Signs and Wonders

Men and women are always looking for signs and wonders to help them with things in their life. We often see these things and are fascinated by them. God utilizes signs, but so does Satan. We must be able to recognize where the signs are coming from, Satan or God.

Matthew 15:22-31

15:22 devil G 1139; to be exercised by a demon. This is a gentile woman who understands the seed line of the Messiah.

15:23-26 remember she is a gentile. Christ is saying that it would not be right to take the truth from the mouth of the Israelites and give it to the Gentiles.

15:27-28 this woman’s faith caused her daughter to be healed of the devil.

15:29-31 these healings and miracles brought many to our Father. They witnessed the hand of God at work. Remember who to give credit to for the many good things in your life, and even the correction.

Matthew 16:1-4

16:1 tempting G 3985; to test. People are always looking for a sign, something supernatural.

16:2-3 lowring G 4768; to render gloomy, overcast. They were able to understand the weather based on the sky, but unable to understand the signs of God. The Son of God was amongst them, and they didn’t have eyes to see.

16:4 (compare: Matt 12:39-41, Jer 3:9, Ezek 23:37, Hos 1:2). Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale 3 days and nights, so was Christ 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the earth after the crucifixion. Only Christ through His sacrifice can defeat death. This is what we should look for, Satan brings death but Christ brings life.

Mark 5:1-20

5:1-3 this unfortunate man had been bound with evil spirits and possessed unnatural strength.

5:4 fetters G 3976; a shackle for the feet. He was a crazy man possessed by demonic spirits. Jesus will exercise the same power given to us in Luke 10:17-19.

5:5-6 who was worshipping Jesus, the man or the evil spirits? Remember the man was totally under control of the evil spirits. If you have seen the Son you have seen the Father. They knew who Jesus was.

5:7 the spirit knew Jesus had the power to torment them.

5:8-10 Legion: a Roman legion was about 6,000 people. These evil spirits are scared; they know the power of God.

5:11-12 the demons chose to take up residence in the pigs.

5:13 these pigs chose to drown themselves over being possessed by the demons.

5:14-15 they had tried everything to control this man possessed by the demons. Now he civilly sat amongst them.

5:16 I am sure these people were not that happy with Jesus cause of the death of their pigs.

5:17-18 the cleansed man wanted to go with Jesus, but God had a different plan for him no that he was clean.

5:19-20 when people saw what this crazy man had become, they were amazed. He told them the hand of God had cleansed him and many would follow Christ because of these signs and wonders.

Revelation 13:7-13

13:7 these first few verses deal with the one world political system of the beast. This is the antichrist himself. The beast heals the deadly wound the political system will receive and the world will worship after him. This is the power of Satan that we must be able to recognize.

13:8 if you have chosen Christ and or one of His elect (those that stand against the antichrist) your names are written in the Book of Life.

13:9 do you have eyes to see and ears to hear? If you do then you are one of His elect and have a destiny.

13:10 this is a Hebraism that deals with your destiny. If you do evil then you are destined for evil, if you stick with God, then you are destined to be with Him!

13:11 horns are symbolic here of power. The antichrist will do his best to look like Christ, but he has the voice of a dragon, which is Satan.

13:12 the deadly wound to the one world political system will be healed by antichrist. He will cause all that have not eyes to see and ears to hear worship that system.

13:13 he will be able to make lightning come down from heaven, it will be very impressive for those that are not written in the Book of Life. For those that know, it will serve as a sign and confirmation of what is happening.

2 Corinthians 11:3/12-14

11:3 Paul doesn’t want us to be seduced as Eve was in the garden by Satan.

11:12-13 transforming G 3345; disguising. Watch for those that disguise themselves to fool you.

11:14 Satan will disguise himself as Jesus. Satan will deceive many with his miracles and ability to bring peace and prosperity. The unlearned in the word will see theses miracles as divine in nature. Beware!! Don’t be fooled by Satan.