a signature piece....

"Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him,"

When we were looking at the previous story, a friend quoted the above verse from Acts 2:22, saying that the miracles, and wonders were like Jesus' signature. They were a means of recognition, that we would know it was Jesus, and that God was with him, when we saw his signature, his 'signs.'

My mind immediately jumped to another passage in Mark 16:17. "...and these 'signs' will accompany those who believe: In my name they will....drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." These are Jesus words! After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and "the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it!"

I'm not sure if my friends mind jumped there, but mine sure did... Makes me say hmmm.....