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I'm Patrick Miller and right now we're going through the Book of Exodus.

I remember when I became a Christian I read through the Gospels for the first time

and I was a little bit surprised because you know when you become a Christian the good news seems pretty straightforward

Jesus died for our sins so that we could be with God forever

But as I read the Gospels I was a little bit shocked to realize that much of the space in the

Gospels isn't dedicated to telling the story of the crucifixion and the

resurrection. In fact, in every gospel, all of the gospel writers spent a lot more

time talking about Jesus's life and ministry and

specifically they show that Jesus was an incredible miracle worker.

Stop and think about it. Jesus healed the sick. He healed people who were lame. He healed people who were dead.

I mean, he literally brought them back to life. He walked on water. He was able to turn a few loaves and fishes into a feast for 5,000 people.

These stories are incredible. Jesus was clearly a powerful miracle worker.

But I couldn't figure out what does the miracle working have to do with the forgiveness of sins?

Why are these stories in the Gospels to begin with?

And so I remember I went to an older Christian and I asked him this question, and he seemed a little bit perplexed too but he went

on to tell me this answer. He said look here's here's why we have the stories of the miracles of

Jesus they show us that Jesus is God. When he heals people, when he casts out

demons, when he walks on the water, when he feeds the 5,000, these are all signs that

he is a divine being. He is both fully human and fully God. Now I want to say this. That is a true

statement. The Gospels do show us in myriad ways that Jesus isn't just a human. He is God

incarnate. And yet as I thought about his answer,

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