Miracles in the Modern Day

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Miracles seem to be out dated and never happen in our lives. Could the non-existence of miracles be because they are impossible or could it be that we have surrounded our lives with science and technology that we are not aware of the miracles that happen around us? Do we correctly use the term “miracle”? For example the hockey game that the U.S.A. and Soviet Union played in the 1980 Olympic Games is called the “Miracle on Ice”. Yes the U.S.A. were tremendous underdogs in the game but can their win classify as a “miracle”? We use the word miracle so loosely that the word has become more of a myth and we can never find a real miracle. Determining what miracles are, if they happen throughout in the present world and how miracles actually happen is what we need to find out in order to fully understand miracles.

Dictionary.com says a miracle is an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause. This definition is a typical definition that any person in the world would say however it does not give full credit to God for miracles. The second definition given on dictionary.com is such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God. This second definition is how Christians should think of miracles. Miracles are works of God. In C.S. Lewis’ book, Miracles, he writes, “A miracle is emphatically not an event without cause or without results.” Miracles or works of God carry results that benefit others and also should make His name known. Miracles should give glory to God every single time because without God there are no miracles. In the Bible Jesus performs many miracles which He also passes down to His disciples. Jesus performed mir...

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