Original title: MiraclesIn this episode, Brendon and Skyler discuss the tenth lesson in the LDS Come, Follow Me sunday school manual. This week (Feb. 20-26) covers Matthew 8, Mark 2-4, and Luke 7 - and is titled "Thy Faith Hath Saved Thee".We invite you to worship with us on any Sunday - either at First Baptist Church of Provo or Christ Presbyterian Church in Magna. We welcome visitors!Correction: Skyler accidentally said "Orson Pratt" when he was actually citing George Q. Cannon (citation below)LDS Sources:Joseph Smith: "In knowledge there is power. God has more power than all other beings, because he has greater knowledge; and hence, he knows how to subject all other beings to Him. He has power over all." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.288)D&C 130; D&C 131; Alma 32; Mormon 9; Moroni 10.24Miracles; Healing the Sick (Dallin Oaks)Christ is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains (Russell Nelson)Waiting On the Lord; and The Only True God (Jeffrey Holland)How To Invite Miracles Into Your Life (Michael Dunn)Gospel Principles (2009), in the chapter on Gifts of the Spirit: “Some have the faith to heal, and others have the faith to be healed. We can all exercise the faith to be healed when we are ill (see D&C 42:48)”Lectures on Faith (what used to be the doctrine of the Doctrine and Covenants, or D&C; here)True to the Faith (2004) - under "Faith": "Like all blessings from God, faith is obtained and increased through individual obedience and righteous action. If you desire to enrich your faith to the highest possible degree, you must keep the covenants you have made."JD 13.33 (Brigham Young)JD 25.150-151 (George Q. Cannon): "And so, if we understood the law by which Jesus operated when He fed the multitude, it would be as simple to us as the law of electricity is today. If we understood the law by which the sick are healed, and sight restored to the blind...they would be simple to us, as all laws are when they are understood."John A. Widtsoe, A Rational Theology: As Taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:In the chapter "The Priesthood of the Church" - under the heading "Priesthood Defined": "The Church is composed of eternal, intelligent beings, moving onward in eternal progression, who have accepted God's plan of salvation. It is God's church. The Lord directs the work of all his children on earth, and he naturally gives attention to the Church composed of his obedient children. Nevertheless, although the Lord is the directing intelligence, he is not here in person, nor are other superior beings sent to take direct charge of the work, for that would be contrary to the law that through his free-agency and by self-effort, man on earth must move onward and upward. Therefore, that the earth-work may be done authoritatively God has delegated to man the necessary authority to carry out the provisions of the Plan. Priesthood is the name given this authority. The body of the Priesthood consists of the men who have received this authority and who may act for God, on earth, in matters pertaining to the Church or themselves." (p. 99)In the chapter "The Authority of the Priesthood" - under the heading "The Foundation of Authority": "The power or right to command or act is authority. In the beginning, man, conscious and in possession of a will, reached out for truth and gained new knowledge. Gradually, as his intelligence grew, he learned to control natural forces as he met them on his way. Knowledge, properly used, became power; and intelligent knowledge is the only true foundation of authority. The more intelligence a man possesses the more authority he may exercise. Hence, 'the glory of God is intelligence,' and 'intelligence is the pathway up to the gods.' This should be clear to all who exercise authority." (p.111)In a later chapter, under the heading "Miracles": "Man is of limited power; whatever he cannot understand or duplicate may be called miraculous; and only in that sense can miracles be allowed. The miracles of the Savior were accomplished by superior knowledge. Nothing is unnatural. All that has been done man may do as he increases in power. The conception of an intelligence guiding the destinies of men, makes it possible that, in our behalf, wonderful things are often done, transcending our understanding, but which are yet in full and complete harmony with the laws of nature. For ourselves we must discover all of nature that we can. In time of need, when our own knowledge does not suffice, the Master may give His help. Thus, after man has used his full knowledge and failed, the sick may be healed, the sorrowing comforted, or wealth or poverty may came, provided we draw heavily enough upon the unseen forces about us. Help so obtained is not unnatural. A miracle is simply that which we can not fully understand or repeat and at which we therefore marvel." (pp. 167-168)Folk-Mormon stuff (mingled with some official or semi-official material): here, here, here, here, and here.Resources:Of Saving Faith (LBC 1689, ch. 14)American GospelReformed Dogmatics by Herman BavinckMiracles: A Philosophical Analysis by Robert Sloan LeeMiracles by C.S. LewisThe God of Miracles by C. John CollinsThe Christian Faith; and Christless Christianity by Michael Horton (also here and here)The Miracles of Jesus by Vern PoythressAn Earnest Plea to Charismatics (Jason Wallace)Justin Peters' plea to Kenneth CopelandThe Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van TilWhat is Faith? by J. Gresham Machen: "salvation does not depend upon the strength of our faith, it depends upon Christ. When you want assurance of salvation, think not about your faith, but about the Person who is the object of your faith. Faith is not a force that does something, but it is a channel by which something is received...Such is the blessed end of the man even of little faith. Weak faith will not remove mountains, but there is one thing at least that it will do; it will bring a sinner into peace with God. Our salvation does not depend upon the strength of our faith; saving faith is a channel not a force. If you are once really committed to Christ, then despite your subsequent doubts and fears you are His forever." (pp. 250-251)Simply Put (Barry Cooper; here, here and here)None Greater by Matthew Barrett

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