The Pros And Cons Of Miracles In The Bible

Miracles are a staple to Christianity; thus, if Jesus Christ is not God in the flesh, and if Jesus’ resurrection did not really happen, then the Christian Faith is a complete lie (Douglas & Tenney, 2010, p. 958). Furthermore, if the miracle of grace falls short of being verifiable in the transformed life of a believer, then the Christian gospel is also a fraud (Douglas & Tenney, 2010). Without miracles, Christianity ceases to exist. Miracles, recorded in the Bible, began with creation itself and ended with the apostles. Although it is commonly believed that the supernatural miracles found in the Bible, ended with apostles, miracles are still possible today since God is immutable, and never changes (Psalm 33:11). Thus, a miracle can be characterized as an extraordinary, supernatural event that is orchestrated by God in nature, or in human affairs (Douglas & Tenney, 2010).

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For instance, reluctance to use miracles by Christ can be seen before King Herod (Luke 23:8-11), Satan in the wilderness (Matthew 4:30), and before the religious Pharisees (Yancey, 1997). Furthermore, Jesus’ requests for recipients of miracles to remain silent can be seen with the mute in Mark (Mark 7:36), the man with leprosy in Matthew (Matthew 8:4), and the disciples, also in Mark (Mark 8:30). Thus, the primary purpose of Jesus’ reluctance and requests for silence about miracles was to avoid drawing attention and to avoid producing a superficial faith in the recipients of those miracles (Yancey, 1997). Although Jesus’ miracles do not resolve all the problems of the world, Jesus’ miracles are a sign of how the world ought to be, and someday will be (Yancey, 1997, bullet point 8); thus, without miracles, there can be no