Do miracles prove the divinity of Jesus?
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No, they simply add proof to the fact that Jesus Christ was the Messiah. His ability to perform miracles was only due to the power that came from his Father and God, Jehovah. Colossians 1:15 and Revelation 3:14 both clearly show that Jesus is a created being, in fact the very first creation by God. The recorded Bible prophecies that the Bible contains that were written hundreds and thousands of years in advance of Jesus' human existance, and how Jesus fulfilled each one exactly as written is proof....not that he is God, because he certainly isn't, but is proof that he was the Messiah, or God's anointed one. The fact that he was unable to raise himself from the dead is further proof that he isn't God. It was God who raised him, thus showing that God is a being totally separate and distinct from Jesus. \n\nColossians 1:15 - Jesus is the "firstborn of all creation"\n\nRevelation 3:14 - Jesus is "the beginning of the creatiobn by God"\n\nJohn 14:28 - Jesus plainly states "the father is greater than I am" - thus acknowledging that he is neither God, but is less than God. \n\n1 Corinthians 11:3 - as the man is the head of the woman, "in turn the head of the Christ is God". Thus, Jesus himself answers to a higher or superior being, his Father and God. \n\nJohn 7:16 - Jesus' message didn't originate from himself, but "belongs to him that sent me", namely his Father.
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Of all the miracles that would be useful, what is the point of turning water into wine, the theraputic benefits to prevent heart disease? Maybe if it were salt-water...\n\nIt seems like such a miracle's only purpose would be to be for witnesses to be able to cite it as evidence of Jesus's divinity. This is a little bizarre; what, therefore, are the criteria for performing a physical transformation type miracle? It would make more sense if Jesus was constrained to the same physical body of any other human and his divinity was expressed through his teachings alone. For if they are divine, then they should transcend the word of man and meet the ears of unbelievers agreeably without spurious claims of witnessing purposeless displays of supernatural talent. \n\nAt least when Moses parted the Red Sea it was for a good reason.
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I have seen the divine happen.  I have seen a drunk who hated people turn his whole life over after the divine saving power of Jesus Christ touched his life.  There is no greater miracle that can be seen than see a soul that is damned to hell be brought to the light through the shed blood of the Saviour.  see if you need that miracle too: www.needgod.com
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First off, Jesus was God manifested in the flesh.\n\nSecond, have you ever heard of something called a Miracle?  \n\nThere was no physical contact when Mary conceived Jesus.  Everyone always wants to try to gutter up Jesus's conception. That's very sad.
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Er...?  What, precisely, is the miracle?
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Without a doubt, you have often heard the claim that Jesus is God, the second person in the "Holy Trinity". However, the very Bible which is used as a basis for knowledge about Jesus and as the basis for the doctrine within Christianity clearly belies this claim.\n1. God Is All Knowing.....But Jesus Was Not \n\nWhen speaking of the Day of Judgement, Jesus clearly gave evidence of a limitation on his knowledge when he said, "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in Heaven, neither the son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32 and Matt. 24:36) But God knows all. His knowledge is without any limitations. That Jesus, of his own admission, did not know when the Day of Judgement would be.\n\n. God Is All-Powerful.....But Jesus Was Not \n\nWhile Jesus performed many miracles, he himself admitted that the power he had was not his own but was derived from God when he said, "Verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do..." (John 5:19). Again he said, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear I judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me." (John 5:30)\n\n3. God Does Not Have A God.....But Jesus Did Have A God \n\nGod is the ultimate judge and refuge for all, and He does not call upon nor pray to any others. But Jesus acknowledged that there was One whom he worshipped and to Whom he prayed when he said, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God." (John 20:17). He is also reported to have cried out while on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46). \nIf Jesus were God, then couldn't this be read, "Myself, myself, why hast thou forsaken me?". Would that not be pure nonsense? When Jesus prayed the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:2-4), was he praying to himself? When in the garden of Gethsemane he prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt." (Matt. 26:36). Was Jesus praying to himself? \n\nAccording to the Bible, God is an invisible spirit.... \n\n4. But Jesus Was Flesh And Blood \n\nWhile thousands saw Jesus and heard his voice, Jesus himself said that this could not be done with God when he said: "No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18). "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape." (John 5:37) He also said in John 4:24: "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." Jesus would say that no one had seen or heard God at any time, while his followers both saw and heard him, is clear proof that Jesus was not God. \n\n5. Will Was Distinct From His Own \n\nPerhaps the clearest indication we have that Jesus and God are not equal, and therefore not one and the same, comes again from the mouth of Jesus himself who said in John 14:28: "My Father is greater than I." When someone referred to him as a good master in Luke 18:19, Jesus responded: "Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God..." Furthermore, Jesus drew clear distinctions between himself and God when he said, "I proceeded forth and came from God, neither came I of myself but He sent me." (John 8:42) Jesus gave clear evidence of his subordination to God, rather than his equality with God, when he said in Luke 22:42, "not my will but Thine be done" and in John 5:30, "I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me." \n\nThe Church recognises the Bible as the primary source of knowledge about God and Jesus. But since the Bible makes it clear that Jesus is not the Supreme Being and the Supreme Being is not Jesus, upon what basis have you come to believe otherwise? \n\nThe belief that the Supreme Being is a Trinity is false and completely inconsistent with the words of Jesu
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there is no proof for any religion. However, Christianity provides evidence.\n\nEither Jesus was a liar, lunatic, legend, or Lord.\n\nPeople call him a great moral teacher, therefore, he wouldn't lie all of the time. He would have never made being the son of god the main point of his preachings. no one really thinks that because they call him a great teacher.\n\nA lunatic? when we look back, we don't see  the abnormalities that are found in lunatics. Instead of going around saying without thinking, he shows great composure while the pharisees confront him.\n\nLegend? If I wrote a book saying Ronald Reagan went around forgiving sins, you would never believe me. And the people wouldn't have believed the 12 disciples because Jesus was too recent. unless that actually happened.\n\nLord. alright then.\n\nLogically, Jesus had to be Lord. No proof, but other religions can't even do what I just did.\n\nAnd why do others believe other religions? Either it was forced on them by parents, or they don't want to follow the rules and instructions of the true, living God.
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No way and here is proof\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Jesus+alou&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks&x=wrt
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Science can't prove or disprove the existance of God. What proves God is the change that is evident when someone receives Jesus as their Savior. It is a life-changing event! You can't disprove experience. You can't tell me that what I know & experience in my life isn't real. And the same things I've experienced in my relationship with the Lord is being experienced by thousands of others just like me throughout the world. You can't tell me that what I KNOW is real is all in my mind. Just because you didn't personally go to the moon doesn't mean that it wasn't experienced by others. It happened. It is a fact. So is my relationship with the living God of this universe. He lives in me. End of controversy! <*)))><
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Of course, God did it all.  It is sciences job to figure out how God works the miracles that he/she does!
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I have sometimes wondered about how Jesus, being God, was able to contain the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God in the finite space of a human cranium. The best thing that I have been able to figure out is that He had access to the fullness of deity, but did not make full use of it in some ways. For example, Paul's letter to the Phillippian church  speaks of Jesus not clinging to his prerogatives as God, but emptying Himself. It seems that He did not retain all knowledge of the future and technology, etc., so that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to do His works, just as we are to relay on Him. Jesus' entire life on earth was a ministry, not only his passion and death and resurrection. He served as an example of how we are to serve. \n\nSo, when Jesus was faced with a situation, He drew on the power of the Holy Spirit to work miracles, to prophesy, to heal, not His own power. In a sense, he gave up the right to decide what was the best approach. He was led of the Spirit to a degree that probably nobody else ever was. He was fulfilling a specific mission in His life, which was to redeem us, not necessarily to establish schools, etc. (more on this in a moment.)\n\nThe miracles Jesus did were to establish credibility so that people would believe He was the promised Messiah. (He told people to believe on the basis of the miracles, if nothing else.) The specific miracles were unimportant in the sense that He could probably have just spoken and healed everybody in Judea at once. But that would not have led them to faith in Him. They had to be done in such a way as to get people's attention and for them to see.\n\nNow, as to schools, it has sometimes struck me that the book of Acts is, as it says in the first sentence, "...all that Jesus began to do and teach..." The book is sometimes called the acts of the apostles, but I think they would be the first to give Jesus the glory for all those deeds. \n\nWhen I reflect on what has been accomplished, with Christians over the centuries establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, museums, beautiful and permanent works of architecture and engineering, I am sometimes amazed, and I say, Jesus did it all. It is all from Him, and this would never have come to pass without Him. So, in a sense, He did do all these things. I don't know why He didn't do them sooner. But I know He knows what he is doing.
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I'm not sure which I find more hliarious, that Patzy calls your article, "bullshit facts" yet there isn't a damn thing to prove God exists that isn't strung together inconsitencies and things that are unexplainable, or the fact that MommaToldMeNotToCome has no ability to read the article and see when the article you posted in fact written.  Fact is, no one should be calling anyone elses beliefs bullshit.  \n\nAs for your question, it could be.  There is no way to tell.  Lots of people were crucified at that time and what happened to Jesus wasn't special.  He was one of many.  \n\nAnd Susenjungle, the Shroud of Turin wasn't used by mary Magdelen to wipe Jesus face, it was what was laid over his body after the crucifiction and due to the oils the body secretes during the ordeal made an stain of his face and body on it.  I have some good books on the subject if you are interested, let me know!  I love sharing books!
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Jesus was not only "divine" but was ans is Deity Incarnate.\n\nMany have claimed that they are Christ, or that they are "god".\n\nJesus died (delivered for our offences) and was raised the third day (for our justification) and He, though dead, now is Alive forevermore.\n\nAfter His Resurrection, "he showed himself alive by many infallible proofs".\n\nWhile He as on earth, as the Bible records, "and many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, the which are not written in this book, but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God ... and that by believing you may have Life in His name."
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I most definetly believe in miracles. \nWhen one of my close friends was ten, a young sister of hers was born. She was named Ronnie. Several minutes later, they told the mother that Ronnie wouldn't survive. Ronnie was put on all kinds of medication and machines but she was still looking bad. They called in the Priest from the church to help pray for their baby. Before he got there, the hospital had named her Certifiably Dead. The priest didn't give up hope, although the parents and my friend had. He prayed mighty prayers and annointed her. She came back! She now has a disease (i forget the name) causing her to seem, act and feel several years younger than she really is. \nEver since I heard that story I am a believer in miracles and God.
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You really can't.  Except for creating the universe... and seeing that we can't really witness that firsthand, you have to take that miracle with a little skepticism too.\n\nIf you look at most modern religions currently being founded, you can easily imagine how "miracles" could be artificially created.  The Buddha Boy in Nepal for example.  He meditated under a tree for six months without food or water.  Sounds like a miracle, hunh?  Except, local priests would erect a tent around him at night so people wouldn't disturb him and wouldn't let anyone examine the boy up close at any time.  A skeptic could easily say the boy got up and stretched his limbs, ate, urinated and defecated during the night hours under the cover of the tent.\n\nOther "leaders" use such things as sleight of hand to materialize objects or use "cold reading" techniques to demonstrate amazing divination powers.\n\nIn short, the only way to tell an illusion from a miracle is by suspending your disbelief or being allowed to study a "miracle" up close.  As any professional skeptic can tell you... people with "miracles" never let you examine them up close.
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"There is actually quite a bit of written history from that time period that proves he did exist. But thanks for playing anyways."\n\nHAHAHAHAHAHA.... prove it. Show me one single piece of paper and I will believe you. The fact of the matter is, there was NO record of a historical jesus. In fact, St. Paul (who recorded the very first story of "Jesus") didnt mention anything about a virgin birth, miracles, or even this plane of exsistance. It was set in the same relm as Zeus, Hera, and other fictional characters. There are no writings from ANYONE who supposedly followed "jesus". If you know of any first hand evidence, I will gladly look at it and convert my faith if its true. So heres your big chance, all you good christians out there... In fact, Im gonna make it a new topic.
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I cannot prove it to be false because I have had a personal experience with the Lord Jesus Christ (see my question: "Have I met Jesus?" to read my testimony). I could not deny His existence as a result. \n\nSome people will say they have a "blind faith" which I also believe but Jesus is not afraid for us to want evidence - in fact He tells us to "Test all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). He also tells us to: "Prove all things…" (1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV).  Believers and non believers are simply doing what Jesus tells us!  Christians should never be disgruntled when someone asks us to if prove God or Jesus does or does not exist!  \n\nSee also: http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine36&item=1115662606 for 7 further proofs if you wish.