Miracles of Christ
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Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” Luke 18:42.  

 

Why did not Christ work many miracles in His own country?

 

“And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” Matthew 13:58.

 

What lesson did Christ design to teach in healing the man sick of the palsy?

 

“But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins….” He said to the paralyzed man, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”

Luke 5:24.  

 

Note – By His miracles, therefore, Christ designed to teach faith in the power of God not only to restore the body but also to heal the soul.

 

What effect did Christ’s miracles have upon individuals and the people who witnessed them?

 

“Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they praised God.”  Luke 18:43; 13:17.

 

What message did Christ send to John the Baptist while John was in prison, to strengthen his wavering faith?

 

Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.” Matthew 11:4-6.

 

The Climax of His Miracles

 

In what miracle did Christ bring to a climax His works on earth?

 

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off his grave clothes and let him go.” John 11:43,44. 

 

What was the result of this great miracle?

 

“Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.” Verse 45.

 

Because of the interest in Him that this miracle created, what did the Pharisees say?

 

So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!” John 12:19

 

What did Jesus present to the people as a basis of confidence in Him?

 

“Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. John 10:37,38; 14:11.

 

Why were the miracles of Christ recorded by the inspired writers?

 

“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:30,31. 

 

Because of Unbelief

 

“He could not do any miracles there, except to lay hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith.” Mark 6: 5,6.

 

There was a town in Galilee, when Jesus walked on earth.

Wherein His coming brought no joy, His going left no mirth;

No leper hailed Him from afar; no crippled child was brought;

No blind man groped a way to Him; no sick His healing sought.

 

He could not free them from their sin, or give their pain relief,

He could not work His miracles, because of unbelief.

The hand that fashioned all the worlds and spread the heavens above,

The mighty hand of power divine, the tender hand of love,

Was impotent to help or save, or cast the demons out,

The arm of strength grew weak and small before men’s scornful doubt.

 

Today, as then, Christ’s mighty works the world will not receive;

Omnipotence is powerless when men will not believe.  – Annie Johnson Flint.

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