The Bible: The Miraculous Word of God (Not a)

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What is a miracle and what makes something miraculous? And are miracles confined only to the times of the Bible, or can we still see miracles being performed today? What Is a Miracle? MONEY—needed tax/tribute money miraculously provided in a randomly caught fish’s mouth, as promised by Jesus Christ (Matt 17:24-27) The news about Jesus, though, spread all round, and large crowds came to hear and to be healed from their diseases. 16 He used to slip away to remote places and pray. The healing of the paralytic lowered through the roof When you look at the miracles in the Bible, you will discover that usually, there were three conditions necessary for a miracle to take place. They brought the boats in to land. Then they abandoned everything and followed him. The healing of the man with a virulent skin disease

Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. If you need a miracle today, this is what you must do. Pray. Believe. Trust. Pray and ask God. Believe that he can do it. Trust that he will do what is best in your situation. Sometimes the miracle is the best answer. And if it is, he will perform it. Sometimes, like Paul, his grace is the best answer, and if it is, he will give it. Regardless of what he does, know that he will only do what is best for you and what is in alignment with his plan and purpose for your life. Whether it is miraculous power or miraculous grace, God will always work on your behalf and for your good because that is what he promised. I will leave you with one verse that may sum up God's miracle-working power in your life more than any other. Murcia, Thierry, Jésus, les miracles en question, Paris, 1999 [ ISBNmissing] – Jésus, les miracles élucidés par la médecine, Paris, 2003 [ ISBNmissing] The key to seeing God work in a miraculous way is faith. Here is a Scripture that we often quote, especially when we need a miracle or answer to prayer.Many Christians believe Jesus's miracles were historical events and that his miraculous works were an important part of his life, attesting to his divinity and the Hypostatic union, i.e., the dual natures of Jesus as God and Man. [45] They see Jesus's experiences of hunger, weariness, and death as evidences of his humanity, and miracles as evidences of his divinity. [46] [47] [48] LOCALIZED DEEP DARKNESS—The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Exodus 10:21) is described as darkness “which may be felt.” It covered “all the land of Egypt,” so that “they saw not one another.” It did not extend to the land of Goshen (verse 23). Funk, Robert W. and the Jesus Seminar. The acts of Jesus: the search for the authentic deeds of Jesus. HarperSanFrancisco. 1998. p. 566. RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ after declared dead by Roman authorities and buried for days (John 21:1-14) HAIL WITH FIRE AND THUNDER (Exodus 9:13-33). Warning was given of its coming. (Compare Psalms 18:13; 105:32-33).

LICE PLAGUE—“All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 8:17-18)AARON’S ROD “brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds” at Kadesh (Numbers 17:1-11) Christian authors have discussed the miracles of Jesus at length and assigned specific motives to each miracle. For example, authors Pentecost and Danilson suggest that the miracle of walking on water centered on the relationship of Jesus with his apostles rather than their peril or the miracle itself. In their view, the miracle was specifically designed by Jesus to teach the apostles that when encountering obstacles, they need to rely on their faith in Christ, first and foremost. [58]

For instance, the very creation of the universe is a miracle ( Genesis 1:1), as is the parting of the Red Sea ( Exodus 14:21-22). Jesus’s incarnational birth and resurrection are miracles, too. Something is considered miraculous when it goes beyond typical human expectations of what normally occurs in the world. For example, the creation of water out of nothing by God is itself a miracle, but a body of water today, even an especially beautiful one, isn’t considered a miracle. However, if that body of water were to behave in an unusual way, suddenly parting or bubbling or rising in a way that indicates only the work of the Lord made this happen, that is when it becomes a miracle. God performs some miracles himself, but some he performs through his human agents, those imbued with the spirit who heal on his behalf and in his name. Scholars are divided on the matter of miracles with no consensus on their historicity; some ruling them out a priori, others defending the possibility, and others defending them. [8] New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman argues that though some historians believe that miracles have happened and others do not, due to the limitations of the sources, it is not possible for historians to affirm or deny them. He states "This is not a problem for only one kind of historian — for atheists or agnostics or Buddhists or Roman Catholics or Baptists or Jews or Muslims; it is a problem for all historians of every stripe." [9] [69] According to Michael Licona, among general historians there are some postmodern views of historiography that are open to the investigation of miracles. [70]

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a b c Ehrman, Bart D. (2001). Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195124743. I should emphasize that historians do not have to deny the possibility of miracles or deny that miracles have actually happened in the past. Many historians, for example, committed Christians and observant Jews and practicing Muslims, believe that they have in fact happened. When they think or say this, however, they do so not in the capacity of the historian, but in the capacity of the believer. In the present discussion, I am not taking the position of the believer, nor am I saying that one should or should not take such a position. I am taking the position of the historian, who on the basis of a limited number of problematic sources has to determine to the best of his or her ability what the historical Jesus actually did. As a result, when reconstructing Jesus' activities, I will not be able to affirm or deny the miracles that he is reported to have done...This is not a problem for only one kind of historian — for atheists or agnostics or Buddhists or Roman Catholics or Baptists or Jews or Muslims; it is a problem for all historians of every stripe. MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION—the incarnation of Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35) to a virginVIRGIN, and without genetic human parents (a Second Adam, genetically, without imputation of sin). See: Mary, mother of Jesus article