A miracle is a “an event that so overrides what observers understand of natural law that it creates wonder and serves as evidence of God’s active intervention in this universe.” *
Jesus didn’t do miracles to draw large crowds. Through the miracles, he presented his credentials: he revealed his identity and what he’d come to do. John, in his gospel, called each miracle of Jesus a sign, “an identifying mark of God’s presence or purpose” * because they pointed to who he was. The goal was to reveal the messiahship of Jesus, to glorify God and to increase the faith of the observers.
As we study the miracles of Jesus we’ll answer such questions as:
What is the context: what happened just before the miracle and what happened afterward?
Who was present and what was the need? How did the miracle individualize the situation?
How did the miracle point to the messiahship of Jesus?
How was God glorified?
Devotions in this series:
*Revell Bible Dictionary, The, (Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 1990) pp. 699 and 922.