Why are miracles important to Christianity?

Answer 1

Yes it is in the sense of what the miracles demonstrated. Although not the only pointer, they demonstrated who He was - the Son of God. They also demonstrated that God not only has power but that He cares for those in need. The two go together - if He claimed to be God but was powerless we would tend to question the validity of His claims. But if He did have the power and did not use it for good we would tend to doubt His love.

Answer 2

According to the Gospel of Mark, the miracles were apparently not an essential part of Jesus' ministry because, in this gospel, Jesus frequently commanded those he helped not to tell others. If Jesus did not want his miracles to be known, then they could scarcely have been intended either to show that he was the Son of God or to convert many to his teachings.

However, the reporting of the miracles must surely have been an essential part of the reporting of Jesus' ministry. The gospel authors certainly did not attempt to hide the stories of his miracles, and each succeeding gospel reported them as even more impressive than before.

Answer 3

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Miracles are important to many religions, not just Christianity. In each case, miracles are seen as validating the truth of that religion. Unfortunately, as the British philosopher David Hume points out, the testimony for miracles that favour one system of religion is contradicted by the testimony for miracles favouring others. Nevertheless, miracles give the faithful reasons to believe.

Answer 4

Hun thts an obvi! We Christians believe in Jesus so thts why if he comes thru for us then good if he dnt we easily get over it. JESUS plays a role everyday! if u dnt no what that means then Google it.

Answer 5

It is hard to say why Jesus performed miracles or why they were important to him.

It seems that Jesus did not perform miracles to help stamp out suffering, since he was selective in deciding to perform them. He even, at first, declined to help the Greek woman who sought his help for her daughter, only agreeing to help when she meekly accepted her description of Greeks as 'dogs'.

It seems that Jesus did not perform miracles to attract attention so that he could preach to the people, since Mark says that he regularly told those he cured not to tell anyone who he was.

Jesus just seems to have performed miracles because that is what was expected of him. Or perhaps the gospel records reflect the expectation that Jesus could perform miracles.

Answer 6

Believing that miracles can occur helps Christians affirm their faith. Christians also believe they can win converts more easily by explaining the miracles that Jesus performed.

Answer 7

The Miracles of Jesus are important to us all as it displays his Divinity to include the Resurrection, and his mercy and grace such as his healing blind and feeding the masses.