Miracles As Signs

Miracles As Signs

Matthew 20:29–34 NIV 

1. MIRACLES REVEALED JESUS’ NATURE:   AND .

Matthew 20:32-34a  Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes.

Mark 1:41 Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

Lamentations 3:22-23  Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 

2. MIRACLES REVEALED JESUS’ IDENTITY: .

Matthew 20:34b Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Luke 7:22 Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: 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.

Acts 2:22 Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 

3. MIRACLES REVEALED JESUS’ PURPOSE: .

Titus 2:14 (Jesus) gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness
and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Heb 9:15a Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,
that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—

John 6:39 This is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me,
but raise them up at the last day.

“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus’ miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.”  —Tim Keller, The Reason For God

Jesus is here.  Jesus loves you.  Jesus want to meet your deepest needs.

What’s keeping you from calling out to Jesus? 

Romans 8:26–28 The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.