The Miracles Of Jesus (Pt 1) Series

The purpose is firstly, to learn about the miracles and secondly, to discover what they mean to us today.

The plan is to spend a few weeks in the miracles, shift to the parables, and finish up with the miracles.

When I first began preparing my study of the miracles, I figured I had three different ways to present them:

By the types of miracles

Chronologically how they appeared in scripture

By the gospel they are told

After digging a bit, I decided on chronologically.

There are several things I’d like to unwrap during this study series:

We are examining these miracles chronologically with the intent of:

Looking at the types of miracles

Who was present

Purpose of the miracles

Which gospels recorded unique miracles

Which gospel had the most miracles

Which had the fewest

Which gospel had most of each type of miracle

Let’s get started shall we?

Body

The first mention of the word miracle is found in:

Exodus 7:9 ““When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’ ””

The first miracle we see is found in:

John 2:1-11 stand with me as we honor God while reading His word.

This is the 1st of 7 “signs” as John records them. (repeat address)

This miracle is found only in John’s gospel.

Read from my bible.

Before we go any further, I’d like to read the last two verses of John chapter 1.

John 1:50–51 “Jesus answered and said to him (Nathaniel), “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.””

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Verse 51 is a reference to:

Genesis 28:12 “Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.”

Then John 1:50 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.””

Doesn’t take long for Nathaniel to see greater things, as we see in 2nd chapter of John, Jesus keeps His promise, as He always does.

Some of your bibles may read “on the next day”. Please don’t get hung up on that. There is an explanation, and without getting bogged in the quagmire, “on the 3rd day” is a reference to the last day mentioned. Believe me, it is confusing when you dig into to it!

On the 3rd day, does have a familiar ring to it, doesn’t it?

I also want to give you the heads up that I won’t be going in the usual verse by verse passage when I break down these passages. I will hit the highlights and not cover every verse.

So, my thoughts may seem a bit random, but hopefully, they will tie into one another in a sensible manner.

John 2:2 “Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.”

John 2:3 “And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.””

There is a strong possibility that Mary (which John’s gospel does not say by name), was somehow related to the family holding the wedding.

That’s the quick set-up.

So much in these 11 verses, but I’m trimming it down to just a few remarks.

Let’s begin with this thought:

Jesus came down from heaven to save mankind, yet:

He had time to attend a wedding and join in the festivities.

Traditionally, these weddings were about a week long!

Please don’t be offended, but after about 4 hours of wedding and reception, I am tapped out.

But the reality is, we need to be like Jesus, and take advantage of every opportunity to spread the Good News!

John 2:4–5 “Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.””

When I look @ verses 4 and 5, it is perplexing, but I boiled it down to this:

Perhaps Mary’s relationship to Jesus was secure enough to let Jesus take care of it.

Is that us? Is our relationship with Jesus such that we trust Him to take care of our every situation, or do we have our own expectation of how it show go?

Mary didn’t tell Jesus to handle it, or even how to handle it.