such a view runs perilously close to dualism. Where does Satan's power end? No less seriously, how do we distinguish between God's miracles and Satan's? Admitting that Satan can perform such acts invalidates the gospel's argument from miracle. If we cannot determine whether a miracle is from God or from Satan, we cannot determine whether the miracle worker is from God or Satan, unless we have already predetermined in our minds whose side the miracle worker is on, in which case we no longer need the miracle to validate the miracle worker. According to the Gospel of John, the purpose of Jesus'
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