Miracles today are taken with a grain of salt. Or should I be more direct and say what they’re often called, frauds, schemes, rackets, hoaxs, or con games. How sad that people in fact have tried to swindle God? Yet, don’t forget, He’s GOD, and a God of Miracles He is!
Merrill C. Tenney in his analytic study of the book of John called, The Gospel of Belief JOHN, points out that only seven of Jesus’ miracles are listed in this forth gospel. Track with me and see the progression. In John 2:1-11 we see Jesus turning water into wine. (Jesus is Lord over Quality.) John 4:46-54 shows Jesus healing the nobleman’s son from a distance. (Jesus is Lord over Space.) John 5:1-18 tells the story of Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda who had been handicapped from birth for several years. (Jesus is Lord over Time.) In John 6:1-14, Jesus is feeding the five thousand with a boy’s meager lunch. (Jesus is Lord over Quantity.) John 6:16-21 reveals Jesus ability to walk on water. (Jesus is Lord over Nature.) John 9:1-41 shows Jesus progressively healing the blind man. (Jesus is Lord over Misfortune.) Finally in John 11:1-44 Our Lord raises Lasarus after being dead in the grave for three days. (Jesus is Lord over Death). Jesus has no limitations!
Philip Schaff write, “Being a miracle himself, he must perform miracles with the same ease with which ordinary men do their ordinary works.” Is there anything He can’t do?
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