Thursday, 7 August 2014

What about the Miraculous

What about the Miraculous

“A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.  
So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.  
Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.  
Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.  
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,  
“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?  
Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?  
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . .” He said to the paralytic,  
“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”  
He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” 
                                                                                    Mark 2:1-12.
What is describes above is one of many miracles Jesus did. If these were fabrications why would the writers of the scriptures write about them.
Anything that is too far fetched or seemingly impossible would be counter productive to the cause of Christianity. Yet the early writers chose to include them.
To my mind this tells me they really happened.
Every miracle that is spoke of in the Bible both in the Old Testament and in the New is genuine.
They prove there is a God and they prove Jesus is the Son of God. If not the writers of the New Testament are either delusional or lying.
Either way in making things up they are not helping the cause of Christianity. If anything they are damaging it.
The writers of the Bible wrote down what they knew to be true. They did so because they wanted people everywhere to know the truth about God and Christ.
Think about it

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