Paul's experience of the miraculous
After establishing Paul's understanding of the miraculous as an extraordinary or humanly possible event empowered and directed by God for the benefit of others, this article seeks to describe the place of the miraculous in Paul's life. It is argued that Paul experienced the miraculous in r...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Press
2015
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Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2015, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 195-206 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Summary: | After establishing Paul's understanding of the miraculous as an extraordinary or humanly possible event empowered and directed by God for the benefit of others, this article seeks to describe the place of the miraculous in Paul's life. It is argued that Paul experienced the miraculous in revelatory experiences through which he understood God called him to ministry and, on other occasions, revealed things to him. Paul's writings show that he exercised a number of speaking gifts, but there is no evidence he had the gifts of healing, exorcism or miracles. In despair he experienced God's rescue; and he reports the healing of Ephaphroditus. However, prayer for some recurring physical problem that was answered not by healing but an assurance of God's grace caused Paul to rejoice in his weaknesses as the places and spaces where he and others could see the power of God in an ordinary life. |
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| ISSN: | 0014-3367 |
| Contains: | In: Evangelical quarterly
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