To my detriment I’m a very factual person with the sincere belief that there’s a reason for everything. Thus, if I don’t understand something it will bug me to my death. (Unless I exercise enough will power to put it out of mind. 
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Regardless though, I recently read through the book of Acts and it wasn’t until I was almost finished when I started thinking about all the miracles that took place in the book. I’ve heard by way of passing (not actual teaching) that with Christ’s death died all the miracles and pretty much everything supernatural. I knew that wasn’t true because of all the miracles that take place in the book. Not just Pentecost, but miracles such as healings taking place on a regular basis.
In a discussion just recently that I was involved in concerning this question, I was told that the Church of Christ believe that it was a direct power in a physical type sense, that Christ handed down to his disciples. Upon first hearing it, I’m thinking “Ok, that’s not so off the wall”, but after considering it, it too is not possible. Acts records Stephen performing miracles, Paul raised the young man back to life who had fallen out of the window – They were in no direct contact with Christ.
So I pose the question for any of you who might have some thoughts or theorys for the matter.
“Why do we not have miracles performed by God’s servants today? Where was the line drawn? It obviously didn’t stop at the disciples. I don’t have access to any other histories of that time period, so I don’t know if there are other recorded miracles of the likes to Acts elsewhere, but we definitely don’t have them nowadays. Pretty much: Who, Where, Why, What, When, How?”
Pastor Ben said,
July 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When we no longer had those who personally knew Christ and were trained by him (that includes Deacon/Evangelist Philip and Apostle Paul, even the Prophet Agabus), and the Bible was completed, healing by a person “ceased” along with tongues and prophesying. Now, “knowledge” did not “vanish away,” but the “word of knowledge” (1 Cor. 12:8) did, along with the other “sign” gifts in chapter 12. I believe “that which is perfect” is the Bible. The word “that” is neuter and has to therefore mean an “object. One has to ask oneself, “What exactly came from Heaven, was an object, that will last forever.” Good luck trying to come up with anything else but the Bible. “That which is in part” is explained by the “know (word of knowledge) in part” and we “prophesy in part.” So “that” that means those “things” will be “done away,” which my College Thesis paper back in 1976 showed in great detail as I traced these “sign gifts” through Christianity AND Heritical groups, like the Manicheans.