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For 30 years, Christian leader and spiritual adviser Billy Graham has been offering advice to the thousands of readers who share their problems ...
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Why Does the Bible Have So Many Miracles in It?
By Billy Graham, Tribune Media Services
Q: I believe the Bible has much to teach us today, but I can't accept
all those supposed miracles that are included in it. Couldn't those
things be cut out of the Bible? That way, we'd be left with the parts
that everyone could accept and follow. -- M.McN.
A: From time to time, skeptics have attempted to do exactly what you suggest -- and the result has always been a failure. All they had left was a vague and confusing mass of material with little unity or coherence.
The reason is because the only way to remove the miracles from the Bible is to remove God from the Bible -- because He is the One who caused the miracles to happen. And yet His footprints are on every page -- and without God, the Bible falls apart. From the very first verses of Genesis to the final chapter of Revelation, the Bible is the story of God and His plan for the human race. As the Bible says, "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty'" (Revelation 1:8).
The Bible's miracles are an important part of its story, and it is impossible to extract them from the Bible without destroying its central message. What is that message? It is the message that God is real, and He created us so we could know and love Him.
But the Bible also points us to the greatest miracle of all -- the miracle of Jesus Christ. He came from heaven to demonstrate God's love for us, and He did this by dying for us. Don't turn your back on Christ, but ask God to help you understand how much He loves you -- and then to commit your life to Him.
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This news arrived on: 07/18/2008
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07-18-2008 09:01
Revmark wrote:
So many miracles.
I am seeing that you have been through a situation where you needed one of those "miracles" and you prayed for an answer from God, and He didn't answer. I would like to encourage you that God answers every prayer you make to Him, if made in faith, in believing that He answers His children's prayers. The problem is, that sometimes the answer is, No.
Like a loving parent who has a child that just want's to eat cookies all day, and not eat proper food. The answer is No. Why? Because it is not healthy, and yes would not be the proper answer. Why? To be mean? No. Because the parent sees the whole picture.
Sometimes we get in the place of telling God how to answer our prayers, and when He does not answer them the way we want, we take that as Him not answering. But, we have to remember, He sees the whole picture. Even Jesus, when wanting to have the suffering removed from what he was about to do on the cross, prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Luke 22:42
When we pray, we must pray according to His will, then we will begin to understand that sometimes the answer is, No. 1 John 5:14 says it all.
God Bless
Revmark
Like a loving parent who has a child that just want's to eat cookies all day, and not eat proper food. The answer is No. Why? Because it is not healthy, and yes would not be the proper answer. Why? To be mean? No. Because the parent sees the whole picture.
Sometimes we get in the place of telling God how to answer our prayers, and when He does not answer them the way we want, we take that as Him not answering. But, we have to remember, He sees the whole picture. Even Jesus, when wanting to have the suffering removed from what he was about to do on the cross, prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Luke 22:42
When we pray, we must pray according to His will, then we will begin to understand that sometimes the answer is, No. 1 John 5:14 says it all.
God Bless
Revmark
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