The following excerpt was copied from your website. I believe it to be in error. The miraculous continues. “Although our prayers do produce actions, these actions must not, cannot, be contrary to the laws of nature. We cannot pray for a miraculous recovery and expect it to occur because miracles have ceased (1 Corinthians 13:8; Ephesians 4:11-13).” ~ Angelo
Even the passages cited in the excerpt that you deem to be incorrect specifically speak to the ending of miracles (1 Corinthians 13:8-12; Ephesians 4:11-13). Jesus Christ Himself identified the purpose of miracles as recorded in Mark 16:20, “And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs” (Mark 16:20 NKJV). The primary purpose of miracles was to confirm or substantiate the revealed Word of God and its proclaimers as being from God. The Corinthians and Ephesians passages teach that miracles were to last until the revelation was complete. That revelation, the New Testament is complete (Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 3; 2 Peter 1:3), and so miracles have served the purpose for which they were given.
However, the same divine power that made miracles possible is the same divine power behind the providence of God, which is still active today. Hence for instance, we expect God to respond to our prayers through His divine providence rather than through miraculous means. Miracles were obvious, supernatural and usually instantaneous. Providence, though, does not require supernatural means and is not obvious to observers. Miracles were designed to prove something, whereas providence does not prove something to the beholder.
Not intending to be silly, yet, think of this with me for a moment – to illustrate the point at hand. How many people have you seen lately walking on water miraculously in defiance of the laws of nature? How many miraculously multiplying bread and fishes churches are there today? How many people are being healed miraculously today from undeniably, observable physical maladies (e.g., have never walked but walk and leap instantly, lepers being made whole immediately despite former ravages of disease – which often includes deformities and missing digits)? How many people are being miraculously raised from the dead these days? I will go to any cemetery, and while another can call upon the dead to arise, I will tell them to stay where they are! Not that I have any power, but the point is that Bible miracles are not possessed by anyone now living.
Scripture, number one, and secondly universal observation of a void of Bible quality miracles resoundingly affirm that no Bible miracles are being performed today. The primary purpose of miracles was never to heal the sick, turn water to wine, multiply bread and fishes, or to walk on water. Those were the byproducts of the purpose of miracles. Now that the purpose of miracles has been accomplished, those miraculous byproducts are no longer with us.
