THE KI NG ’ S BUSINESS through Christ to demonstrate its divine source. 10. Acts 14:3. By signs and wonders God gave testimony to “ the word of His grace.” 11. Rom. 15:18-19. Miracles were to make evident to the Gentiles that ihe Gospel was a divine message. 12. 2 Cor. 12:11-12. Miracles were wrought by the apostles to give con vincing proof that they were apostles of God. 13. Gal. 3:5. The working of mi racles was connected with the dispen sation of the Holy Spirit. 14. Heb. 2:3-4. Miracles were the witness of God to the message of salva tion. K. L. B. ALL MEN Are Sinners But Loved of God, Who Through Christ’s Atonement Offers Salvation to All Who Believe 1. All men are sinners. Rom. 3:23; Gal. 3:22. 2. God loves all men. Jno. 3:16; Rom. 5:8. 3. God would save all. 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9. 4. Christ atoned for all. 1 Tim. 2:6; Matt. 2:28. 5. Salvation offered to all. Titus 2:11; Luke 3:6. 6 . Should be presented to all. Mark 16:15; 2 Tim. 4:2. 7. May be accepted by all. Rev. 22:17; Jno. 1:12. — F. S. Shepard. Mk Ms TO DIE IS GAIN One of the martyrs said to his exe cutioner, “ You take a life from me that I cannot keep, and bestow a life upon me that I cannot lose; which is as if you should rob me of counters and furnish me with gold.”
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Seeing Jesus The Crucified One, “We would see Jesus.” Jn. 12:21. The Crowned One, “ We see Jesus.” Heb. 2:9. - The Coming One, “We shall see Him.” Jn. 3:2. J. M. H. Purpose of Miracles The purpose of miracles as wrought by Christ during His ministry and by the apostles during the establishment of the early church. It has been stated by some that mi racles were the normal incidents of the earthly kingdom and the proof that Jesus was offering to the Jews a literal earthly kingdom. What are the clear statements of the Word as to the pur pose of miracles? 1. Matt. 8:16-17. Jesus healed dis eases to demonstrate that He was the One who should take our infirmities and bear our sicknesses as foretold by Isaiah. 2. Mark 2:10-11. Jesus’ healing mi racles were to identify Him as the One who had power to forgive sins. 3. Mk. 16:15, 16, 20. Miracles were to confirm the message of salvation as of divine origin. 4. John 5:36. Jesus’ wonderful works were to bear witness that He was the One sent of the Father. See John 3:2. 5. John 10:25. Jesus’ miracles were a proof that He was the. Christ, the Son of God. 6 . John 14:11. Jesus’ works were to demonstrate that He was in the Father and the Father in Him. 7. Acts 2:22-24, 36. Miracles were to prove Jesus as the Saviour of the world. 8 . Acts 4:10-11. Miracles were to put God’s seal on the preaching of “ sal vation through the name of Jesus Christ.” 9. Acts 4:29-30. Miracles accom panied the preaching of salvation
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