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During the video section Mart DeHaan interviewed people on the street in Tiberias. He asked them if they believed in miracles. He concluded: “I sensed in the residents of Tiberias that the ‘miracles’ they believed in would not have been as dramatic as someone turning water into wine or bringing a dead person back to life; yet according to the Gospel narratives, Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” What might be the basis for their personal convictions concerning miracles?
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I think most people, like those in Tiberias, view amazing events in our life as miracles. However, most of those events, such as childbirth or the sun rising, follows the laws of nature. It could be none of those citizens have every experienced a miracle that goes beyond the laws of nature, for to believe that, they must have faith, and to have faith, you need to believe it can happen. The majority of people in the world only base their beliefs on what they can see, not what they can’t see.
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They are already aware of the Big Miracles and they have enough faith to understand what was considered to be dramatic does not have to be the way it was Biblically.
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People tend to believe what they see. Many people have seen God work in their lives through the miracles they defined, but maybe have not seen dramatic ones like the dead being raised. I have seen God do healings and signs and wonders, and I believe in miracles. I also believe in God working things out in our lives in unexplainable ways and that those are also miracles.
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We all, for the most part, come from differing backgrounds ethnically, socioeconomically, and culturally, but the Word of truth being administered by the Spirit of truth through faith in Jesus Christ allows us to be able to believe the entire Word of God emphatically. It could be just a matter of seeing is believing or seeing to believe- Thomas.
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People not personally witnessing a miracle may not believe in miracles at all.I believe a sober minded child of CHRIST sees a miracle or two in their lifetime!!! We all experience life in our unique way. I personally have witnessed miracles in my lifetime. I have experienced a lawless lifestyle filled with evil heartless people that have done ruthless heinous acts to others. Intelligent devious people change on a dime to righteously serving the LORD the rest of their lives!!! Praise JESUS!!!