What is meant by the term miracle(TM)?

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Charly Torrance

What is meant by the term ‘miracle’?

          There is no one accepted definition of the word miracle because there are so many. The most widely used definition of a miracle came from David Hume who stated that a miracle is: “A transgression of a law of nature by a particular violation of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent”, or as the dictionary puts it; ‘An event due to supernatural agency, a remarkable event’. Throughout the Bible, miracles are used by God (and Jesus) to visually represent and reveal His divine power and authority over man and nature from time to time.

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Most people give re-meaning to a miracle because they see it as an extraordinary event which is unexplainable and is not part of the regular course of nature; also they see miracles as showing God’s power.

 Some think the definition of a miracle is, ‘something that is supernatural’, that it can simply be an event where someone changes for the good or if good triumphs over evil. Many parents consider the birth of their children or child a miracle even though the birth of children happens frequently. In the Bible miracles were when God interfered, and helped reveal the true ...

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