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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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They are already aware of the Big Miracles and they have enough faith to understand what was considered to be dramatic does not have to be the way it was Biblically.
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People tend to believe what they see. Many people have seen God work in their lives through the miracles they defined, but maybe have not seen dramatic ones like the dead being raised. I have seen God do healings and signs and wonders, and I believe in miracles. I also believe in God working things out in our lives in unexplainable ways and that those are also miracles.
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We all, for the most part, come from differing backgrounds ethnically, socioeconomically, and culturally, but the Word of truth being administered by the Spirit of truth through faith in Jesus Christ allows us to be able to believe the entire Word of God emphatically. It could be just a matter of seeing is believing or seeing to believe- Thomas.
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People not personally witnessing a miracle may not believe in miracles at all.I believe a sober minded child of CHRIST sees a miracle or two in their lifetime!!! We all experience life in our unique way. I personally have witnessed miracles in my lifetime. I have experienced a lawless lifestyle filled with evil heartless people that have done ruthless heinous acts to others. Intelligent devious people change on a dime to righteously serving the LORD the rest of their lives!!! Praise JESUS!!!
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I have a kind of empathy with people who do not perceive the thought of biblical miracles being possible in present times. However, when a person, one who I know very well, my daughter, is inexplicably healed from a humanly incurable state, then my skin bristles, as it did many years ago. Miracle? In my mind yes, an answer to months of prayers, asking God to heal her; give her back her “normal” body state.
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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 do agree with the people interviewed. Miracles are happening all around us, every single day. While, yes, God still has the power to perform miracles of epic proportions (raising the dead, healing the sick, water into wine, etc.) I think those types of miracles are fewer and farther between these days. But simple things, such as the miracle of birth, making the conscious choice to love one’s spouse, or a rainbow after a rainstorm are still acts of God, which in my mind makes them miracles.
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Not really. I do believe in the power of God in our everyday lives, but I also believe in all the miracles Jesus did during his ministry and is doing now in this time
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No, I do not degree with the people interviewed. A miracle does not necessarily have to be an extravagent show of phenomenon. For example, a miracle might constiute a person that once had an extremely hardened heart toward Jesus becoming a Christian and turning his life over to Christ. On the other hand, a miracle might be a great as someone with a terminal illness being restored to perfect health. Regardless of how “dramatic” a miracle might be, the Gospelnarratives described it beautifully, “Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” Thus, any incident that fits into the category of “no natural explanation” would constitute a miracle. Thus, Jesus turning water into wine and bringing a dead person back to life would most definitley fit into the category of “no natrual explanation” other than a miracle from God.
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I believe in miracles, so I agree with those that said yes. But yeah I have not experienced nature altering miracles like in the bible. The departing of seas, or the raising of dead. Only the day to day miracles that we see, lives being changed, births, recovery from illnesses.
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I think that the responses of the people that Mart Interviewed would be similar to my response and the majority of civilization. The “tiny” or “small” miracles of our daily lives are not considered to be equal or even to be compared to the Biblical Miracles that we heard and read about. The Biblical miracles are events that change or altar the laws of nature, and the miracles that we witness-child birth, recovery from illness and the list goes on, are not events that are changing the laws of nature. God is above nature so the miracles Jesus performed are also above nature.