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- These miracles clearly reveal Jesus as sovereign over the forces of nature. But in his teaching that follows and the controversy it arouses, we discover that he is not merely one who works miracles within the realm of nature, nor merely a leader of God's people like Moses, but the source of eternal life itself (6:22-59).
So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum.
- Miraculous Help In Trouble
Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”...
- Miraculous Help In Trouble
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
It illustrates Jesus' authority over nature and His divine intervention on behalf of others, showing that He is concerned about both humans' physical and spiritual needs. Jesus is moved with compassion at the sight of thousands of people who had made a great effort to hear His message of hope.
- Modern Misstep: Moving from Who to How
- Test Case: Walking on Water
- But Who Really Walked on Water?
- 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 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...
Now, what Matthew is showing us is that Jesus Christ has power over every facet of the curse: over disease, and death, and Satan, and demons, and natural elements, and animals, and pain, and everything, and therefore qualifying Himself as the rightful heir to the earth, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
May 30, 2024 · Fully human and fully God, Jesus shared in our frailty (Isaiah 52:14; 53; Hebrews 2:17), but did not relinquish His divine power, for humility is not abandonment. Dr. Stephen Nichols observes, “He did not empty Himself of His divine nature. Jesus is truly God. He could not stop being God.”
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Power Over Nature (8:23-27) Jesus had clearly proved His power over disease. But lest people view Him merely as a kind of traveling medical clinic, He demonstrated His power over the wind and the waves, as well as over disease.
