WHAT OTHER MIRACLE OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD CONVINCE YOU TO ACCEPT HIM AS MESSIAH?

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Despite the enormous evidence of the outstanding miracles our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ performed while in human form on earth and even with testimonies of many such magnificent miracles occuring daily in the Name of Jesus Christ in our present day, a lot of people still find it difficult to accept Him as Messiah.

What such people fail to realize is that God is not a man but the Supreme Being who has Ultimate Authority and Ultimate Power. There is absolutely nothing that can withstand the power of God Almighty, the Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the Word of God (John 1:1,14; 1 John 5:7; Revelation 19:13) and God says man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word God has spoken (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4). 

If man shall live by every Word God has spoken, it means man shall live by Jesus Christ, the Word of God, the Messiah.

Let us consider some of the outstanding miracles our Lord Jesus Christ performed while on earth as the Holy Bible, His Word, records:

(1) Jesus changed water into wine, His first miracle - John 2:1-11

(2) Jesus healed a noble man's son who was sick and at the point of death, His second miracle - John 4:46-54

(3) Jesus walked on water - Matthew 14:22-33

(4) Jesus raised to life Lazarus who was dead and buried for 4 days - John 11:1-45

(5) Jesus gave sight to a man blind from birth - John 9:1-12

(6) Jesus cured a demoniac who was completely beyond control - Mark 5:1-20

(7) Jesus raised a dead child and healed a woman who suffered a hemorrhage for 12 years within hours of each other - Mark 5:21-43

(8) Jesus fed at least 5,000 men, besides women and children from 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish and His disciples took up scraps that filled 12 baskets - Matthew 14:14-21.

(9) Jesus fed at least 4,000 men, besides women and children from 7 loaves of bread and a few fish, and His disciples took up scraps that filled 7 large baskets - Matthew 15:29-39.

(10) Jesus fixed back the cut off right ear of the High Priest's slave Malchus when they came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:49-51; John 18:10-11)

The truth is, any sane human being would be stunned by these kind of miracles that Jesus Christ performed and realize that He is sent by God.

Unfortunately, as is common with the fallen human nature that is inherently evil (Genesis 6:5; Jeremiah 17:9), the Holy Bible records people who in spite of Jesus' outstanding miracles refused to believe in Him with some even mocking Him.

What is most unfortunate is that even the Pharisees who were the spiritual leaders of the Jews refused to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and even stated that Jesus healed by the power of beelzebub, the chief of demons (Matthew 12:22-37).

It was here that the Lord Jesus Christ warned the Pharisees about sinning against the Holy Spirit by claiming that what God had done through Him, Jesus Christ, was done by satan.

Common sense should tell anyone that satan is God's number one enemy because of satan's rebellion along with fallen angels or demons against God Almighty's Authority, which resulted in their being kicked out of heaven forever and now dwell in hell.

How then would the Lord Jesus Christ use satan's power to heal and still tell people to believe in God Almighty? The Pharisees did this because of envy but offended God in the process because God judges our motives (1 Corinthians 4:5; Proverbs 16:2) and clearly the Pharisees motives were borne out of envy (Matthew 27:15-18).

Even while He lay on the Cross of Calvary dying for the sins of mankind, people who had seen Jesus perform those great miracles still mocked Him, including one of the thieves on the cross.

Let us examine some of the comments of these people:

(1) "You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." - Matthew 7:39-40 (passersby)

(2) "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him." - Matthew 27:42 (The chief priests)

(3) "He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, "I am the Son of God." - Matthew 27:43

(4) "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us." - Luke 23:39 (one of the thieves crucified with Jesus on the Cross).

These comments are typical of human beings who can say one thing about someone when all is well and then say another thing when all is not or appears not well.


Some of these same people witnessed the marvelous miracles of Jesus, believed in Him and praised Him but when it appeared all was not well even though it was all God's will, these same people started castigating their own Saviour, Messiah and Creator!..............TO BE CONTINUED

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