Stories Of Miracles In The Bible

By Marissa Velazquez


Miracles are events that seem extraordinary. For instance, when a person who was confirmed to be HIV positive no longer carries the virus, it can be said that a miracle has taken place in such a life. There are other cases where a doctor proclaims the likelihood of a person dying in few weeks or months. Sometimes, the death no longer happens because of supernatural intervention. This has made many doctors to believe in the existence of God. Stories of miracles did not start today; many of them have been recorded in the Bible several years ago.

Faith is the primary factor for a miracle. This can be seen in the story of the woman with the issue of blood who got healed just by touching a part of Jesus' cloth. Before that fateful day, she had been visiting several medical experts who had finally given up on her. Her problem lasted 12 years before she met Jesus.

The healing of Blind Bartimeus is another interesting miracle. Bartimeus was blind from birth and this made him resort to begging on the streets. One day, he heard that Jesus was passing by so he yelled and screamed unto Jesus to have mercy on him. Despite the discouragements from the crowd, Bartimeus got his healing on that day and his condition changed permanently.

The man called legion (many demons) had been abandoned by his people who thought there was no way he could regain consciousness. Although his relations had given up on him, Jesus did not forget this man who was located at the riverside. He went there specifically for him, to show him his love and care. Jesus expelled the demons from him and sent them to the pigs. The demons drove the pigs to the river where they got drowned.

Again, the disciples looked afar off and saw Jesus walking on the sea to meet them in the boat. Simon Peter asked Him to bid him come if He was the one and Jesus told him to come along. Jesus walked on water to make his disciples know that nothing was impossible for them if they looked unto him.

Jesus often taught the multitude on how to get to Heaven. In one of his gatherings, there were five thousand men including women and children who had been famished after listening to His sermons. Jesus told his disciples about the need to feed the multitude and then one of them got five loaves of bread and two fish from a boy in the crowd. After blessing the food, He used it to feed them and there were twelve baskets remaining.

There are also stories of resurrection from the dead. One of such stories is the resurrection of Lazarus from the dead, after he had been buried for four days. Jesus purposely refused going to see his friend, Lazarus, when he was told of the state of his health because he wanted God's name to be praised by the outcome.

The Old Testament also has many stories of miracles. Some of them include the exit of the Israelites through the Red Sea, the creation of the world, destroying the walls of Jericho and the restoration of Naaman. All these stories are recorded to let everyone know that miracles are still possible today.




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