...Samuel Nelms BIBL 323—B16 LOU Sign Miracle Paper February 19, 2014 Introduction: In the Gospel of John there are eight miracle signs that are recorded that are performed by Jesus in this Gospel. In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) the Prince of Life doesn’t show or give any miraculous signs to prove his authority. In the Abramic religions, these eight signs are actual events from the beginning of His ministry with the turning of water into wine to the final miracle of a miraculous catch of fish after the death and resurrection of Christ. Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples which are not recorded in the book But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name (John 20:30-31 NIV ). This paper will explain and not only give light, but reveals His purpose, ministry and also His deity as Christ Our Lord. Jesus performed miracles in this gospel for a variety of reasons. First, the ultimate objection of the signs was to bring glory to God (John 2:11) and develop the faith of those who witnessed or heard about these miracles (John 20:31). Second, miracles were performed by Christ to demonstrate how he fulfilled prophecy (John 6:14) and third, perhaps as an expression of the compassion upon people (John 11:5, 35). Turning Water into Wine: The first miracle that Jesus performed was changing water into wine. Jesus and the few disciples that had...
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...University BIBL 323 The Eight Sign Miracles of Jesus There are four Gospels in the New Testament, and each seemingly written to a different audience base that show different aspects to deity. There are a total of 37 different miracles attributed to Jesus during his years of ministry on earth; although, there are only eight miracles detailed in the Gospel of John. John is considered to be more sectarian and exclusive than the other three gospels. This book was written to convey and convince all those who read it of the Deity of Jesus. The author tells us in John 20, “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name”. So, it is in this Gospel of John where depictions of extraordinary events that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws is articulated in written form to beautifully show forth the divine nature of Jesus the Christ. The first sign miracle that John uses takes place at a wedding in Cana. Jesus was attending a wedding along with his disciples and mother. This was possibly a wedding for one of his family members because his mother was overseeing the duties of the caterers. According to John, a problem arose when the party had run out of wine to serve, and Mary the mother of Jesus, came to him for help. At this point, Jesus seemingly reluctantly offered...
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...SIGNS AND MIRACLES PAPER Liberty University, November 27th , 2011 Introduction “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:30-31 (HCSB) In the Gospel of John there are eight recorded sign miracles that Jesus Christ performed. This paper will briefly describe each miracle and how it reveals the deity of Jesus Christ. Turning of Water into Wine The first miracle Jesus performed was changing water into wine. He and His disciples arrived at a wedding celebration that was already in progress. Mary, the mother of Jesus, came to Him and told Him they had run out of wine, presumably because she knew that He was capable of doing something about the dilemma.[1] Jesus responded by telling her that His hour had not yet come. While scholars disagree on what Jesus meant by this statement, it is obvious that Mary, as a woman of faith, understood enough that she instructed the servants at the wedding to do whatever Jesus asked them to do.[2] Jesus did in fact direct the servants to fill six pots with water, which He then miraculously changed into a fine quality wine. “The changing of water into wine is surely meant to bring out the power of Jesus to bring about new beginnings.”[3] We might parallel the higher quality of wine that Jesus made from the water with the higher quality of life...
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...UNIVERSITY The Eight Signs and Miracles in Gospel of John ON-LINE LEARNING CAMPUS Rick Buck Submitted by Karen Teresa Galbreath February 8, 2012 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 The First Sign Miracle: Turning Water to Wine 4 Chapter 3 The Second Sign Miracle: Healing the Nobleman’s Son 6 Chapter 4 The Third Sign Miracle: Healing of the Lame man 8 Chapter 5 The Fourth Sign Miracle: Feeding the 5,000 with Bread and Fish 10 Chapter 6 The Fifth Sign Miracle: Jesus Walking on Water 12 Chapter 7 The Sixth Sign Miracle: Healing of a Blind Man 14 Chapter 8 The Seventh Sign Miracle: Resurrection of Lazarus from death to life 16 Chapter 9 The Eighth Sign Miracle: Miraculous Catch of Fish 18 Conclusion 19 Bibliography 20 Chapter 1 Introduction This paper will emphasize the importance of the eight signs and miracles Jesus performed and how these signs were given to confirm the deity of Jesus. John wrote in Chapter 20:31 “31 But these are written that you may believe[a] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” These events offered proof of Jesus divinity according to Dr. Elmer Towns author of The Gospel of John, Believe and Live. In the Gospel of John, John reveals the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is shown at the wedding feast at Cana, the woman at the well, and the raising of Lazarus. “Jesus performed miracles in this gospel...
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...Sign Miracles In the book of John, John demonstrates the Deity of Jesus. Thought there are 34 miracles recorded in the four Gospels, John only talks about eight, to illustrate Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. One of the first miracles Jesus performed was when he turned water into wine at the wedding. This miracle demonstrates the seeds of the move from law to grace. When Jesus arrived at the wedding his mother, Mary, came to him and told Him they were out of wine. Elmer Towns said that Mary asked Jesus this because she knew that her son was Divine and was able to do something about it. When she asked and after Jesus told her his time had not yet come, he instructed them to fill six pots with water, which he miraculously changed to the best wine they had ever tasted. Mary told them to do whatever Jesus asked you to do. Leon Morris wrote, “The changing of water into wine is surely meant to bring out the power of Jesus to bring about a new beginning. There is a correlation between the best wine they ever had, to the best life they will ever have if they would make Jesus their Lord. Lean Morris puts it like this, “the water of Judaism into the wine of Christianity, the water of Christlessness in the wine of the richness and the fullness of eternal line in Christ, the water of the law into the wine of the gospel. When Jesus turned the water into wine, it showed His power over all creation, and His Divinity. Jesus next sign was the healing of the Nobleman’s son...
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...Human nature is to look for signs for justification of thoughts, or even dreams to ensure the factuality of what the eye can see. The sad issues is that once the fact be known as true, the mind set of doubt takes center stage far too often. In fact, it is this very doubt that millions of dollars have been spent to seek the information that has been revealed. Today with the influence of the media and the outcry for a cure is heard around the world just as the day of old. The Gospel of John reveals the true deity of Jesus through eight amazing truths if one but listen, more importantly believe. Is not faith to see without seeing, believe without seeing? Thank God, for omnipresence, omnipotent, and omniscient Savior that took the opportunity...
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...often remembered as the patron saint of lost things. Numerous prayers have been composed in his honor, including this beautiful nine-day novena. Instructions 1. o 1 Make the Sign of the Cross, then pray the following prayer, "O wonderful Saint Anthony, glorious on account of the fame of your miracles, and through the condescension of Jesus in coming in the form of a little child to rest in your arms, obtain for me of His bounty the grace which I ardently desire from the depths of my heart. (Chris and I become family and fall deeply in love.) You who were so compassionate toward miserable sinners, regard not the unworthiness of those who pray to you, but the glory of God that it may once again be magnified by the granting of the particular request which I now ask for with persevering earnestness. Amen." Conclude the prayer with one Our Father[pic], one Hail Mary and one Glory Be in honor of St. Anthony. Repeat this process on every day of the novena, adding additional, different prayers on each of the 9 days. o 2 Say the following prayer on day one of the novena: "O holy Saint Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever ready to speak for...
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...same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:1-3,7. In this passage, Jesus had a discussion with a man called Nicodemus. Jesus was at home one night when Nicodemus came to him. Nicodemus was a very important person in town. He could have been a Member of Parliament or the Chairman of the Metropolitan Assembly. Perhaps, he was a patron of the Methodist Church, the Catholic Church or the Lighthouse Church. He was a very important person. The Bible says he was a ruler of the Jews, a master of Israel, a leader in the synagogues. Nicodemus would not come to see Jesus during the day. He came at night, so that all the people who respected him would not see him. This prominent Jewish leader said something to Jesus, which prompted Him to give an interesting reply. When you look at the passage, you wonder why Jesus said all that he said to the man. After all, Nicodemus did not ask him, “How can I go to heaven?” He said to Jesus, “Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.” In other words, this man told Jesus that he recognized Him as a great man of God. But Jesus saw right through...
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...Introduction The Gospel of John is portrayed as a very theological book. It is written from a historical and narrative perspective. The Christology in the Gospel of John is high even though I question some of the things Jesus does. One thing I question is Jesus turning water into wine. The Scripture I will be discussing will be John 2:1-11. Is there Christology in giving wine that can make one that drunk especially when drunkenness can cause one to do dangerous things? However, the Christology is not in the drunkenness. My objective is to prove that there is humanistic side to making the water into wine and a Christological side of turning the water into wine. My rationale in accomplishing this objective is if Jesus does something, does it make it right for us to do the same thing. My plan on addressing this is to research wine physically and spiritually. Social Location I am a married African American southeastern United States of American, Pentecostal female. I also consider myself reasonably educated. I look at things also based on a small town and small city background. My social location causes me to question things and not accept everything at face value. Methodology The Methodology to argue my thesis statement is Reader Response Method and the method of Reader Response Criticism I will use is individualistic criticism. Background/History/Theological Foundation The Gospel of John has 21 chapters in the state it is in now. According to An Introduction to The New...
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...out who Jesus was or what His teachings really meant. John includes eight different situations in which Jesus gives what are known as the “I Am” statements. Instead of continuing to simply wonder about who Jesus is, we can take an in depth look into the “I Am” statements that Jesus made while He was here on earth. Conclusions can be drawn by looking at the statements Jesus makes and looking into what they mean. He uses an emphatic “I Am” to bring out important teachings about his person. Most of these statements are known by Christians. The first of these eight sayings, and the one in which this paper will focus on, is taken from John 6:35 when Jesus says “I am the bread of life, the one who comes to me shall not hunger, the one who believes in me shall never thirst.” This is probably one of the most well known of the “I Am” statements, partially because of the events that came just before it. It is important to include that one of the sign miracles precedes this ‘I Am” statement. It is the people’s desire for more food that sets up the sermon given by Jesus the day after this sign is given. The fourth sign is the feeding of the 5,000. Jesus and His disciples are on a mountain when a group of people begins walking toward them because they had seen the signs he performed. Jesus asked Philip where they could get food for the people to eat, although Jesus knew what was going to happen. Andrew found the small boy who had the five barley loaves and two small fish and Jesus told the...
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... I have introduced the paraphrase and put a reference at the end of it. Factual information (common knowledge or uncontested knowledge) has not been credited with a reference unless I have used someone else’s organization of these facts. This paper is my own work. No one has helped me in the preparation or writing of this paper except for typing or final proofreading. student signature: ____________________________________ date: _________________ print name: _____________________________________ course title: _____________________________________ Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 I. Beginnings – World to Jesus 1 II. First Miracle and Jesus’ Passion 2 III. First One on One Witnessing 3 IV. First Acts of Love 4 V. First New Thinking 5 VI. First Miraculous Feeding 5 VII. First Salvation Message 7 VIII. First Acquittal By Jesus and His Mission 7 VIII. Healings and Resurrection of Lazarus 8 IX....
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...The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus A Critical Book Review Lee Strobel, New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including four which received ECPA awards, is an atheist turned Christian after a two year investigation of Jesus. He became a Christian in 1981. Strobel worked at the Chicago Tribune for 14 years as an award winning legal editor. He has a Bachelor of Journalism which he received in 1974 from the University of Missouri. He also earned a Master of Studies in Law Degree in 1979 from Yale. Washington Post has referred to him as the evangelical communities most popular apologists. The Case for Christ captures your attention and holds it from page one. It has a very interesting and easy writing style in which Strobel writes in first person. He uses his investigative reporter background to shape the way this book is set up. He proves that Jesus really is the son of God, using a sequence of interviews with 13 well respected Evangelical apologists. The book begins by Strobel using five lines of evidence: eyewitness, documentary, corroborating, scientific and rebuttal. Craig Bloomberg, PhD; whose doctorate is in New Testament, is the first to be interviewed. Bloomberg alleges that Papias and Irenaeus confirmed that the four gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John making them eyewitness testimony. He goes on to dismiss the Gospel Q hypothesis saying it is “nothing more than a hypothesis.” (p. 26)...
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...centuries, people from diverse religions and cultures have searched for substantial data in order to better understand the true nature and identity of Jesus. Some contend that he was a prophet; others worship him as a god, while many others assert that he was merely a wise teacher with no link to the divine. In the second part of Graham Stanton’s book, The Gospels and Jesus, Jesus’ intentions, teachings, and downfall are examined and assessed with notable order and clarity, all in an attempt to resolve the fundamental question of Part II: who was Jesus of Nazareth? Stanton launches Part II with a chapter entitled “What do we know about Jesus of Nazareth?” Here, the debate as to whether or not Jesus existed is considered by exploring archaeological evidence from outside the gospels in an effort to establish what is known about Jesus. He cites various non-Christian, Jewish, and Christian sources after opening the chapter with a theory by G.A. Wells which argues that it was not until 100 CE that Jesus was worshipped as a “Savior” figure. Wells maintains that before 150 CE, there is no independent non-Christian support for the existence of Jesus and that the authors of the four New Testament gospels invented their traditions about the life of Jesus. As Stanton argues, this does not entirely make sense, since it is difficult to find signs of the convictions, emphases, and conflicts of the Christians of that period in the canonical gospels. Stanton continues to refer to sources outside...
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...Jesus vs. Mohammad “Compare and Contrast” Introduction The information contained in this document is to depict two highly religious idols, and how they influence many during their ages. Jesus was the center and founder of Christianity, while Mohammed was a great prophet of Islam. Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in the world. They account for over 2 billion of the world’s population. Christianity and Islam also share many things in common, but they differ in other aspects. Although, Jesus and Mohammed lived righteously by the principles that were created by them, they affected humanity like an echo in the past and present. This research is to compare and contrast the key elements of Jesus and Mohammed historically, respectively, and how their legacy is still being carried out in the world today (Wikipedia, 2008). (1) Trace the lives of Jesus and Mohammed historically The Life of Jesus Christ (**6** BC - **29-33** AD) Historians do not exactly know the birth date of Jesus Christ. It has been said his birth took place on or around December 25th 6 BC in the city of Jerusalem. This day is traditionally celebrated by Christians as the birthday of Jesus. Jesus was born unto a father Joseph, and a mother “The Virgin Mary. Other than shortly after his birth, little is known of the life of Jesus other than what is recorded in the “Four Gospels”. These events were written some fifty to eighty years after the death of Jesus. These Gospels are derived of an...
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