Bible miracles
Without Bible miracles …The Bible is just another bookThe God of the Bible is only a godJesus is merely a manChristianity is just another religious systemPsalms 77:14 – “You are the God who performs miracles”Exodus 34:10 – “Then God said … Before all your people I will perform miracles … it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you”Miracles in Luke’s gospelLuke 1:26-38 – Christ’s virgin conception and birthLuke 4:28-30 – Passed through crowd unseenLuke 4:33-37 – Man with demonLuke 4:38-39 – Peter’s mother-in-lawLuke 5:4-7 – Draught of fishLuke 5:12-14 – Leprous manLuke 5:17-26 – Man with palsyLuke 6:6-11 – Man with withered handLuke 7:1-10 – Healing centurion’s servantLuke 7:11-18 – Raising widow’s sonLuke 8:22-25 – Calmed a stormLuke 8:26-36 – Demons entering swineLuke 8:40-56 – Jairus’ daughterLuke 8:43-48 – Woman with issue of bloodLuke 9:37-43 – Child with demonLuke 9:11-17 – Feeding 5,000Luke 11:14-15 – Man with demonLuke 13:10-17 – Healing woman with infirmityLuke 14:1-6 – Healing man with dropsyLuke 17:11-19 – Healing 10 lepersLuke 18:35-43 – Blind BartimaeusLuke 22:50-51 – Malchus, high priest’s servantLuke 24:1-12 – Resurrection of ChristMiracles in ActsActs 1:9 – Ascension to heavenActs 2:1-4 – Speaking in tonguesActs 2:43 – Many done by apostlesActs 3:7-11 – Lame man at templeActs 4:31 – EarthquakeActs 5:5-10 – Ananias and SapphiraActs 5:12 – Signs and wondersActs 5:12-16 – HealingActs 5:19 – Prison doors openedActs 6:8 – Those done by StephenActs 8:6, 7, 13 – By Philip in SamariaActs 9:3-9 – Appearance to SaulActs 9:17-19 – Saul’s blindness healedActs 9:32-35 – AeneasActs 9:39-42 – DorcasActs 10 – Visions seen by Cornelius, PeterActs 12:10 – Prison gate openedActs 13:11-12 – ElymusActs 14:3-4 – In IconiumActs 14:8-18 – LystraActs 16:18 – Woman with evil spiritActs 16:26 – Earthquake, prisoners releasedActs 19:11-12 – In EphesusActs 20:8-12 – In TroasActs 28:3-9 – In MelitaReliability of Luke in ActsSpecific names95 different people, 62 of which aren’t mentioned by any other New Testament writer and 27 are nonbelievers, mostly civil or military officials.Specific titlesTitles of notable persons didn’t remain constant over time.Luke always uses the correct title at the correct point in history.Specific placesIn Acts, he accurately mentions 32 countries, 54 cities, and 9 Mediterranean islands.Specific eventsActs 11:27-30; 18:2 – Drought throughout all the world, expulsion of Jews from Rome.Luke never made a mistake!Sir William Mitchell Ramsey (1851-1939)Raised an atheistTrained as an archaeologist, set out to prove Bible, especially Acts, was fraudulent by traveling areas covered by Paul’s preaching tours looking for mistakes Luke made.At conclusion of his travels, he wrote The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament.Ramsey’s conclusion:“Luke is an historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy … this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.”John Warwick MontgomeryHistory and Christianity“The only way we can known whether an event can occur is to see whether is has occurred. The problem of ‘miracles’ then must be solved in the realm of historical investigation, not in the realm of philosophical speculation.”6 alleged trips to the moon6 manned landings July 20, 1969 – December 14, 197212 men walked on the moonDid these alleged events actually occur?What historical evidence (written, audio, video material) is there?I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek“Now why would Luke be so accurate with trivial details like wind directions, water depths, peculiar town names, but not be accurate when it comes to important events like miracles? In light of the fact that Luke has proven accurate with so many trivial details, it is nothing but pure anti-supernatural bias to say he’s not telling the truth about the miracles he records.”Matthew 9
Matthew 9:1-8 – Healing a paralyzed man
Matthew 9:2 – Jesus’ first priority was to forgive sins – not physical healing!Matthew 9:4 – They completely overlooked the fact that Jesus could read their minds!
