• Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of Christ (Romans 10:17.

  • God attested Jesus with miracles (Acts 2:22

  • Multitudes responded to the miracles (Matthew 15:31

  • Concerning miracles

  • Many exclaim “miracle” when none has occurred.

  • When someone is healing rapidly

  • For the most natural of events

  • When someone escapes injury or death

  • Claims of miracles: apparitions, delusions, superstitions, frauds, modern day fake “faith” healers

  • Many do not believe in miracles today or in the Bible

  • Believers believe in the miracles of the Bible, but not in modern day miracles.

  • Efforts are often to preach “faith in the miracles,” but need to be preaching to produce faith via the miracles

  • The role of miracles

  • Faith came from the Word (Christ) (Romans 10:7

  • God attested to Christ via miracles (Acts 2:22

  • Today faith comes from the Word revealed (Romans 10:7

  • The miracles were written that you might believe (John 20:30-31

  • What the miracles regarding Jesus tell us about Jesus

  • Jesus is Lord of Creation

  • Chemistry

  • Water into wine (John 2:1-11 - the better wine

  • Feeding 5000 plus women and children with five loves, two fish … with twelve baskets leftover (Matthew 14:21

  • Feeding 4000 plus women and children (Matthew 15:38 … using seven loaves with seven “large” baskets leftover

  • Biology

  • Cursed the fig tree (Matthew 21:19-22

  • His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14

  • The sea

  • Walking on water (Matthew 14:25

  • Peace be still (Mark 4:39

  • Jesus is Lord over distance (space)

  • Healing nobleman’s son (John 4:46-54

  • Healing Centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13

  • Jesus is Lord over the curse of sin: sickness

  • Healing the blind man (John 9

  • The lepers (Luke 17:1-19

  • The lame, crippled, dumb, and others (Matthew 15:30-31

  • Jesus is Lord over the spirit world - casting out demons

  • Seven demons of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2

  • The naed man and the Legion of demons which entered the swine (Matthew 8:28-34

  • Jesus is Lord over the curse: death

  • Raising son of widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17

  • Raising Jairus’ daughter (Mark 6

  • Raising Lazarus (John 11

  • The blessing of believing in the miracles (Luke 7:22-23

  • The resurrection of Jesus

  • God made Jesus both Lord and Christ by His resurrection (Acts 2:24

  • The gospel message (I Corinthians 15:3-4

  • God raised up Jesus (Acts 3:15

  • Declared the Son of God by the resurrection (Romans 1:4

  • Therefore all men must confess Him (Romans 10:8-10

  • All men must obey the plan of salvation (Acts 2:38-41.