él y otras personas se reunieron alrededor del joven y pusieron sus manos encima de él y comenzaron a orar. Nosotros los estudiantes comenzamos a orar, y oramos por largo tiempo. Había  jóvenes mujeres llorando por todo el auditorio, otros oraban en voz alta, otros estaban mirando a escondidas al púlpito esperando ver un “milagro.” Pero después de lo que pareció horas, ningún milagro pasó y el joven no fue curado.

Muchos de los estudiantes fueron movidos por este evento. Algunos lucharon con preguntas sobre su fe, preguntas sobre la oración, preguntas sobre Dios mismo. El orador sugirió que había algunos dudosos en el auditorio y algunos estudiantes se comenzaron a sentir culpables.

Muchos de mis pacientes batallan con preguntas sobre la fe y los milagros. Ellos o sus seres queridos han estado enfermos o tenido alguna condición de salud y han orado a Dios pidiendo una intervención divina y un milagro sanador. Cuando el milagro no sucede la gente comienza a cuestionar su fe.

Hay una creencia no declarada: si tienes fe, los milagros ocurren, si los milagros no ocurren es porque la fe es débil. ¿Es esto verdad? ¿Es la idea de que los milagros pasan cuando la fe es fuerte pero no suceden cuando la fe es débil una creencia Bíblica?  ¿O es posible que esta idea pueda estar casi a 180 grados lejos de la verdad?

¿Es posible que los milagros no pasen para los fuertes en la fe pero para los débiles? ¿Es posible que para aquellos que tienen una fe sólida no se necesitan milagros pero que los bebés en Cristo todavía necesitan milagros, señales y maravillas? ¿ Es posible que los milagros frecuentemente ocurren a través de los fuertes en la fe pero no para los fuertes en la fe, que el propósito del milagro es para aquellos débiles en la fe? ¿Qué revela la Biblia?

Cuando Gedeon fue llamado por Dios para derrotar a los Madianitas él pidió por el milagro de la lana ¿porque su fe era sólida o porque su fe era débil y él necesitaba aliento?

En el monte Carmelo Dios envió fuego del cielo para consumir el sacrificio ofrecido por Elias,  ¿el milagro fue hecho para fortalecer la fe de Elias o el milagro fue dado para la gente que tenía una fe débil?

Consideremos a Job, de quien Dios dijo que era “perfecto y justo en todos sus caminos, no hay nadie en la tierra como él.” Job era un hombre de fe real, sin embargo él perdió todas sus riquezas, su salud, y sus 10 hijos y ningún milagro vino a salvarlo. Esta tragedia le pasó a Job  ¿porque su fe era débil o ocurrió porque su fe era tan fuerte que Dios sabía que nada, no importa que tan trágico, podría moverlo de su confianza en Dios?

Cuando Sadrac, Mesac y Abed Nego fueron echados al foso de fuego hirviendo Dios intervino milagrosamente para salvar sus vidas, pero ¿con qué propósito? ¿Fue primeramente para extender las vidas de estos hombres arrojados al foso, o fue para exponer la impotencia del ídolo de oro, la verdad sobre Dios y alcanzar a Nabucodonosor, un hombre de fe débil? En contraste nota la fe genuina y madura de los tres nobles que cuando fueron amenazados con una muerte en el fuego, pusieron su vida en las manos de Dios y confiaron en él con los resultados sabiendo que Dios podía salvarlos, pero permitiendo que Dios no interviniera. Ellos dijeron, Si es así, nuestro Dios, a quien rendimos culto, puede librarnos del horno de fuego ardiendo; y de tu mano, oh rey, nos librará.  Y si no, que sea de tu conocimiento, oh rey, que no hemos de rendir culto a tu dios ni tampoco hemos de rendir homenaje a la estatua que has levantado. Daniel 3:17,18.

Consideremos la vida de los apóstoles, Dios intervino milagrosamente en muchos lugares, pero siempre con el objetivo de esparcir el evangelio. Cuando esos poderosos hombres de fe eventualmente perdieron su vida Dios no intervino milagrosamente para salvarlos (con la excepción de Juan). ¿Se rehusó Dios a hacer milagros para salvar la vida de sus apóstoles porque ellos no tenían suficiente fe o era su fe tan fuerte que ellos confiaban en Dios con sus propias vidas?  Su fe fue tan intensa que Dios no tuvo que hacer un milagro para mantener su confianza en  Él .

Mucha gente cree que los milagros son un buen barómetro en el que deben creer y  poner su fe. Pero en el Edén el milagro de una serpiente hablando no hizo a la serpiente confiable. Satanás frecuentemente confunde las mentes y obstruye el camino de Dios con el uso de milagros, señales y maravillas. De hecho, la Biblia profetiza que antes de la venida de Cristo agencias satánicas van a hacer milagros como táctica para engañar a muchos (Marcos 13:22, Apocalipsis 13:13, 16:14). Jesús dice que al final estarán aquellos que dicen ser Cristianos que han hecho milagros en su nombre pero que nunca estuvieron al lado de Dios (Mateo 7:21-23)

Dios gana a las personas para que tengan  fe en Él mediante  la revelación de su confiabilidad como se revela finalmente en la muerte de Cristo Jesús. Los milagros pueden ser falsificados, la verdad revelada a través de Jesús no. La pregunta nunca es sobre la habilidad de Dios de hacer milagros, la pregunta es, ¿conocemos a Dios lo suficientemente bien que nuestra confianza no va a ser removida cuando Él no interviene milagrosamente?

La Fe genuina no  es tener confianza en que Dios puede hacer milagros, sino es tener confianza en Él aun cuando Él no hace el milagro.

Si usted como muchos de mis pacientes, ha orado por un milagro, un milagro de sanación, un milagro de liberación, un milagro de rejuvenecimiento, pero todavia Dios no ha intervenido milagrosamente, no te desanimes, no dudes de tu fe, no te des al desánimo. En vez, considera la posibilidad que tu fe puede ser de tal calidad, sólida, madura, que Dios conoce, que como Job, tu confianza en Él no será removida. No importa cuales sean tus dificultades, deja que tu confianza en Dios sea inquebrantable y que brille a través de la oscuridad del asalto opresivo del pecado y declara delante del universo entero que Dios es digno de nuestra confianza y no serás separado de Él. Con

intervenciones milagros, o sin ellas Dios es digno de nuestra confianza!

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God lead me to your book “The God-Shaped Brain” while I was searching for another book about the brain and then to your interview about your book on HeartWise Ministries [where] I found out about [Come And Reason Ministries]. I’m now devouring the webcasts of your Bible studies. I have been so greatly blessed and I thank God so much for your courage to speak the Truth in love no matter what. Listening to you contrast the two opposing systems (laws) and digging deep to unearth the hidden treasures in the Bible makes me so incredibly happy and I feel very blessed to be part of your Bible Study Group although I live far away. I am just so excited that there is a group of people that is spreading the Truth about the character of God and it saddens me how few realize what our Father in Heaven is really like.

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Hearing Dr. Jennings’ presentations in person came at a pivotal moment in my spiritual journey that began about nine months ago, when the fault lines inherent in my belief system began to crack under questions that most reasonable people end up asking about God and His nature. These were questions I couldn’t find answers to, and they shook my faith. I was unable let it go any longer and be satisfied. My Christian experience became distant. I was afraid; the fear in me rose like thorns, pushing me away from Jesus. And then someone heard my questions and introduced me to this ministry, and my life has totally changed.

I can tell you that this new, “present truth” message is far grander and life-changing than when I shifted from being an agnostic and then a nominal Christian. It has radically altered my worldview, because it reveals a God that makes sense. It is a revolution. I believe that Dr. Jennings’ message is the final message that must go to the world. If any message could be called “righteousness by faith,” as abused as that term is by the right and the left, this is that message, because Jennings’ biblical message identifies a God who is different, whose character isn’t an impossible contradiction.

I walk this path now without fear. I see people differently, and the Holy Spirit burns in my heart. Many call Dr. Jennings’ message false and compromising, but it isn’t false, because I’ve seen the fruits within my mind and body. It is not compromising, because in this message is the only road to holiness that makes any sense. No longer do I behold a pagan god who is always angry and suspicious. Instead, I behold a God who is freeing and loving, always working for our good, and giving me every reason to love my enemy even to my own death, just as Jesus pleads with us. God is good.

Anthony L., CA, USA

 

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I’ve been very blessed by “The God Shaped Brain” and this ministry, through video and podcast, over the last few years. It’s truly opened up my eyes more to the truth about God and the importance of that truth in the present world. The message is so inviting, freeing and enlightening and MORE people need to know about it. I believe it is the last message that can truly, not only prepare a people for salvation and translation, but vindicate the character of God.

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I was brought up in a different faith and have been petrified my whole life of God. I believed that I would burn in hell for eternity. When I was 12 I started pursuing the things of this world, but for the next 45 years the Spirit was always calling me, as I knew there was a God through nature. I could see the vast sea of stars in the universe and knew there was something bigger out there. Five years ago, through a Revelation seminar, I was blessed to learn about God’s character and government.

Then I found Come and Reason Ministries and have come under some extreme pressure when I speak about the ministry. One time a member sent me an internet article titled “Whats wrong with Tim Jennings?” I asked her what she thought of it and she said “I don’t know, I didn’t read it.”

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I came into the church at 21, but that is as far as it went. I was so confused about what love is. I couldn’t find it in the bible, because I am not a person that can read between the lines. I have no logic. I have read many, many books; trying to figure out the crux of the matter. They were helpful, but something was still missing. I have become very frustrated to the point of crying out to God, “Where can I go?”  I needed some basics.

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Just watched watched lesson 10 in the 1st quarter 2021 bible study classs on Isaiah. I want to thank you for your intellectual spirituality; it’s not an oxymoron! From the point of view of a teacher I also enjoy seeing how much personal pleasure you clearly take in not just tasting, but feasting on God’s word – it reminds me of Jeremiah not being able to hold it in! It makes me smile that your cup is so full and overflowing that you make it to Tuesday’s lesson (on a good day). It just goes to show the richness of God’s Word.

God bless the Come and Reason Team from our church here in Great Britain.

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I have been sharing Come And Reason Ministries Bible study lessons with several folk. You have such a beautiful view of the plan of salvation. If we had this message preached when I was young, my generation would still all be in church.

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Thank you for the ministry you are sharing with us, it is a real blessing to us and especially to my husband and myself! You are encouraging us to think for ourselves and not just to except everything, without thinking it through, with God’s word!

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Testimony 70

I have been watching you for many years and have learned to love God with all my heart. I was raised by a loving Christian mother that had been lied to about who God really was, so our religious upbringing was hell fire and damnation. As soon as I was old enough and moved out, I not only left the church, I ran as fast as I could to get away from it. Sad to say, it wasn’t until the past couple of years that I learned and understand who my Father really is and how much He loves me. I understand God’s Design Laws (which make sense) and when I’m teaching my church Bible study class, I’m able to really put to use the things I’ve been learning and Holy Spirit is leading. Thank you for introducing me to my Father of true, pure love. Everyday with Him is new and exciting. One thing that breaks my heart is that I didn’t know Him sooner. God Bless you and your ministry!

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