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Sep 23, 2024 · The central purpose of Jesus’ miracles was to reveal and advance the kingdom of God (see Matthew 12:28), but these miracles also served several other peripheral purposes. The first recorded miracle of Jesus was turning water into wine at the wedding feast at Cana (John 2:1–12). John called this miracle a “miraculous sign” (verse 11).
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Answer. A miracle of God is an extraordinary or unnatural...
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Sep 23, 2024 · Answer. A miracle of God is an extraordinary or unnatural event that reveals or confirms a specific message through a mighty work. Jesus performed plenty of miracles. All the miracles He did were to glorify God, help others, and prove that He was indeed who He said He was—the Son of God. When He calmed the storm in Matthew 8, for example, the ...
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Many theologians of the modern era, emphasizing Christ’s humanity, have puzzled over the two natures of Christ, assuming they’re in a kind of competition. Because two natures can’t occupy the same “space” within one person, Christ’s identification with our humanity required him to always or mostly forsake the right to his divine attributes. How, th...
On the surface, Jesus walking on water in Matthew 14seems to affirm that he worked miracles as a man empowered by the Spirit. In Matthew’s narrative, Jesus has just finished feeding the 5,000. His disciples get into a boat on the Sea of Galilee. Rather than get in with them, however, Jesus withdraws to a mountain to pray. By the time it was between...
Three clues in this passage, however, point to a different understanding of this miracle. First, when Jesus reveals to his fearful disciples that “it is I” (Matt. 14:27; Greek ego eimi), this isn’t a call to recognize his human features that mark him out as “Jesus from Nazareth.” Rather, he’s appropriating Yahweh’s name revealed in Exodus 3:14 (I A...
Because the incarnate Son of God is one person with two natures, we should expect to see Gospel episodes reflective of each nature. Even in this profound revelation of Jesus’s divine power on the sea, he uses human feet to walk on water, a human arm to save Peter from sinking, and a human voice to reassure his disciples of his divine identity. Jesu...
May 27, 2024 · By healing the sick, raising the dead, walking on water, feeding the multitudes, among other miracles, Jesus was revealing His divine nature and authority to a world desperately needing salvation. So, the miracles were more than just random acts of supernatural activity; they were divine validations of Jesus’s identity as God Incarnate, and a vivid proclamation of the arrival of God’s ...
John records Jesus explaining as to why He was about to heal a certain blind man. “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him” (John 9:3 TNIV). Jesus said that the infirmity that this man had was for a distinct purpose; that God’s works might be displayed ...
The primary purpose of Jesus’ miracles was to demonstrate the fact that He was the Messiah promised by God to Israel through the prophets. The Basis for the Answer. This conclusion concerning the purpose of Jesus’ miracles is based upon three lines of testimony found in the Scriptures. The first line of testimony comes from Jesus Himself.
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Jul 7, 2010 · To get at the reason why Jesus performed His miracles, we need to unearth the expectations of those who lived at that time. From our perspective, we know who Jesus claimed to be—the Messiah and God in sandals. But the people of ancient Israel had no New Testament to study. They had the Old Testament, the teachings of the respected rabbis, and ...
