Miracles in the Bible

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Miracles in the Bible

A miracle is known to be a wonderful and surprising event, believed

to have been caused by God. In my opinion a miracle is something

that happens that seems beyond belief. A miracle can be personal,

meaning that you might think something is a miracle that no one else

does e.g. my father got the job. It’s a miracle. Christians believe

that a miracle is an extraordinary , super natural event , believed

to been created by God. In Luke gospel there are several scriptures

describing how Jesus was presented as a worker of miracles. Luke the

gospel writer was a doctor , this meant he had scientific knowledge

and he was interested in people. He lived after Jesus ,he learned

about Jesus from Paul. He must have been interested in Jesus attitude

towards sick people. He writes more about the miracles than anyone

else. He presents Jesus as a healer, a compassionate, and a caring

person especially to outcasts. Luke is trying to say only someone

special, sent by God, the messiah could do these things. He also

showed what kind of God the messiah is. Luke tells of four kinds of

miracles:

1. Jesus calms the storm

2. The man with demons

3. The widows son at Nain

4. The centurions servant

Jesus calms the storm(Luke 8:22-25)

Ÿ Jesus got into a boat with his disciples, Jesus fell asleep

Ÿ A strong wind blew down the lake so they were in danger

Ÿ The disciples woke Jesus up to calm the storm, Jesus ordered the

storm and water to go down and asked the disciples “where is your

faith?”

Ÿ The disciples were amazed.

Jesus attitude in this scripture was helping and courageous. This kind

of miracle is showing power over nature. Only God has power over

nature so Luke wants to show that Jesus The Messiah is God because he

has this power. Also, although the disciples are very afraid they

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