And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. When he had come to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.' " Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. Acts 21:10-12

This kind of revelation given to Agabus is not the norm. Did it happen as recorded? Yes. Was it of the Lord? Yes. But it is not normative any more than it is typical that people receive physical healing from touching the handkerchiefs of the apostles (Acts 19:11-12).

That something recorded in the book of Acts is not normative does not mean that God can’t do it again. It just means that:

God did special miracles through the Apostles in the early days of the Church as a way of validating the message they preached in those early formative days. And…

These kinds of phenomena appear to have ceased after that initial generation.

Rather than seeking miracles, and especially rather than seeking extra-biblical revelation, we need to depend on the Ordinary Means of Grace (OMG). They are ordinary, not meaning unimportant, but rather that these are the typical, standard, and usual ways God leads, grows, and matures His people.

In fact, we need to be doubly careful not to add other methods and practices to the OMG lest we begin to think these extra-biblical methods are the norm—to the neglect of actual OMG.

What are the OMG? The Word. Worship. Prayer. The Sacraments. Church discipline. Evangelism. And Fellowship (that is centered on the other OMG). Let us know what God has called the Church to do. Do those things. And not gunk up the Church with a bunch of other stuff!