Acts 5:15 (KJV)
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Did the Shadow of Peter Heal People?
An atheist recently asked me why Christians today don’t perform miracles like the early Christians did. He argued that if Christianity were real, believers should still be able to do things like heal the sick with their shadow.
However, his question was based on several inaccurate presuppositions:
He presupposed that what was true 2,000 years ago should still be true today.
God's Word clearly states that certain sign gifts would cease. While Christians may debate the exact timing, the fact remains that what happened in biblical times does not have to continue today for our faith to be real.
He presupposed that every Christian—or at least some Christians—should be able to perform the miracles Peter did.
The Bible teaches that the Spirit of God gives spiritual gifts “severally as He will.” It is not necessary for any other Christian to perform the same miracles Peter did for those miracles to be real.
He presupposed that people were actually healed when Peter’s shadow touched them.
But that’s not what the Bible says. It only implies that people hoped his shadow might help them. As Albert Barnes notes, "They were not able to approach him on account of the crowd, and they imagined that if they could anyhow come under his influence, they might be healed. The sacred writer does not say, however, that any were healed in this way, nor that they were commanded to do this. He simply states the impression that it might be so.”
Boy, our presuppositions can get us into a lot of trouble!
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Miracles, Misunderstandings, and Misplaced Assumptions: Are We Expecting the Wrong Things?
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