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Some say Jesus is a miracle worker

It's certainly true that Jesus performed many miracles as they are clearly described throughout the biographies of Jesus, known as the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 

 

There were many miracles of healing which included the blind gaining sight, the deaf hearing, the paralysed walking, the mute speaking and many other conditions healed.  There were miracles of provision with the multiplication of loaves and fishes to feed thousands and the changing of water into wine at a wedding in Cana.  The dead were raised to life, raging storms were calmed and Jesus walked on water.

 

However miracles, for Jesus, were not an end in themselves.  He did not see himself as a miracle worker nor did he come simply to perform miracles.  In Matthew chapter 14, Jesus walks on water to reach a boat that the disciples are in  which is being buffeted by the wind.  In this amazing miracle, even one of the disciples, Peter, begins to walk on water.  When they finally reach the boat, we're told:

'Then those who were on the boat worshipped him, saying, “Truly, you are the Son of God.”  (Matthew 14:33)

 

Jesus did not perform miracles for the sake of performing miracles but instead the miracles of Jesus were a sign, another piece of evidence that revealed his true identity and pointed people to Jesus as the Christ, Son of the living God. 

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