Here is the full question: I am 50 years old being a Christian for 22 years. God has blessed me financially beyond what I expect,. I have 4 children, my second (girl 16+) and third (boy 10+) suffered from “autism”. I am concerned about their future. I believe in miracles. Technically I lost 26+ years [...]
Answers about miracles
This can be answered simply; Gehazi did not have the faith required. An insight into the character of the man, can be seen in 2 Kings 5:20-27. Looking deeper there is further meaning. Relevant verses — 2 Kings 4:29-36: He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If [...]
There are approximately 37 miracles performed by Jesus, recorded in the New Testament. I say approximately, because occasionally it can be a little tricky to determine if the different gospel accounts are referring to the same or a different miracle. Of course, Jesus would have performed other miracles not recorded, as we read in John [...]
The text does not actually say that Jesus ‘lost power’. when he healed. What it says is that Jesus was aware when power had been used for this reason. Luke 8:46 (NET) But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out from me.” We don’t know the details of what [...]
Jesus healed people of many different sicknesses and disabilities in many different situations. His healing is sometimes attributed to his words and at other times to his touch. Astonished people said of him in Mark 6:2 Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works [...]
For the majority of history God hasn’t worked in obvious miracles. Relatively speaking, the Bible records only very small portions of history, sometimes interspersed by hundreds of unrecorded years, and even in those records God isn’t performing miracles all the time. You’d expect the Bible to record a fair number of miracles, though, because it [...]
In this passage, Jesus was visiting Nazareth, the place where he had grown up. Everyone knew who he was and who his family was, and so they were amazed at how well he spoke. However, it seems they also expected him to do some powerful miracles to show that he really was important, and [...]
Blasphemy is showing disrespect for God. Under the Law of Moses, anyone who blasphemed was to be executed by stoning (Leviticus 24:16). “Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” is only mentioned in the gospels: Matthew 12:31-32. “Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not [...]
Jesus was famous. He attracted great crowds of people (see Matthew 4:23-24) which made his work preaching and healing difficult at times. On at least one occasion Jesus was at risk of being crushed by the crowds: “When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his [...]
God made Aaron’s rod bud — it was a miracle. In Numbers 17:5 God says: …the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you. After the rebellion in Numbers 16 (see especially Num. 16:3), [...]
