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“ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. “

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“ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. “

If you are like me, there are times when I’m doing something so wrong that I stop and ask myself - “ What am I doing…?

The Jewish leaders got together for a meeting and asked themselves - “ What are we doing because this man does many signs? ”

While these Jewish leaders had hardened their heart and willfully chose not to believe in Jesus, they still could not deny that Jesus performed many miracles.

Even trying to hide behind the wall of willful ignorance, it could not blind them to the visible, physical and tangible evidence that Jesus had done many incredible miracles that they themselves knew that only someone of God was able to do.

Many of the miracles Jesus did for people no doubt included family, relatives and friends of these Jewish leaders.

John, the writer of this book we are studying said Jesus’ miracles were so many they could not all be recorded.

“  And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. “       John 21:25

While Jesus did these miracles and in His humanity gave God His Father the credit for giving Him the capability to do so, Jesus said that those of us who believe in Him will be able to do the sane miracles He did and even do greater works than what Jesus did;

“ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. “  John 14:12

My friend, either Jesus lied to us or He told the truth here in this statement.

Personally, I do not think Jesus lied about anything.

Jesus clearly said that the person who can do the miracles He did and do even greater miracles than He did is the one who believes in Him;

“ He that believeth on me, “

Notice when Peter met the lame man at the temple gate he did not ask God to heal him but rather took the authority Jesus had told him He had given to him, because He was going to His Father, and Peter believed, and the lame man was healed.

“ Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. “   Acts 3:1-16

Here is what Peter clearly said in accordance with what Jesus said to him and any of us who believe in Him;

“ but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. “

While any miracle does come from God, Jesus said those who believe in Him can cause miracles to happen…as the way Peter worded it and believed, in the name of Jesus.

Today, most of us who do believe in Jesus unto salvation still have difficulty believing Jesus’ statement;

“ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. “  John 14:12

On a worldwide scale, I do not know if such miracles as Jesus did are being done today.

I personally have had miracles the Lord did for me in my life that involved both literal physical healing and tangible matter situations in everyday life.

Lack of faith is one reason why the miracles Jesus did and greater miracles than He did are not done today.

Jesus commented about the time He returns if He would find faith on the earth;

“ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? “   Luke 18:8

The other reason is a wrong motive.

James said clearly that the reason we do not get answers to prayer is because of a wrong motive in our heart in asking;

“ Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. “   James 4:3

John said if we have a pure motive in our heart we can expect answers to our prayers;

“  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. “       1 John 3:21-22

And this is not “ legalism “.

It is pleasing the Lord.

Be sure to pray for your brothers and sisters in Jesus throughout the world who are suffering persecution because of their faith in Jesus and those who are suffering in weather conditions and other natural catastrophes.

Tragedy can hit even those who believe in Jesus.

I pray for born again christians every morning while I drive to work.

I will continue with verse 48 in the next study.

Wayne Brown

^52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. ^52:2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. ^52:3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. ^52:4For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. ^52:5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. ^52:6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

^52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! ^52:8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

^52:9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. ^52:10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

^52:11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. ^52:12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

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1471 - King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward IV took the throne. 

1536 - The Reformation was officially adopted in Geneva, Switzerland. 

1542 - Hernando de Soto died along the Mississippi River while searching for gold. 

1602 - Martha's Vineyard was first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold. 

1688 - The English poet Alexander Pope was born. 

1790 - Paris was divided into 48 zones. 

1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the U.S. in New York City. They were originally known as "swift walkers." 

1832 - In the U.S., the Democratic Party held its first national convention. 

1840 - New Zealand was declared a British colony. 

1856 - Lawrence, Kansas was captured by pro-slavery forces. 

1863 - The siege of the Confederate Port Hudson, LA, began. 

1881 - The American branch of the Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. 

1881 - The United States Lawn Tennis Association was formed in New York City. 

1891 - Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fought for 61 rounds only to end in a draw. 

1906 - Louis H. Perlman received his patent for the demountable tire-carrying rim. 

1922 - The cartoon, "On the Road to Moscow," by Rollin Kirby won a Pulitzer Prize. It was the first cartoon awarded the Pulitzer. 

1924 - Fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The killers were students at the University of Chicago. 

1927 - Charles A. Lindberg completed the first solo nonstop airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The trip began May 20. 

1929 - The first automatic electric stock quotation board was used by Sutro and Company of New York City. 

1934 - Oskaloosa, IA, became the first city in the U.S. to fingerprint all of its citizens. 

1941 - The first U.S. ship, the SS Robin Moor, was sunk by a U-boat. 

1945 - Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were married. 

1947 - Joe DiMaggio and five of his New York Yankee teammates were fined $100 because they had not fulfilled contract requirements to do promotional duties for the team. 

1956 - The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll. 

1961 - Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery, AL. 

1968 - The nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores. 

1970 - The National Guard was mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University. 

1980 - The movie "The Empire Strikes Back" was released. 

1982 - The British landed in the Falkland Islands and fighting began. 

1991 - In Madras, India, the former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a bouquet of flowers that contained a bomb. 

1998 - An expelled student, Kipland Kinkel, in Springfield, OR, killed 2 people and wounded 25 others with a semi-automatic rifle. Police also discovered that the boy had killed his parents before the rampage. 

1998 - Microsoft and Sega announced that they are collaborating on a home video game system. 

1998 - In Miami, FL, five abortion clinics were hit by an butyric acid-attacker.