Les Feldick Bible Study

Did Paul list all the miraculous manifestations in the early church?

No. Paul does not explicitly list or delineate all the miraculous manifestations that occurred in the early church. The record acknowledges other manifestations of the miraculous beyond those mentioned, but Paul leaves them unspecified, focusing instead on whether such miracles came through the Law or through the Spirit activated by faith.

Les teaches that no doubt in the early church there were other manifestations of the miraculous. However, Paul doesn't explicitly delineate them. The question remains the same: if you have witnessed a miracle, was it through the keeping of the Law, or was it through the manifestation of the Spirit who was activated by faith? Under the working of the Law, they couldn't perform any miracles; it was impossible. But when the Holy Spirit activated the hearts and minds of the pagan Galatians and others throughout the Roman Empire, it was a miraculous transformation from paganism with all its excesses, idolatry, and immorality. They stepped out into a whole new lifestyle, which is a miracle in itself. The theme of Galatians is that we are not under Law but under grace, saved by grace through faith, plus nothing. Don't be suckered into a works religion.

Galatians 3:5

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

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were there other miracles in the early church besides the conversion of pagans?

The early church no doubt had other manifestations of the miraculous, though Paul does not explicitly delineate them, so the question remains whether a witnessed miracle came through keeping the Law or through the manifestation of the Spirit activated by faith.

What other miracles happened in the early church besides the Galatians' conversion?

Besides the Galatians' transformation, there were other manifestations of the miraculous in the early church, though Paul does not explicitly list them.