John 14:6-11
"Jesus did many other miraculous signs....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)
If your identity were in doubt, how would you prove who you are? You might show an ID card. You could ask someone to vouch for you. You may even offer to do something only you can do or provide answers no one else knows.
In Jesus' day, Israel longed for the Messiah to come and defeat the Romans. They had already been disappointed by false messiahs. So how did Jesus Christ prove His identity as the Son of God and Israel's true Messiah? He did not have an ID card, but His genealogy was well documented. His brothers did not believe who He said he was at first (Mark 3:20-21), but His heavenly Father confirmed the He was the Son of God (Matthew 3:17). And Jesus performed miracles.
The miracles of Jesus confirm who He is. God created the world, and only God could suspend its natural laws. Man was sin-sick; only God could bring healing - both physically and spiritually.
Each miracle of Jesus points to His identity and His authority...and tells us something about the heart of God for His people.
About the Writer:
We welcome back Anchor writer Ava Pennington. Trained at Moody Bible Institute, she is a busy writer, Bible Study teacher, and active member of The Grace Place Community Church in her home of Stuart, Florida, where she and her husband live. Ava's newest efforts have been in co-authoring a children's picture book series called Faith Basics for Kids.
INSIGHT
How do Jesus' miracles confirm His identity to you today? Allow these miraculous accounts to give you a fresh appreciation of who Christ is!
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John 14:6-11
New International Version (NIV)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know[a] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.
Footnotes:
a. John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
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