"Miracles were just to confirm Scripture; now that the Bible is complete, we don't need signs."
How it sounds in your head: You've been taught that miracles had a PURPOSE—to authenticate apostles and Scripture—and once the canon closed, signs ceased. It's logical, intellectual, and most of your theological training supports it. Every verse about signs and wonders gets explained as 'for that time only.'
"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
-- Mark 16:17-18Source: Cessationist doctrine that protected powerless Christianity by explaining away expectation of the supernatural.
This teaching came from scholars and theologians you respect. It provides a neat explanation for why your church experience is void of miracles, making the absence feel theological instead of tragic.
Dorcas was full of good works, loved by widows, and she DIED—washed, laid out, mourned. Peter sent everyone out, prayed, and said, 'Tabitha, arise.' She opened her eyes, SAT UP ALIVE, and was presented to believers and widows who had lost her.
I REFUSE the lie that miracles ceased when Scripture was completed. IT IS WRITTEN: These signs will follow those who believe—they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover. Jesus didn't put an expiration date on His promises; He said BELIEVERS would operate in signs and wonders. IT IS WRITTEN: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever—His power didn't retire in the first century. The BARAK blessing that brought supernatural provision and protection to Abraham's descendants is MINE through Christ. I am a believer, therefore signs FOLLOW me—healing, deliverance, and resurrection power are my inheritance NOW.
Your Father didn't seal up the supernatural when the last apostle died—He poured out His Spirit on ALL FLESH, and that includes you in your seventies. He's not done showing His power; He's just been waiting for a generation that will believe His promises without denominational permission.