The Miracles Of Jesus (Pt 2) Series

So, as a reminder here they are:

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

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

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

We aren’t going to hit each of those every week, but sprinkle them in as the study unfolds.

We began last week with 4 miracles.

Turning water into wine-which to me is both a “food” miracle, as well as a a “nature” miracle.

Remember, one of the purposes of the miracles is to prove Jesus’ power over everything:

We see 5 types of miracles in the 37 miracles recorded in the gospels:

Food

Nature

Healing

Demon possession

and raising of the dead

The second miracle was:

The healing of the nobleman’s son

3rd miracle:

Calling the demon out of the man in the synagogue

4th miracle:

Healing of Peter’s mother in law

In the first 4, we see:

2 healings

1 exorcism

1 power over nature in the turning of water to wine (could also be considered “food”)

Let’s look at our next group of miracles. This first one is found in Matthew 8:16-17 / Mark 1:32-34/ and Luke 4:40-41-

-Many healed and demons cast out-

Here is a harmony of these 3 gospels:

“At evening, when the sun had set, the whole city was gathered together at the door. They brought to Him all who were sick and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. He cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.”

Remarks:

The first thing we notice here is the contrast in this 5th miracle to that of the first 4.

This is a VERY public miracle!

The whole city was gathered together @ the door!

Scripture tells us “He laid hands on the sick”, and healed them ALL,

but with a WORD, He cast out the demons.

I couldn’t find a single scripture that says “Jesus touched a demon”.

I’m thinking there must be a reason for that!

And just maybe, we should follow His example.

In Matthew 8:17 “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.””

In Matthew’s gospel we see these words 15 times, and Jesus spoke them first in:

Matthew 5:17 ““Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”

Jesus was fulfilling the prophet Isaiah from chapter 53:4.

This next miracle is unique to Luke and found in:

Luke 5:1-11 stand with me as we honor God while reading His word (repeat address)

-Great catch of fish-

Luke 5:1–4 “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.””

Luke 5:6–8 “And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!””

Luke 5:9–11 “For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.”

Luke 5:1 “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,”

Remarks:

Let’s begin with this:

The Lake of Gennesaret (ga-NES-a-ret) is also known as The Sea of Galilee as well as the The Sea of Tiberias.