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Lesson OneDid They Really Happen?5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoWhat Kinds of Miracles Did Jesus Do?5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeWhy Did Jesus Do Miracles?5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourWhy Did Jesus’ Miracles Create Controversy? - Part I5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveWhy Did Jesus’ Miracles Create Controversy? - Part II5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixAre Jesus’ Miracles Still Important?5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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During the video section Mart DeHaan interviewed people on the street in Tiberias. He asked them if they believed in miracles. He concluded: “I sensed in the residents of Tiberias that the ‘miracles’ they believed in would not have been as dramatic as someone turning water into wine or bringing a dead person back to life; yet according to the Gospel narratives, Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” What might be the basis for their personal convictions concerning miracles?
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For some seeing is believing; for others, what they believe is just that; for some witnessing the act is believing. Just depends on the individual. For some no matter what any of the aforementioned beliefs are they do not believe in miracles.
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They may have never experienced a miracle that had no natural explanation. Neither have I. But would love too. Unless I missed it. But I don’t think I did. Well I hope I didn’t miss it.
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In today’s world, miracles are the common place things that houldn’t happen actually happening. In order for me to believe in an actual miracle as what Jesus did in turning water into wine, or the many healings, i either have to see it happen or have faith in the God who makes it happen. If a person isn’t a Christian they would have no reason to believe.
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The people interviewed seemed to take the approach that everyday things, such as the sunrise or sunset, human contact, or even the birth of a child were miracles. (While I feel that every child born is a “miracle” of God, it is not the same as the miracles we see in Scripture.) When something that happens in this world cannot be explained by science or human reasoning, it becomes a miracle. If one can explain it, then God has not performed a miracle, but a genuine aspect of our life on earth. When one cannot explain it, we see God’s hand in the supernatural over the natural. He has done something that brings ultimate wonder and awe.
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I think most people, like those in Tiberias, view amazing events in our life as miracles. However, most of those events, such as childbirth or the sun rising, follows the laws of nature. It could be none of those citizens have every experienced a miracle that goes beyond the laws of nature, for to believe that, they must have faith, and to have faith, you need to believe it can happen. The majority of people in the world only base their beliefs on what they can see, not what they can’t see.
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During the video section Mart DeHaan interviewed people on the street in Tiberias. He asked them if they believed in miracles. He concluded: “I sensed in the residents of Tiberias that the ‘miracles’ they believed in would not have been as dramatic as someone turning water into wine or bringing a dead person back to life; yet according to the Gospelnarratives, Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” Do you agree with the responses of the people interviewed?
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I agree with the idea that a miracle is something that defies nature, something out of the ordinary that doesn’t always happen. So, in most cases, I wouldn’t agree that they are miracles, however, if those people choose to believe they are, they are entitled to that opinion.
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I believe God performs miracles everyday. It’s all about having a relationship with God that shows his miracles daily. If I didn’t have a relationship with God, would I see his miracles? I find it interesting 2 out of 3 asked this question said yes. It proves how Jesus how to show his miracle while walking around or not everyone would have believed him as the young teenagers.
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Yes, I do not believe in coincidences. I think that things happen every day that sometimes we are able to “see” or experience and sometimes we aren’t given the gift of knowing about them.
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No, I don’t agree with the people interviewed. Miracles cannot be attributed to a natural order or occurrence. They are “beyond” nature – something that does not occur. What most of the guests described as “miracles” were really just being overwhelmed with the evidence of God’s creation of our world and things created for our pleasure – not an intervening power that gives a total unexpected outcome based upon God’s created natural order. For instance, rain falling in the Negev Desert is not a miracle. It actually does occur in the natural order God establishes. Manna coming down like dew is a miracle, because this is outside the natural occurrence established by God’s creation.
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The residents of Tiberias believed that miracles couldn’t be “dramatic”. However, the Gospels clearly explain that power that Jesus exhibited. I think that God displays His authority over nature in both extravagant (such as raising people from the dead) and daily ways (such as what the residents of Tiberias expressed). I have full faith in the Gospels, but I have also seen God work miracles in my own life.