Purpose Of Miracles | Reveals The Truth

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Today, we'll be learning something about the purpose of miracles in the scriptures and modern day Christian Church. We'll talk about why God does miracles today, and times past. And please take your pen and Bible along this journey as we try to explore  the scriptural meaning of some Biblical concepts.  I pray God grants us wisdom and understanding, that we may be able to live to his expectations and abide with his word throughout our day-to-day activities. 
Amen! 

This Topic, The Purpose of Miracles, will be divided into short messages. Today we'll talk about the first reason as to why God works miracles ages past, now, and time to come. 

1. To Reveal The Truth:

And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name" (John 20:30-31). 

Some of the miracles, which were performed, served the specific purpose of inducing men to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. This is a truth that must be believed for one to be saved. Men could not learn that of themselves. 

Peter acknowledged Him to be the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus, in response to that confession, said to him: “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 16:17). 

Paul discusses the disclosure of God’s will to the Christians in the church at Ephesus. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself” (Ephesians 1:7-9). 

He continued that thought in the third chapter, “How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already by which when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets” (Ephesians 3:3-5). 

Still later in this same letter: “And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19). These passages settle the fact that the Holy Spirit revealed God’s will to the apostles and prophets and enabled them to transmit that message to the world exactly and free of error. 

In his letter to the Galatians he pursues this topic to ingrain it in the hearts of his hearers: “But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:11-12). 

In Galatians 3:23, the apostles tell us that faith was revealed. Here he speaks of faith as a synonym of Christianity, or of the gospel. Faith is used in the New Testament as:

(1) The personal faith of the believer in Christ. “... for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins” (John 8:24). “When he saw their faith...” (Luke 5:20).

(2) Faith is used as the object of what one believes. “And truly Jesus did many other signs but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:30-31). “For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect” (Romans 4:14). “But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ” (Romans 3:21-22). You see, it is important what one believes. That faith must be in God; it must be in the righteousness of God. It is the gospel which one must believe to be saved.

(3) Faith is used many times in the New Testament for the whole scheme of human redemption, for God’s plan of salvation, for the Christian religion, for his total arrangement of grace. “...a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith” (Acts 6:7). 

When Paul preached on the island of Cyprus, a magician by the name of Elymas was “seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith” (Acts 13:8). Paul returned to some places where he had previously preached and converted people and was “exhorting them to continue in the faith” (Acts 14:22). He spoke of “obedience to the faith” and had in mind the acceptance of the gospel rather than one’s personal faith. 

You will recall that Paul told the Corinthians that “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).

He speaks further of this to the Colossians: “. .. of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has revealed to His saints” (Colossians 1:25-26). 

All of this was done through the instrumentality of the Spirit. He inspired and miraculously revealed the truth to divinely inspired men. The purpose of the miracles He performed was to reveal the truth.

Amen. 

Thank you all, today's post took an exceptional chunk of my time, and I would like to thank you all  for reading and exploring your Bible with me. I thank God for your complete sense of loyalty and trust in Jesus. And I hope you get to have a deep understanding of the scriptures as you tag along with us here. 

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