If there is a story about Jesus Christ bringing back a dead boy to life (or maybe it is curing a sick boy I don't know), then why didn't Jesus just do that for everyone else too at the time?
2007-02-05 20:32:45 · 15 answers · asked by . 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why perform some miracles and not many? Makes no sense. I wonder if that was all made up
2007-02-05 20:39:08 · update #1
I think you are referring to the prophet Elijah.
He brought a dead boy back to life.
2007-02-05 20:40:49 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miracles are NOT performed by human beings.
A Miracle is something which under normal circumstances are impossible for a human. Yet certain prophets performed miracles.
It was NOT that the Prophet whoever did the miracle had some power of his own. It was infact the doing of GOD. And it seemed that the Prophet performed such miracle.
Miracles are NOT like a Magician performing Magic for bread or fame. Infact, Miracles are rare and were performed ONLY whenever the Non-believers asked their prophets for a SIGN from GOD.
"If you are a TRUE Prophet then can your GOD do so and so...?"
This was the Normal challenge faced by messengers of GOD in every nation.
Jesus Christ (Peace Be Upon Him) was asked to give life to the Dead Boy and GOD fulfilled their demand so that the Non-believers get no chance to argue again. yet some still refuted.
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) performed several miracles too. On the occasion of Battle of Ahzab there was a rock which was huge and nobody could cut it. The Prophet (PBUH) prayed to ALLAH and struck it thrice. It fell as if it was made of sand.
The healing of the sight of one of his companion is another example.
Yet again, Miracles are NOT every day business and Almighty GOD does NOT order them each day. It is ONLY the Last and Final Sign which is in the form of a Miracle.
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2007-02-05 20:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by flameslivewire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Josephus, a Jewish historian, mentioned Jesus in his writings toward the end of the first century C.E., roughly 60 years after Jesus' death.
As a non-Christian, Josephus would have no reason to accept the historical reality of Jesus unless there was some sound basis for it.
In one of his works, Josephus discusses disturbances that were caused by the Jews during the time Pontius Pilate was governor of the region of Judea (26-36 C.E,) The disturbance centered around a man named Jesuss and his followers, Josephus identifies Jesus as "a wise man....a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of men who received the truth with pleasure," and he notes that Jesus was later condemned by Pilate to crucifixion. While this mention of Jesu does not suggest that Josephus himself accepted Jesus or the claim made about Jesus by his followers, it does seem clear that Josephus recognized Jesus to be a historical person who had a profound impact on the people he encountered.
Read also about Tacitus, a Roman historian.....Pliny the Younger another Roman source and Suetonius a Roman historian and lawyer.
All these writers prove the historical existence of Jesus......rather than biblical sources.
2007-02-09 07:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is correct Jesus brought back to life the Widows Son at Naim, Jesus worked a miracle in places were He needed to kick start faith in people,He was fully aware that to continually work miracles would just leave people greedy for more and they would be missing the message of His preaching,in fact there are passages in the scripture were some towns would not believe unless they saw a miracle.
2007-02-05 20:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did many miracles. He raised the dead, healed the lepers, opened the eyes of the blind, cast out demons, fed the hungry, turned water into wine, walked on water, healed the sick...
There is too much to list. Open up the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). Jesus continually went around teaching, healing, doing good deeds, and miracles.
2007-02-05 20:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paradox every miracle Jesus performed had a spiritual meaning...they were not simply things like slicing the moon or such, They had spiritual meanings it was not simply about making a blind man to see it was about spiritual blindness it was not simply about raising a single dead body but about the resurrection of the dead...Christ was not so much concerned about your physical body and physical health as your spiritual growth and those things that are eternal he did not do miracles as magic tricks but to reveal who he is and his purpose on this world and to show that life is more than flesh and blood and if it were not we would all perish in our sin.
2007-02-05 20:41:03 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you ask Jesus that? It's not like anyone here can actually answer that question.
The Bible states many "healings". Supposedly Jesus wanted to keep his miracles a secret and fairly limited as not to detract from the real reason he was here, which was to prepare to die on the cross for our sins.
2007-02-05 20:38:14 · answer #7 · answered by reginachick22 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT was not the mission of Christ to heal the world.
He performed miracles in the face of great unbelief, in order that people would come to faith and so that the church age, or age of the gentiles could be instituted.
2007-02-05 20:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by Lover of God 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He showed the People that he can raise someone from the dead so they believe in him and follow him. When Jesus spoke of death it was not physical death it was eternal death, separation from God for eternity. He is the way to get eternal life.
2007-02-05 21:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by Sternchen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont have the right to judge God...i dont really understand Him but of coursehe performed few/several healings to open the eyes of the unfaithful and let them see light
2007-02-05 20:40:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋