Miracles of Jesus (Term Paper Sample)

MIRACLES OF JESUS
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………PAGE NO
1.0 Introduction ……………………………………………………………..3
2.0 Background to the Study………………………………………………...4
3.0 MIRACLES OF NATURE………………………………………….…...4
3.1 The Miracle at Cana……………………………………….……..5
3.2 Miracle of the Draught of Fishes………………………………...5
3.3 Stilling the Storm………………………………………………...6
3.4 Feeding of the Five Thousand……………………………………6
3.5 Feeding the Four Thousand………………………………………6
3.6 Temple Tax, the Tribute Money……………………………….....7
3.7 The Withered Fig Tree…………………………………………....8
4.0 MIRACLES OF PHYSICAL HEALING………………………………...8
4.0 The son of the Noble man………………………………………...8
4.1The man with an Unclean Spirit…………………………………..8
4.2 Simon’s Mother In-Law……………………………………….....9
4.3 The Leper…………………………………………………….…...9
4.4 The Paralytic Man………………………………………….……..9
4.5 The Impotent………………………………………………….….10
4.6 The man with the withered hand……………………………........10
5.0 MIRACLES OF RESURRECTION…………………………………..….11
5.1 The Widow’s son raised …………………………………….…....11
5.2 Jairus Daughter Raised…………………………………….….......11
5.3 Lazarus Raised ……………………………………………...…….11
6.0 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………......12
7.0 Bibliography…………………….…………….…………………….….....14
INTRODUCTION
A miracle is defined as an event that contradicts existing scientific principles and hence attributed to supernatural causes, usually an act of God. The New Testament uses the words signs, wonders, and miracles to describe the acts of God in different synopsis. The Gospel according to John uses the term works to refer to the miracles of Jesus.
The word miracle emanates from the Greek word Dunamis which means power, denoting power of a supernatural being. Miracles were done by the Lord Jesus Christ mainly for the purpose of: bringing about faith in God, to confirm the Word of God, proof to the peoples that indeed God the Father is with the Son Jesus Christ, and that Jesus is the Promised Messiah as attested to by the Prophets
Miracles had complete and instant results, for instance the miracle at the pool of Bethesda when the lame man is said to have been made whole straightway. The miracles performed by Jesus Christ were undeniable as even the enemies confessed that he performed them. Miracles were done in diverse circumstances: when one has faith like the woman who had the blood issue; when someone had faith on behalf of the other; or when there was no faith at all such as when the widow’s son was raised in Nain. There are about 35 miracles performed by Jesus in the New Testament.
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF MIRACLES
Miracles depend on the condor of our faith as depicted by the four accounts of the gospel. To understand their reality and practicability we need to study and understand what the authors clearly state and what is indefinite we may have no right to define. The question of the existence of God through the performance or occurrence of miracles has elicited sharp difference among biblical scholars, theorists and researchers. Some argue that the occurrence of a miracle does not necessarily mean that God exists.
Swinburne contends that the testimony for a miracle is enough to proof that the miracle occurred. Therefore the occurrence of miracle is certainly enough proof that God exists.
Schlesinger uses the Bayes theorem to proof that indeed the occurrence of miracles attests to the existence of God. There is much controversy and skepticism about the subject of miracles performed by Jesus. The term ‘miracle’ and ‘supernatural’ is inseparable in studying miraculous nature.
MIRACLES OF NATURE
The Miracle at Cana
John 2:1-11<...