Clearly the Lord Jesus Christ warns us in direct terms not to seek after signs....you want to excuse that away and go looking for signs...that your choice...but you cannot take away from the Lords warnings and I have put in context how signs follow believers ...Not believers following after signs....Why do you even suggest that the Lords clear and evident words are not true?
When I read this, I want to say 'Duh.'
Jesus did not say that all who sought for signs were evil and adulterous. He said that an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. Jesus is not responsible for your poor logical skills.
Again, compare these statements.
1. "The wicked and adulterous seek a sign."
2. "Witches seek water to drink."
1. "If you seek a sign, you are wicked and adulterous."
2. "If you seek water to drink, you are a witch."
Do you agree with set 1? What about set 2? Do you drink water? Are you a witch?
Both of these are examples of the logical error of affirming the consequent. The wicked and adulterous seek a sign. The idea that all who seek a sign are wicked and adulterous does not logically follow.
I'm not telling people to 'seek after signs.' But I'm pointing out a problem with your logic. You are reading something into Christ's words that Christ did not say.
It wasn't wicked or adulterous of the apostles to pray for God to grant signs and wonders. The wicked and adultery sought a sign. But the apostles also prayed for signs.
The wicked and adulterous use the bathroom. You use the bathroom. Are you wicked and adulterous? The wicked and adulterous put their trousers on one leg at a time. You put your trousers on one leg at a time. Does that make you wicked and adulterous?
In the Old Testament, there were idolatrous kings who asked for signs. Metaphorically, we could call them adulterous, and they were also wicked. They were wicked and adulterous. If such a king came to a prophet seeking a sign, he could have said, 'a wicked and adulterous king seeks a sign.' But if a righteous king like Hezekiah asked for a sign, his asking for a sign didn't make him wicked or adulterous. Hezekiah was dedicated to God, but he did ask for a sign.
Jesus let us know that that generation as wicked and adulterous and that they sought a sign. He doesn't abrogate the legitimate Old Testament custom of a prophet giving a sign for his prophecy.
He did not forbid the apostles from praying for God to do signs and wonders that others might believe.
He doesn't forbid believers from desiring and praying for any spiritual gift, including the working of miracles.