Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Signs, Wonders and Unusual Manifestations" sermon at New Life Christian Church in October 12, 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. SIGNS, WONDERS,
AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
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2. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
PROTECTION FROM DECEPTION
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3. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Two questions should always qualify every
such manifestation:
FIRST, is it a manifestation of the Holy
Spirit of God or of some other source?
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4. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Two questions should always qualify every
such manifestation:
SECOND, is the manifestation in harmony
with Scripture, or does it contradict the
Word of God?
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5. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
2 Timothy 3:16
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of
God.”
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6. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"…test all things; hold fast what is good."
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7. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Matthew 24:4
"Take heed that no one deceives you."
Matthew 24:5
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I
am the Christ [Messiah],' and will deceive
many."
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8. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Matthew 24:11
"Then many false prophets will rise up and
deceive many."
Matthew 24:24
“For false christs [messiahs] and false
prophets will rise and show great signs
and wonders to deceive, if possible, even
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9. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Derek Prince:
‘Deception—not sickness, poverty, or
persecution—is the greatest single
danger in the end of the age. Anyone
who denies his vulnerability to deception
is already deceived, for Jesus has
foretold it and He does not err.’
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10. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Proverbs 28:26
"He who trusts in his own heart is a fool."
Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked; who can know it?"
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11. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
John 17:17
"Your word is truth."
Psalm 119:89
"Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in
heaven"
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12. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
The coming of the lawless one [the
Antichrist] is according to the working of
Satan, with all power, signs, and lying
wonders, and with all unrighteous
deception among those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of
the truth, that they might be saved…
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13. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
… And for this reason God will send them
strong delusion, that they should believe
the lie, that they all may be condemned
who did not believe the truth but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
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14. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
2 Thessalonians 2:10-11
"…because they did not receive the love of
the truth … God will send them strong
delusion"
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15. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
John 8:32
"You shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free."
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16. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
INTRODUCTION
World system
– the political and social order that rejects
God, is ruled by Satan
and governs the minds and manners of
people who have not been saved.
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17. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
EVENTS FROM HISTORY
FIRST, the principal activity of these men
was preaching God's Word.
SECOND, these men made a fervent call to
repentance.
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18. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
EVENTS FROM HISTORY
Acts 3:19
"Repent therefore and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, so that
times of refreshing may come from the
presence of the Lord."
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19. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
EVENTS FROM HISTORY
Hebrews 5:14
"But solid food is for the mature, who by
constant use have trained themselves to
distinguish good from evil"
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20. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
FIVE MOVEMENTS THAT WENT ASTRAY
The Latter Rain
The Manifest Sons of God
The Children of God
William Branham
Discipleship, or the Shepherding Movement
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21. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
COMMON THREADS
1.Pride
Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goes before destruction, and a
haughty spirit before a fall."
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22. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
COMMON THREADS
1.Pride
2.A mixture of spirits—truth and error, the
Holy Spirit and other spirits.
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