The Names of God in Psalms 23

A very popular verse, isn't it? Most times we read and recite these chapter for various purposes. In these study, we will consider the names of God inculcated in these chapter.

Vs 1 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD [He is Jehovah-Raah—The Lord, my Shepherd!]

I SHALL NOT WANT. [He is Jehovah Jireh—The Lord, my Provider!]

Vs 2 HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES: HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS. [He is Jehovah-Shalom—The Lord, my Peace!]

Vs 3 HE RESTORETH MY SOUL
[He is Jehovah-Rophe—The Lord, my Healer!]:

HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. [He is Jehovah-Tsidkeneau—The Lord of Righteousness!]

Vs 4 YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR THOU ART WITH ME; [He is Jehovah-Shama —The Lord is Present!]

THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME. [He is Jehovah-Ezer —The Lord, my Help!]

Vs 5 THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES: [He is Jehovah-Nissi—The Lord, my Standard of Victory!]

THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL; [He is Jehovah-InKaddesh— The Lord, my Holiness, my Sanctification!]

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER. [He is Jehovah-Manah—The Lord my Portion!]

Vs 6 SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE: AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER. [He is Jehovah-Cheleq—The Lord my Inheritance!]

SHALOM

How to Humbly Give and Receive Correction

Because we struggle so much with pride, correction can be difficult to give graciously and difficult to receive graciously.

That’s one reason to be very thankful for Exodus 18. God is so kind to have Jethro and Moses give us a clinic on what humble correction looks like on both sides.

The Context
At this point in the story, Jethro,
Moses’s father-in-law, had escorted
Moses’s wife (his daughter) and two boys to rejoin the wild wilderness
adventure and heard first hand all
the amazing things that God had
done for Israel through Moses. Jethro burst into praise and proclaimed God’s supremacy (verses 10–11). Then Jethro observed his son-in-law at work. Moses was clearly an extraordinary prophet, leader and judge. But there was a problem. Moses spent his whole day judging one dispute after another. Pending cases were backing up. Jethro could feel the mounting frustration and draining fatigue. Here’s where the clinic begins.

Corrector: Ask Clarifying Questions
When Moses finally took a break,
Jethro asked him a clarifying question: “Why do you sit alone, and
all the people stand around you from
morning till evening?” (verse 14).
Asking this question was wise and
kind. Jethro didn’t jump to a conclusion based on his own
perspective. He asked first. This gave Moses a chance to explain
what he was doing and why (verses
15–16): The LORD instructed Moses
regarding the law, and Moses’s job
was to teach the people and help
them apply it to their particular
situations. That explanation was
helpful.

Corrector: Be Graciously Frank
Understanding this, Jethro said to
Moses, “What you are doing is not
good. You and the people with you
will certainly wear yourselves out,
for the thing is too heavy for you.
You are not able to do it alone” (verses 17–18). Jethro was frank: “what you are doing is not good.” No beating around the bush. But Jethro was also gracious. Defective systems can undermine the best mission. His goal was to lift a burden, not tear down intentions.

Corrector: Undergird, Don’t
Undermine
Notice that Jethro’s critique wasn’t ad hominem. He didn’t say, “Moses,
you’re a lousy leader. It shouldn’t
take an administrative genius to see
that your system doesn’t scale. Do
you think you’re qualified to lead two
million people?” No. Jethro’s goal wasn’t to undermine Moses leadership but undergird him. He observed a problem, sought to understand it, identified the core weakness, and offered a helpful solution (verses 19–23). Jethro aimed to increase the effectiveness of Moses’s time use and the meeting of people’s needs.

Correctee: No Prideful Deflections
Now note Moses’s remarkably humble response: “So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said” (Exodus 18:24). Moses didn’t bristle defensively at Jethro. He didn’t brush him off as an outsider who didn’t understand the organization. He didn’t try to save face by lying that he’d been thinking about doing that very thing himself. And he didn’t pull spiritual rank on Jethro by reminding him who of the two of them heard directly from God more.
No. Moses gratefully received and
immediately implemented Jethro’s
counsel.

Correctee: In Correction Listen for
God’s Direction
Even though Moses frequently
received immediate verbal direction
from God, he was not narrow in his
understanding of how God speaks
and directs. Since God ruled everything he could just as easily
direct him through a father-in-law as
from a cloud. If God used Jethro’s correction to direct Moses to greater effectiveness, how much more should we be humbly listening for God’s direction in the correction of those he sends to us?

Correctee: Correction Is a Gift, and
Not Only For You
Jethro’s correction wasn’t just God’s
provision for Moses, it was also God’s provision for the needs of thousands of people. When God brings correction to us through the loving observation of someone else, it’s a gift, but not only for us. It’s often for many others as well. If we pridefully resist correction, we are likely plugging up a channel of grace to others. There’s more at stake in our humility than we realize.

Summary
So to sum up the lessons from the
Exodus 18 Correction Clinic:

WHEN GIVING CORRECTION:
1. Ask clarifying questions to gain
a more accurate understanding.
Don’t assume.
2. Be graciously frank. Don’t hint
or over-qualify. Just say what
you see with the humility that
you might not be seeing
perfectly.
3. Undergird, don’t undermine.
Construct, don’t destruct. Be a
strength by helping to find a
solution that pursues the good of
everyone involved.
WHEN RECEIVING CORRECTION:
1. No prideful deflections. If the
correction is needed, humbly
receive it.
2. Listen for God’s direction. God
likes to lead us in ways that
cultivate our humility.
3. Correction is a gift, and not only
for you. Your correction may
also be someone else’s provision.

Correction is a form of the Lord’s
discipline. And Proverbs 12:1 says,
“Whoever loves discipline loves
knowledge, but he who hates reproof
is stupid.” May the Lord help us to
love knowledge today.

Written by: Jon Bloom

What was God doing before Creation?

Because of my stand on a young universe, a man approached me and said, “ But it makes no sense to believe in a young universe. After all, what was God doing all that time before He created ?”

I answered , “What time do you mean ?”

The person answered , “Well , it doesn’t make sense to say that God has always existed, and yet He didn’t create the universe until just six thousand years ago .” Apparently, he was worried that God once had a lot of time on His hands with nothing to do. I then went on to explain that because God has always existed, then it is meaningless to ask , “What was God doing all that time before He created?” No matter how far you were to go back in time, you would still have an infinite amount of time before He created ! So even if the universe were billions or trillions or quadrillions of years old, you could still ask the same question.

Time Was Created with the Universe

I then answered , “But you are missing the fact that there was no time before God created.” Time is actually a created entity. The first verse of the Bible reads : “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ” (Genesis 1:1, emphasis added) . A study of this verse reveals that God created time, space, and matter on the first day of Creation Week. No one of these can have a meaningful existence without the others. God created the space-mass-time universe. Space and matter must exist in time, and time requires space and matter. Time is only meaningful if physical entities exist and events transpire during time. “ In the beginning …” is when time began ! There was no time before time was created !

God Is Separate from Both Time and the Universe

When I’m teaching children, I like to explain it this way. There was no “before” God created. There was not even “nothing”! There was God existing in eternity. This is something humans, as finite created beings, can never really understand. That’s why the Bible makes it clear there is always a “faith” aspect to our understanding of God. Now, biblical faith is not against reason, but such things go beyond our understanding. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6 ). In Psalm 90:2 we read: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” So what was “before” creation? God existing from everlasting to everlasting—God existing in eternity. Do you remember what God said to Moses when he asked God who he should say sent him to lead his people out of Egypt’s oppression? “And God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you”’” ( Exodus 3:14 ).
God is the great “I AM.” He
exists in eternity. He
was not created.
In Revelation 1:8 we read, “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,’ says the Lord, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’”
Isaiah 43:10 records these words from God: “‘You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord, ‘and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.’” In other words, it’s a mistake to talk about what God was doing “before creation” because the concept of time (before, during, and after) did not come to be until Day One of Creation Week. God exists—He is—He is the eternal self-existent One. He is outside of time.

God Wanted Us To Know His Plan For History, From Beginning To End

The Bible makes it clear that God’s existence is completely separate from the history of this universe, which began in Genesis 1:1 . In other words, there is no such thing as “prehistoric.”
History began when it was first recorded—the first verse of Genesis. Now when we understand this and then also understand that the whole of creation, including Genesis 1:1 , was accomplished in six days, we can begin to calculate how long ago God created the world.
Exodus 20:11 makes it clear that the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) and everything else (all that is listed in Genesis 1) were created in six days: “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” Based on the way the word day is used in Genesis 1, creation had to be six ordinary (approximately 24-hour) days. Many technical and popular articles show that the context requires this meaning. Then the Bible lists very specific genealogies of the Messiah’s line in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11. We are told that Adam was 130 years old when he begat Seth. When Seth was 105 years old, he begat Enosh—and so these lists continue. When one adds up all the dates and other time references throughout Scripture, then it is clear that “In the beginning . . .” was about six thousand years ago. Now some Christian leaders have claimed that the Bible doesn’t give an absolute date for creation, so we can’t know how old the creation really is. But of course the Bible doesn’t give a date for creation. You see, if the Bible recorded that creation was six thousand years ago, then because the Bible was completed about 2,000 years ago, the creation would be 8,000 years old! And the Bible doesn’t use terms like BC or AD because they are man-made conventions based around the birth of Jesus. However, the Bible does give us something much better than a date—a very specific history that allows us not only to determine the age of the universe but also to know all the essential details about God’s plan of redemption from the beginning of time, including the line of the promised Messiah.
One final point: Nowhere in the Bible do we find any suggestion of millions or billions of years. Belief in millions of years is really part of secular man’s religion, which attempts to explain life without God, instead of believing the true account of origins in Genesis that begins “In the beginning . . . .” Our ability to trust God’s promise of salvation relies upon our ability to trust everything He says about history, from beginning to end. If we can’t trust His claims about the past, how can we trust His promises about the future? Thankfully, we serve a God we can trust in every detail. Though He is beyond space and time, He humbled Himself to become a man and die on the Cross for our sins. He also has given us a record of this history in His Word so that we can know it’s really true.
Source [Answers in Genesis ]

The Parable Of The Tares Which An Enemy Sowed In The Field

A Sermon by Martin Luther; taken from his Church Postil of 1525.
[Note: The following sermon is taken from volume II: 100-104 of The Sermons of Martin Luther †]
TOPIC: THE PARABLE OF THE TARES WHICH AN ENEMY SOWED IN THE FIELD
Text: Matt 13:24-30
1. The Saviour himself explained this parable in the same chapter upon the request of his disciples and says: He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. These seven points of explanation comprehend and clearly set forth what Christ meant by this parable. But who could have discovered such an interpretation, seeing that in this parable he calls people the seed and the world the field; although in the parable preceding this one he defines the seed to be the Word of God and the field the people or the hearts of the people. If Christ himself had not here interpreted this parable everyone would have imitated his explanation of the preceding parable and considered the seed to be the Word of God, and thus the Saviour's object and understanding of it would have been lost.
2. Permit me to make an observation here for the benefit of the wise and learned who study the Scriptures. Imitating or guessing is not to be allowed in the explanation of Scripture; but one should and must be sure and firm. Just like Joseph in Gen 40:12f. interpreted the two dreams of the butler and baker so differently, although they resembled each other, and he did not make the one a copy of the other. True, the danger would not have been great if the seed had been interpreted to be the Word of God; still had this been the case the parable would not have been thus understood correctly.
3. Now this Gospel teaches us how the kingdom of God or Christianity fares in the world, especially on account of its teaching, namely, that we are not to think that only true Christians and the pure doctrine of God are to dwell upon the earth; but that there must be also false Christians and heretics in order that the true Christians may be approved, as St. Paul says in 1 Cor 11:19. For this parable treats not of false Christians, who are so only outwardly in their lives, but of those who are unchristian in their doctrine and faith under the name Christian, who beautifully play the hypocrite and work harm. It is a matter of the conscience and not of the hand. And they must be very spiritual servants to be able to identify the tares among the wheat. And the sum of all is that we should not marvel nor be terrified if there spring up among us many different false teachings and false faiths. Satan is constantly among the children of God. Job 1:6.
4. Again this Gospel teaches how we should conduct ourselves toward these heretics and false teachers. We are not to uproot nor destroy them. Here he says publicly let both grow together. We have to do here with God's Word alone; for in this matter he who errs today may find the truth tomorrow. Who knows when the Word of God may touch his heart? But if he be burned at the stake, or otherwise destroyed, it is thereby assured that he can never find the truth; and thus the Word of God is snatched from him, and he must be lost, who otherwise might have been saved. Hence the Lord says here, that the wheat also will be uprooted if we weed out the tares. That is something awful in the eyes of God and never to be justified.
5. From this observe what raging and furious people we have been these many years, in that we desired to force others to believe; the Turks with the sword, heretics with fire, the Jews with death, and thus outroot the tares by our own power, as if we were the ones who could reign over hearts and spirits, and make them pious and right, which God's Word alone must do. But by murder we separate the people from the Word, so that it cannot possibly work upon them and we bring thus with one stroke a double murder upon ourselves, as far as it lies in our power, namely, in that we murder the body for time and the soul for eternity, and afterwards say we did God a service by our actions, and wish to merit something special in heaven.
6. Therefore this passage should in all reason terrify the grand inquisitors and murderers of the people, where they are not brazened faced, even if they have to deal with true heretics. But at present they burn the true saints and are themselves heretics. What is that but uprooting the wheat, and pretending to exterminate the tares, like insane people?
7. Today's Gospel also teaches by this parable that our free will amounts to nothing, since the good seed is sowed only by Christ, and Satan can sow nothing but evil seed; as we also see that the field of itself yields nothing but tares, which the cattle eat, although the field receives them and they make the field green as if they were wheat. In the same way the false Christians among the true Christians are of no use but to feed the world and be food for Satan, and they are so beautifully green and hypocritical, as if they alone were the saints, and hold the place in Christendom as if they were lords there, and the government and highest places belonged to them; and for no other reason than that they glory that they are Christians and are among Christians in the church of Christ, although they see and confess that they live unchristian lives.
8. In that the Saviour pictures here also Satan scattering his seed while the people sleep and no one sees who did it, he shows how Satan adorns and disguises himself so that he cannot be taken for Satan. As we experienced when Christianity was planted in the world Satan thrust into its midst false teachers. People securely think here God is enthroned without a rival and Satan is a thousand miles away, and no one sees anything except how they parade the Word, name and work of God. That course proves beautifully effective. But when the wheat springs up, then we see the tares, that is, if we are conscientious with God's Word and teach faith, we see that it brings forth fruit, then they go about and antagonize it, and wish to be masters of the field and fear lest only wheat grows in the field, and their interests be overlooked.
9. Then the church and pastor marvel; but they are not allowed to pass judgment, and eagerly wish to interpret all for the best, since such persons bear the Christian name. But it is apparent they are tares and evil seed, have strayed from the faith and fallen to trust in works, and think of rooting out the tares. They lament because of it before the Lord, in the heartfelt prayer of their spirit. For the sower of the good seed says again, they should not uproot it, that is, they should have patience, and suffer such blasphemy, and commend all to God; for although the tares hinder the wheat, yet they make it the more beautiful to behold, compared with the tares, as St. Paul also says in 1 Cor. 11:19: "For there must be false factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you." This is sufficient on today's text.

Is Gambling Sin? Does the Bible prohibit Gambling?

Question: "Is gambling a sin? What does the Bible say about gambling?"

Answer: The Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5). Scripture also encourages us to stay away from attempts to “get rich quick” (Proverbs 13:11; 23:5; Ecclesiastes 5:10). Gambling most definitely is focused on the love of money and undeniably tempts people with the promise of quick and easy riches.

What is wrong with gambling? Gambling is a difficult issue because if it is done in moderation and only on occasion, it is a waste of money, but it is not necessarily evil. People waste money on all sorts of activities. Gambling is no more or less of a waste of money than seeing a movie (in many cases), eating an unnecessarily expensive meal, or purchasing a worthless item. At the same time, the fact that money is wasted on other things does not justify gambling. Money should not be wasted. Excess money should be saved for future needs or given to the Lord's work, not gambled away.

While the Bible does not explicitly mention gambling, it does mention events of “luck” or “chance.” As an example, casting lots is used in Leviticus to choose between the sacrificial goat and the scapegoat. Joshua cast lots to determine the allotment of land to the various tribes. Nehemiah cast lots to determine who would live inside the walls of Jerusalem. The apostles cast lots to determine the replacement for Judas. Proverbs 16:33 says, “The lot is cast in the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.”

What would the Bible say about casinos and lotteries?
Casinos use all sorts of marketing schemes to entice gamblers to risk as much money as possible. They often offer inexpensive or even free alcohol, which encourages drunkenness, and thereby a decreased ability to make wise decisions. Everything in a casino is perfectly rigged for taking money in large sums and giving nothing in return, except for fleeting and empty pleasures. Lotteries attempt to portray themselves as a way to fund education and/or social programs. However, studies show that lottery participants are usually those who can least afford to be spending money on lottery tickets. The allure of “getting rich quick” is too great a temptation to resist for those who are desperate. The chances of winning are infinitesimal, which results in many peoples’ lives being ruined.

Can lotto/lottery proceeds please God?
Many people claim to be playing the lottery or gambling so that they can give the money to the church or to some other good cause. While this may be a good motive, reality is that few use gambling winnings for godly purposes. Studies show that the vast majority of lottery winners are in an even worse financial situation a few years after winning a jackpot than they were before. Few, if any, truly give the money to a good cause. Further, God does not need our money to fund His mission in the world. Proverbs 13:11 says, “Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.” God is sovereign and will provide for the needs of the church through honest means. Would God be honored by receiving donated drug money or money stolen in a bank robbery? Of course not. Neither does God need or want money that was “stolen” from the poor in the temptation for riches.

First Timothy 6:10 tells us, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” Hebrews 13:5 declares, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” Matthew 6:24 proclaims, “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
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A Muslim Clerics Argument

A Video of a little argument of a muslim cleric about Jesus. Watch and let me get what you have to say in the comment box.

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The Seven Miracles In John

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
In the past I’ve explained the need for 4 Gospels and the tremendous increase in understanding we can gain by comparing events from the different perspectives of each (read The Four Faces of Jesus). In this study we’ll  focus on the unique character of  John’s Gospel.

Due to his extensive use of symbolism John’s Gospel, written to the church, can be the most intriguing.  Everything he recorded in his gospel actually happened, but he arranged and described them in such a way as to convey additional truth beyond the obvious point of his narrative. Sometimes he even rearranged the order of events to underscore emphasize this additional truth.  John 2 is a good example of this. He placed the cleansing of the Temple right after the wedding at Cana to illustrate the point that the Lord came to create an intimate personal relationship with His church (as in a marriage), not to fix a broken religion.
The focus of John’s gospel is the Lord’s Judean ministry and really only the last part of that.  He devoted most of 9 chapters (John 12-20) to the Lord’s last week and used 1/3 of the gospel’s 879 verses to describe His last 24 hours. The first 11 chapters define the Lord’s ministry through John’s selective use of 7 miracles, and we’ll use them to show how John’s Gospel contains more than meets the eye.

Miracle 1, Water Into Wine (John 2:1-11)

This one is misunderstood by most and yet results in the disciples putting their faith in the Lord. (This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed His Glory and the disciples put their faith in Him, John 2:11). It seems so insignificant when compared the opening miracles in the other gospels, which involved either casting out demons or curing leprosy.
This miracle took place because an embarrassing discovery had been made.  A wedding banquet Jesus was attending was in full swing when the servants suddenly realized they were out of wine.  His mother, who was also there, asked Him to help.  The Lord had 6 empty jars of stone filled with water which He then turned into wine. The master of the banquet proclaimed the wine Jesus had made to be superior to the wine they had served earlier, saying they had saved the best for last.
Look at the symbolism: These six stone jars normally held water used for ceremonial cleansing, an important part of Old Covenant life.  Now they contained wine, which is often associated with the New Covenant due to the Lord’s Supper.
What’s more, the wine these jars now contained was superior to the wine the wedding guests had been drinking before, just as the New Covenant is superior to the Old Covenant (Hebrews 8:6).  This miracle symbolized nothing less than the Mission of the Messiah;  changing the empty way of man’s religion into a living, joyful, relationship with the Lord, as demonstrated by the wedding celebration.

Miracle 2, Healing the Official’s Son (John 4:43-54).

Here’s an act of God’s Grace, pure and simple. There’s no indication of the official’s nationality or background, his religious conviction or his worthiness, only his faith.  He had heard of Jesus and of His miraculous power and begged Him to come heal his dying son.  Jesus didn’t go with him but simply told the man his son would live.  The man took Jesus at His word and departed for home.  The next day, while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his son had recovered. From their discussion he learned that his son had been made well from the very time he had spoken with Jesus.  Because of this He and all his household became believers, saved by grace through faith.

Miracle 3, The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-9)

Tradition holds that an angel periodically stirred the waters at the Pool of Bethesda. The first one into the water when that happened was healed. Many people who were sick or disabled waited there by the pool day after day for a chance to be healed. But a cripple can’t get himself to the pool in time.   This man had been crippled for 38 years and had repeatedly tried and failed. Then Jesus came along and healed him.
I believe this man’s predicament demonstrates the poverty of the Law, which was never intended to heal us of our infirmities (physical and spiritual) but to show us our need for a Savior … that we’re hopeless and helpless without Him.
He was at the very edge of healing, but all of his unsuccessful efforts to get into the pool had only made it obvious that his infirmity was preventing him from being healed.  In the same way, the Law leaves us at the very edge of salvation but all of our unsuccessful efforts to keep it only make it obvious that our sinfulness will prevent us from being saved.  Just like the cripple needed someone to heal him, we need someone to  save us.

Miracle 4, The Feeding of the 5000 (John 6:1-5).

This is perhaps the best known of all the Lord’s miracles and the only one before the resurrection that is recorded in all four gospels. A large crowd had followed Jesus into a remote location and Jesus could see that they would need to be fed.  But the men alone numbered 5,000 and adding the women and children could have more than doubled that number. Andrew found a boy with 5 small barley loaves and 2 small fish, and Jesus multiplied it into a satisfying meal for everyone with enough left over to fill 12 baskets.
This is the practical demonstration of the Lord’s promise that if we seek His kingdom and His righteousness, all our other needs will be met as well (Matt. 6:31-33). But there’s more in view here than just our physical needs.  We who believe in Jesus will never again feel that emptiness that tells us there’s more to life than just having our physical needs met.  This is what Jesus meant when He said;
I AM the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty (John 6:35).

Miracle 5, Walking on the Water (John 6:16-25).

The 5th miracle is also well known to everyone familiar with the Lord’s ministry. The disciples had labored all night long to row only about half way across the Sea of Galilee (about 3 miles), when the Lord passed by them … walking on the water!  When they realized it was Jesus, they let him into the boat and immediately reached their destination. Without Him they were struggling just to make headway, but with Him in their midst the struggle was over.

Miracle 6, Healing The Man Born Blind (John 9:1-41).

A man had been blind from birth.  Jesus made some mud, put it on the man’s eyes and told him to go wash it off.  When the man did as Jesus instructed he could see.
While Jesus performed this miracle early in Chapter 9, the balance of the narrative clearly (and sometimes comically) shows how much more spiritual discernment this blind beggar had than the learned officials of the religion, who had studied all their lives.  In their experience, no one had ever opened the eyes of a man born blind and they were determined to discredit the lowly beggar, especially since this event took place on the Sabbath.  A lengthy interrogation followed, where the beggar put the religious experts to shame, and they ended up throwing him out.  Afterward Jesus found him and introduced Himself.  The man became a believer and worshiped him.
Jesus said He came so the blind would see and those who see would become blind.  When the Pharisees asked if He thought they were blind He said, “If you were blind you would not be guilty of sin, but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains” (John 9:39-41).
As it concerns your eternity, it doesn’t matter what you claim to know about Jesus.  What matters is whether you know Jesus.

Miracle 7, Raising Lazarus From The Dead (John 11:1-44).

The last miracle John recorded before the resurrection shows the fulfillment of our Lord’s promise to all who believe in His name, as He called Lazarus out of the grave and restored him from death to life.  The text shows that even though Jesus knew Lazarus was sick He actually waited until Lazarus was dead and buried before He responded to the sisters’ call for help.  He did this so He could bring Lazarus back to life.  It was an unmistakable model of the resurrection of the believing dead that contains the tiniest hint of the rapture. I don’t think people who don’t already know about the rapture see this, but those who do can take comfort in this faint hint contained in John 11:25-26.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26).

What’s The Point?

Near the end of his gospel account John said, “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31).
This tells us he selected these seven miracles specifically for their ability to help us believe that Jesus is who He claimed to be, and that by believing we might have eternal life. So what does these particular miracles show us that would help us believe?
Miracle 1 shows He came to take us from the stone cold and empty way of man’s religion into a living and joyful relationship with Him.
Miracle 2 shows we are saved by grace through faith.
Miracle 3 shows our own futile works are insufficient to save ourselves.  We need Him to save us.
Miracle 4 is a demonstration of His supernatural care and provision for those who seek Him.
Miracle 5 shows that because of His miraculous power, we can easily accomplish things through Him that would be all but impossible on our own.
Miracle 6 reveals that if we’ll allow it, He can cause even the lowliest person born spiritually blind to see and believe,  and
Miracle 7 is a promise that all who believe in Him will live even though they die, and those who live and believe will never die.
I purposely confined my commentary on these miracles to what I believe John was trying to convey to us in his gospel.  Some of these miracles are contained in one or more of the other gospels where you might see details John didn’t include or where the emphasis might be a little different. Matthew’s account of Jesus walking on the water is a good example (Matt. 14:22-33). I encourage you to read the different accounts of all these miracles to get the whole story. Selah
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