Simona Kent-saisch

Section B

Discuss the meaning of healing miracles

Christians today make of the miracle stories in the bible as influencing stories. They mainly market these stories and tell them to others or preach. The stories were read to uneducated people in a way that they could influence them to see the good in believing in God. One is when a group of demons asked Jesus if they could cast out their evil spirits into a nearby herd of pigs. The pig farmers were incensed and angry with Jesus because when the spirits entered the pigs, they all jumped of the cliff. This all makes sense if the miracle was legitimate. If Jesus was just helping someone deal with psychosis, let's say, why did the pigs all jump off the cliff?

        Each miracle has its own significance. Many are comparable to today’s miracles, and are very encouraging to people who have illness or suffering, as they can provide faith and allow people to stay positive believing that  they have hope. Miracles only happen to those who have faith in God and who believe. They use the miracle stories as part of their worship by reminding God how great he is and what he has done for them and to thank him. Also this gives them a reason to stay in faith. If they ever have any doubt they can recall the miracles and see how great and powerful God is.

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        Christians today can learn a great deal from miracles. They learn how important their faith is in God. Miracles happen anywhere. They can happen to anyone as long as there is faith, it can happen everywhere and they happen because God wants us to be fit for the kingdom. Christians can learn from this, that miracles happen to people who need them, to people who believe in him, and to people who have sinned, confessed, and apologise.

 They do not happen to people who have no or little faith, who question God, or who ask things of him in a ...

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