Tag: Faith

Whats With the Half Miracles in the Bible? II

Lesson Theme: God Answering Our Real Needs

God, commonly and typically, heals people all in one ‘go’ or in one instance. Maybe that is why it seems so curious when God, from time to time, doesn’t.

Consider, for example, 2 Kings 4, when a boy dies in his mother’s arms. The great prophet of God sends his servant with a rod to lay upon the boy, and seemingly, it ‘doesn’t work.’  The great prophet, himself, prays over the boy and stretches himself upon the dead child.  STILL, it doesn’t work.

Why does it take so many attempts before the prophet finally ‘gets it right’, or God finally answers in the form of a miracle?

Note:  No PowerPoint lesson today. Let’s just use our Bibles and make some notes in the margins.

What’s With the Half Miracles in the Bible 2- Lesson

 

“Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”

— 2 Kings 4:28

Whats With the Half Miracles in the Bible?

Lesson Theme: Miracles That Come in Stages

When our Savior performed a miracle, it was concise, thorough, and completely telling of the merciful and compassionate Father…  99% of the time it would result in INSTANT healing for those blessed to experience His physical touch.

I say 99% of the time because there are a few miracles that certainly seem to  DEVIATE from God’s usual method.

When I get to passages like Mark 8, I can’t help but read about Jesus spitting on the eyes of a blind man, and the man not being healed. What’s with that? Was it a warm-up lap?  Jesus healed a woman of an medical history of blood issues by a simple touch of the hem of His garment…   Why did it take TWO attempts to heal this man?

Note:  No PowerPoint lesson today. Let’s just use our Bibles and make some notes in the margins.

What’s With the Half Miracles in the Bible – Lesson

 

“And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.”

— Mark 8:24-25