Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.” (John 3:1–2, NIV 1984).
My Musings – What were the miraculous signs that Nicodemus was referring to? “The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.” (Matthew 11:4–5, NIV 1984). Pretty impressive list. But even more so when you consider the following. “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” (John 21:25, NIV 1984).
A bit of hyperbole perhaps, but the point is the four Gospels include only a small sample of what Jesus did in three short years of ministry. For like His Father, “He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.” (Job 5:9, NIV 1984).
My Advice – If one does not believe in God, then they likely do not believe in miracles or Jesus. But it is possible to believe in God and miracles but not believe in Jesus. “But these [miracles] are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30–31, NIV 1984).
Believe in the “good news” of the Christ. The miracle of “first importance.” “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” (1 Corinthians 15:3–4, NIV 1984). A wonder that we cannot begin to fathom. Yet it is offered to us freely. Good news indeed!
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