Miracles
demonstrate
that Jesus is the only way to the Father
Teachings
John 14:6 I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.John 14:11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
John 14:12 Most assured, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also...
These verses indicate that believers will be doing works---especially miracles---that provide evidence for the deity of Jesus Christ and the proof that he is the only way to the Father.
John 14:11 reads, "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves." The very next verse, John 14:12, then tells us that believers will be doing these same miracles for the very same purpose of providing evidence to the lost that Jesus is the Son of God.
Going back a few more verses, John 14:6 reads "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Thus the miracles are also the proof that Jesus is the only way to the Father as His Son.
In the year of 2004 The Elijah Challenge held Seminars and Crusades in Nigeria (Port Harcourt, Abba, Babbe Kingdom), Burkina Faso, California, Australia (Perth, Melbourne, Sydney), Malaysia, Philadelphia, Indonesia, and Nigeria (Enugu, Onitsha, Port Harcourt). In each Seminar, "ordinary" local disciples of Christ were trained to heal the sick as Jesus did for the express purpose of proving to the lost that Jesus is the only way to the Father. Then in the evangelistic Crusade following the Seminar, these believers healed the sick in front of the crowds after the gospel was preached. In every Crusade, Jesus performed miraculous healings through the believers. No strange or controversial manifestations---like people being "slain in the Spirit"---occurred. No unusual practices---like tossing one's jacket or a towel over the sick person---were observed. We are not saying that these practices are not of God. However, we saw the sick being healed just as they were healed in the ministry of Jesus. This is the beginning of the fulfillment of His promise in John 14:12.
When the invitation to accept Christ as Lord and Savior was given, the lost streamed forward to accept Christ as never before. They had heard the gospel and seen the confirming miracles.
The Church has entered the time of the "latter rain" when she is being restored "without spot or wrinkle" in preparation for the Second Coming of the Bridegroom. Walls separating evangelicals and charismatics are being broken down as they are trained side-by-side in the Seminars and as they heal the sick side-by-side in the Crusades to confirm the truth of the gospel. No longer will the Church be dependent on a handful of world-class evangelists to do this type of evangelism. Instead, a huge army of foot soldiers, each equipped with the spiritual equivalent of an M-16, is being raised up to complete the Great Commission. The weapon given to each foot soldier is authority over disease and demons for proclaiming the kingdom of God just as Jesus did.
This is, finally, the beginning of the fulfillment of John 14:12. Now is the time for the End Time Model of Evangelism.
Luke 10:9 "Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.’"
