Objection: If ALL Could Perform Miracles, Christians Would Not Have Summoned Peter to Raise Dorcas from the Dead

Acts 9:36-42:
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
Then Peter arose and went with them.  When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise.  And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
And it was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

Why didn’t the believers just raise Dorcas themselves rather than call for Peter?  This isn’t hard to explain.

Not ALL believers will perform apostle-level miracles.  The objector is missing the fact that while the normal believer is told that he can lay hands on the sick and they will recover, there is no promise for the normal believer that he can lay hands on the DEAD and they will rise.

Raising the dead requires a special manifestation of the Holy Spirit, which is not something that you can just claim by faith.  It is as the Spirit wills.  Thus, one would not expect that a normal believer would have raised Dorcas.  People recognized the special apostolic gifting on Peter and summoned him because they realized that he was the kind of person that God would use to raise a dead person given his ministry office of apostle.  An apostle flows more in gifts of healings, miracles and (special) faith more than most people.  A person who isn’t an apostle could ON OCCASION raise a dead person, and there are cases of that.  But it still made sense to call for someone who was used to do mighty miracles on a more consistent basis.