the miracles

On Sunday (10/14/07) we looked at various miracles that Jesus Christ performed. He performed a lot. Most of them were healings but there were a few others. There were different kinds of healings also- physical condition, demon-possessed, and restoring to life. Another category is the wide range of miracles I place under nature. And finally, Jesus healed spiritual sickness. Once again, we split up into two different groups and had the high school teach 5 miracles to the jr. high youth. I tried to include a variety of miracles for both groups to look at.

Although a few of these miracles have lessons in them, the main lesson I shared with everyone is when Jesus healed a paralyzed man in Matthew 9:1-8. This one is huge, in my opinion, because Jesus demonstrates that He has the authority to forgive sins. Not only does He cure this man of physical illness, but spiritually also. And for what reason? If Jesus was just an ordinary man, then how could this paralytic have sinned against Him after meeting for just the first time? No. Since Jesus is the Son of God, He can forgive anyone of any sins, because all sins are against God, in addition to ones that are committed against other people too. One of the strongest claims for Jesus' divinity is here in this passage- with the authority to forgive.

Here is a list of the rest of the miracles we looked over:


Mt 8:5-13 centurion demonstrates faith
Mt 8:28-34 heals 2 demon-possessed men
Mt 9:27-34 heals blind and mute; Pharisees say it is by demons
Mt 12:9-14 heals on Sabbath; Pharisees begin to plot to kill Jesus
Mt 14:13-21 feeds 5,000
Mt 14:22-33 walk on water
Mt 17:14-21 heals demon-possessed boy while the disciples could not
Lk 13:10-17 heals crippled woman on Sabbath

blessings