Tag: Miracles

The Widow and the Oil

Lesson Theme: The Object Lesson of the Cursed Fig Tree

What is the difference between a Miracle and a Prophecy?

  • BOTH are supernatural acts of God, right?
  • Both are in accordance to the Sovereign Will of God
  • Both are in complete harmony with His expressed Character
  • Both bring honor and glory to God.
    Both bring God a measure of pleasure.

Could it be that the only difference between the two is the viewpoint by which we observe God’s Hand at work? Miracles are observed in the present.   Prophecy is most often realized far after the fact.

Sometimes we read the phrase, “And it came to pass” and interpret it as, “this is what happened next.”

 

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

The Widow and the Oil – Lesson

 

“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is non else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”

— Isaiah 46:9-10

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