Miracle Man

Would we believe in Jesus if he never performed miracles?

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." - Mark 7:31-37

Jesus chose to help people, even though he didn't want people to come to him just for healing.

He wanted to spread the Good News that they were saved and could return to God.  Instead, he drew crowds looking for healing.

Of course there were many who came to hear him speak, like a modern day rally for a politician, but healing the sick is what we remember, and it may be what makes us believers.

The Evangelist, John, calls these things Jesus did signs.  They point to his divine nature, so in that sense, they were intended to make us open our eyes to the truth of who Jesus was and is.

I guess you could say, the miracles were part of the sales pitch.  Without them, Jesus would have been like John the Baptist, popular, but regional in scope.

He became a Superstar because people spread the word about what He did.

So, it makes sense that He would perform miracles, but I don't think that was His main objective.

I think He did them because He cared.

And that is the message for us.

Act out of love.

More to come...