John writes at the end of his gospel,. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. In the New Testament the disciples are also recorded as healing people.
Acts These miracles are important for Christians. When Jesus healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, and calmed the storm, he was taking us back—even just for a moment—to the perfection of Eden. The supernatural acts of Jesus are also a taste of the future Eden, the world that is to come described in Revelation Just as God once created, he is going to re-create the world at the end of time. The miracles provide us with a peek at this future re-creation.
The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken.
His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. The miracles of Jesus serve as a glimpse and foretaste of what God will accomplish on a grand, universal scale when Jesus comes to establish the New Heaven and the New Earth. The miracles of Jesus offer a preview of that glorious day. Here, we take a bit of the mystery out of miracles by answering four common questions asked by Bible readers.
The miracle glorifies God. Miracles declare that God is active in our world and that he can disrupt the activities of nature to reveal his character and accomplish his purposes.
The principal test of a miracle is: Who receives the glory? Beware of people such as Simon the sorcerer in Acts who boast of their own greatness.
The miracle stems from a righteous source. Jesus said that in the last days false prophets will come and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect Matthew Or, as some say, maybe the era of miracles is over.
Is there a middle ground on miracles—and if there is, should we seek it? What does God's Word say? The Meaning of Miracles Some Christians make too much of miracles; others, too little. Overview Tim Stafford has noticed something curious about our relationship with miracles. Tags: Bible study. Category: CT Studies.
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