Does God still perform miracles?

Many people desire miracles from God. They want God to perform
miracles to "prove" Himself to them. "If only God would perform a
miracle, sign, or wonder, then I would believe!" This idea, though, is
contradicted by Scripture. When God performed amazing and powerful
miracles for the Israelites, did that cause them to obey Him? No, the
Israelites constantly disobeyed and rebelled against God even though
they saw all the miracles. The same people who saw God part the Red
Sea later doubted whether God was able to conquer the inhabitants of
the Promised Land. This truth is explained in Luke 16:19-31. In the
story, a man in hell asks Abraham to send Lazarus back from the dead
to warn his brothers. Abraham informed the man, "If they do not listen
to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone
rises from the dead" (Luke 16:31).

Jesus performed countless miracles, yet the vast majority of people
did not believe in Him. If God performed miracles today as He did in
the past, the result would be the same. People would be amazed and
would believe in God for a short time. That faith would be shallow and
would disappear the moment something unexpected or frightening
occurred. A faith based on miracles is not a mature faith. God
performed the greatest "God miracle" of all time in coming to earth as
the Man Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins (Romans 5:8) so
that we could be saved (John 3:16). God does still perform
miracles—many of them simply go unnoticed or are denied. However, we
do not need more miracles. What we need is to believe in the miracle
of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

The purpose of miracles was to authenticate the performer of the
miracles. Acts 2:22 declares, "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, as you yourselves know."
The same is said of the apostles, "The things that mark an
apostle—signs, wonders and miracles—were done among you with great
perseverance" (2 Corinthians 12:12). Speaking of the gospel, Hebrews
2:4 proclaims, "God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His
will." We now have the truth of Jesus recorded in Scripture. We now
have the writings of the apostles recorded in Scripture. Jesus and His
apostles, as recorded in Scripture, are the cornerstone and foundation
of our faith (Ephesians 2:20). In this sense, miracles are no longer
necessary, as the message of Jesus and His apostles has already been
attested to and accurately recorded in the Scriptures. Yes, God still
performs miracles. At the same time, we should not necessarily expect
miracles to occur today just as they did in Bible times.