In some faith movements signs and wonders are almost an idol.   Let’s just say it plainly, in some churches they are an idol.  But what are the purpose of signs and wonders?

 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.  No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people.  Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.  As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.  Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed (Acts 5:12-16).

Think about it.  Was there ever a sign, a wonder or a miracle in the Bible that didn’t lift someone’s burden?  Someone was sick and received miraculous healing.  Someone was troubled and received miraculous deliverance.  Or like the Israelites trapped at the Red Sea, they were stuck and needed a way where there was no way.

If a sign, wonder or miracle does not serve people and lift someone’s burden, it is likely not from God.