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Testimony to the identity of Jesus
- The miracles were done as a testimony to the identity of Jesus which would create belief in Him. These signs that Jesus performed convinced many that He was the Messiah. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did (John 2:23).
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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).
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Jesus performed plenty of miracles. All the miracles He did...
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May 27, 2024 · Through his miracles, Jesus challenged and overcame the forces of darkness, showing the dominant realm of the Kingdom of God. Jesus' miracles, governed by His empathy and love, offered glimpses into the compassionate heart of God's Kingdom, illuminating a vision of divine restoration and renewal.
Sep 23, 2024 · 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 disciples were astonished and they asked, “What kind of man is this?
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.
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- Unity of The Son of God
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 14 seems 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 betwee...
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...
Biblical heroes such as Moses, Elijah and Elisha are said to have performed wondrous feats—bringing forth water from a rock, feeding multitudes, curing lepers, and raising the dead (Exodus 15; 1 Kings 17:17–24; 2 Kings 4, 5:1–14).
Jan 14, 2024 · His miracles bring relief from suffering and restoration to outcast members of society. For example, Jesus healed a man with leprosy, who was considered unclean and contagious (Luke 5:12-13). By touching him, Jesus showed that He was not afraid of becoming unclean Himself.
