Big Healing Book - Hebrews 2:3-4

Hebrews 2:3-4:

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Notes on Hebrews 2:3-4:

Again, we see the norm of signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost following the preaching of the gospel. That is what we should expect today. If we find ourselves below the Bible norm, let’s get on our faces and change whatever we need to change so that we can follow the Bible norm.

Note that signs, wonders, miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit are manifested as the Spirit wills. We do not directly control them, and we cannot claim them by faith in specific instances. (If we could, we’d probably raise the dead at every funeral.) However, God moves where there is a demand for Him to move. We are commanded to earnestly desire spiritual gifts. We should ask for them to manifest (as the apostles did) and expect them. However, the specific miracles to be manifested are strictly up to God.

This does NOT mean that healing is selectively up to God. Healing belongs to everyone and anyone can receive it by faith without any special manifestation of the Spirit.

These verses also prove that God can move in a way not covered by the nine gifts of the Spirit, as signs, wonders and diverse miracles are listed separately from “gifts of the Holy Ghost.” For example, I have run services and been in services where supernatural laughter broke out. That is definitely not mentioned (explicitly, at least) in the list of the nine gifts of the Spirit, but it can still be a sign and a wonder.