1. God gave miraculous gifts to Christians in the early church  A. The distinction between miraculous and non-miraculous  B. Identification of the miraculous gifts   1. Prophecy: communicating a message from God    a. "Closed" Biblical Canon    b. OT vs NT   2. Tongues (I Cor 12-14)   3. Healing   4. Others (I Cor 12)    a. Working of miracles (v. 10)    b. Faith (v. 9)    c. Distinguishing spirits (v. 10)  C. The use of the miraculous gifts by the apostles and prophets 2. The miraculous gifts have not continued without change up to today ("Continuationists" vs "Cessasionists" vs "Non-continuationists")  A. It is not definitively taught that these gifts would have ceased by now (I Cor 13:8-10)  B. The office of apostle has not been continued   1. "Apostle"   2. Purpose  C. Use of the miraculous gifts has decreased in frequency and intensity 3. God still performs miracles today  A. A historical perspective on miracles   1. Miracles are present in all periods of history   2. Miracles increase in frequency and intensity at certains points in salvation history  B. Present-day application   1. We do not want to credit work to God that He is not doing   2. We do not want to discredit work that God is doing
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