Aren't Some Things Impossible

Hypodermic needle melts in the emergency room while treating burn victim! Angioplasty enlarges left ventricle heart valve 1200 times its normal size! Shot brings man back from the dead where he took tour of heaven with angels! When things don’t follow the laws of gravity or reason what are we to do? Questioning the laws of nature, as we know them, keeps us grounded right? Miracles are meant to be talked about, not witnessed in person, right? Thousands of years ago a man walked the earth that preformed miracles! Education teaches us to think and reason, but aren’t some things impossible?

Jesus led a very public life and was known for his many traits. Jesus showed compassion, kindness, humor, wit, tears, forgiveness and intensity. Jesus also displayed a very public ministry of performing miracles. The gospels record thirty-five separate miracles preformed by Christ. The gospel writers selected various miracles according to their purpose. Apostles Matthew and John noted that Jesus did far and away more miracles than recorded.

Just exactly what kinds of miracles did Jesus perform? Healing a lame man (John 5), delivering a synagogue demoniac (Luke 4), cleansing a leper (Matthew 8), healing a paralytic (Mark 2), healing a man with shriveled hand (Mark 3), healing a blind and mute demoniac (Luke 11), healing two blind men (Matthew 9), healing a crippled woman on the Sabbath (Luke 13), healing a man with dropsy (Luke 14), and restoring Malchus’s ear (John 18), there were many more healings including the times he raised the dead.

You know what’s coming next don’t you? You have a question to answer. Were these things impossible or not? Healing people was only a part of Jesus’ ministry; these were merely additional credentials to convince the hard hearted. Healing people is certainly contrary to natural laws, having witnesses is added amazement, having a reputable witness record the events for history is God’s way of saying “what more do you need”?

“All things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27

Many people have said, “If I could just see a real miracle, then I could really believe in God.” But in Matthew 38 Jesus’ response to the Pharisees applies to us. We already have plenty of evidence, Jesus’ birth, death, resurrection, and ascension, and centuries of his work in believers around the world. Instead of looking for additional evidence or miracles, accept what God has already given you and move forward.