The biblical definition of a miracle would be something like this: “an event that involves the direct and powerful action of God, transcending the ordinary laws of nature and defying common expectations of behavior.” Miracles are extraordinary occurrences that can only be attributed to the supernatural work of God and demonstrate His involvement in human history. God employs miracles in the Bible to reveal Himself, His character, and His purposes to humans through phenomena that are not otherwise explainable (Exodus 3:1–6).
Miracles provide evidence of God’s presence and power in the world and demonstrate His authority on behalf of His servants. A miracle may be performed directly by God or through a human agent. Other words used to describe miracles in the Bible are signs and wonders (typically used together), powers, and mighty works.
One of the greatest miracles is God’s creation of the world and everything in it (Genesis 1:1—3:24). Equally astounding is the miracle of the Incarnation—that the eternal Son of God took on human flesh (John 1:14; Philippians 2:7) and then, through the stunning miracle of the resurrection, overcame death and the powers of hell so that believers in Him might gain eternal life (Romans 4:24–25; 10:9; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 1:18).
The Bible reveals several different forms of miracles. The Old Testament records unusual celestial events, as in the time the Lord caused the sun and moon to stand still to aid Joshua’s army at Gibeon in their victory over the Amorite kings (Joshua 10:9–15). Several instances of God’s divine control over nature—as in the parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21–22) and the crossing of the Jordan River (Joshua 3:14–17)—are displayed in the Old Testament. God can miraculously cause animals and inanimate objects to act in astonishing ways (Numbers 22:22–35; 2 Kings 6:5–7). Miracles of instantaneous healing, such as when Naaman is cured of leprosy (2 Kings 5:14) or when Jesus heals two blind men (Matthew 9:27–31), appear in both the Old and New Testament.
Miracles in the New Testament are performed through human intermediaries such as the apostles, but most significantly through Jesus Christ. In all four Gospels, miracles play a critical role in Jesus’ ministry (Mark 1:32–34; 3:7–10). Jesus performs miracles of healing (John 4:46–53), provision of food (Mark 6:30–44), and control over nature (Matthew 14:32–33). New Testament miracles consistently display God’s power and either confirm or demonstrate the message of salvation in Jesus Christ (John 11:38–46). The Gospels record about 37 miracles of Jesus, although the apostle John stresses that these only scratch the surface of all that our Savior did (John 21:25).
The miracles recorded in the Bible served several functions. Some miracles validated God’s superiority over false gods (1 Kings 18:20–40), while others validated God’s message (Isaiah 38:7–8); others brought punishment, in addition to fulfilling some of the other functions, as in the wonders performed before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:1—11:10). God’s miracles of provision met human needs, supplying manna to eat in the wilderness (Exodus 16:11–21) and feeding the hungry crowds (Matthew 15:32–39). Miracles of communication conveyed important messages from God (Daniel 5:1–12). Miracles of judgment brought punishment and correction (Exodus 32:35; 1 Samuel 5:6–12). Miracles of exorcism set people free from demonic control and spread the good news of Jesus (Luke 4:31–37). Miracles of resurrection demonstrated God’s sovereignty and almighty power (1 Kings 17:17–24; Luke 7:11–17).
In summary, a miracle is a divine work of God that transcends human understanding and inspires wonder, displays the greatness of God, and causes people to recognize that God is active in the world.
Anyone who believes the Bible can clearly see that the miracles performed by Jesus were powerful manifestations that clearly identifying as the Son of God.
No psychic, witch doctor, voodoo practitioner or any TBN or CBN false teacher OR ANY other false teacher has been able to perform REAL GENUINE BIBLICAL miracles‼️‼️ The ONLY true miracle workers were the prophets of old, Jesus and the apostles and those associated with them at that time
Sorry, there are no progressive natural healings listed as miracles in the Bible.
Anyone who believes the Bible can EASILY see that the miracles performed by Jesus were powerful manifestations clearly identifying Jesus as the Son of God.
No psychic, witch doctor, voodoo practitioner or any TBN or CBN false teacher OR ANY other false teacher has been able to perform REAL GENUINE BIBLICAL miracles‼️‼️ The ONLY true miracle workers were the prophets of old, Jesus who is God and the apostles and those associated with them at that time
Why do I keep mentioning psychic, witch doctor, voodoo practitioner, TBN or CBN false teachers? BECAUSE THEY ALL CLAIM TO WORK MIRACLES‼️
Many other kinds of false teachers have also claimed to work miracles. For example, some Bhuddhists claim that Bhuddah worked miracles. This is curious, because Bhudha, himself, never made such a claim.
The bottom line is this:
Many false teachers claim to work miracles but none have produced a SINGLE biblical miracle‼️‼️
When pressed to produce the evidence for such a miracle, they are backed into a corner and can only submit false miracles or miracles that can’t be verified or they try to pass off progress natural healings as authentically biblical and miraculous. DON’T BE DECEIVED‼️‼️‼️
💯🙂👍 Well put bro david and one can even assess miracles from different angle too when it comes to the fulfillment of bible prophecies
the testimony of the heretics and the law of possibilities
Orthodox Christians were not the only ones to venerate Jesus in the earliest centuries after His life and ministry. There were a variety of religious sects that soon attempted to co-opt Jesus. Groups ranging from the Jewish Ebionites (who believed that Jesus was a mere human prophet with no divine nature at all) to the Gnostics (who denounced the Old Testament God as the evil creator of physical reality and believed Jesus to be a wholly spiritual and divine being who did not have a human nature at all). It is worth briefly noting that none of these groups denied that Jesus had performed miracles. Consider this for a moment. John the Baptist was also honored as a prophet and teacher by a variety of religious sects of the day, and yet few people attributed any miracles to him. A majority of the most highly revered Rabbis in Judaism never had any miracles attributed to them. The Greeks widely revered Plato, Socrates, and many other sages with truly religious devotion and yet did not attribute miracles to them. If Jesus had merely been merely a profound teacher who worked no miracles, it would seem likely that there would be at least some individuals or sects that honored him as such and denied his miracles. Yet, though we have records of even some seemingly small and rather obscure heresies in the first few centuries of the church, there does not appear to have been any group anywhere that believed that Jesus was a teacher who worked no miracles
in regards to messianic prophecies coming true in any one man scientist Peter Stoner considers 48 prophecies and says, “we find the chance that any one man fulfilled all 48 prophecies to be 1 in 10157, or
1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000.
the estimated number of electrons in the universe is around 1079. It should be quite evident that Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies by accident
Jesus performed powerful miracles that no one else could do.
Why do some Christians try to dumb down Jesus’s miracles to the level of a witch doctor or psychic by claiming natural healings are equal to the miracles Jesus did⁉️⁉️
