Adrian Rogers - Believe in Miracles, But Trust in Jesus
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Scripture says the seven miracles that the apostle John highlighted were intended as signs. The message they carried is proof that Jesus was who He said, the Son of God! And these miracles hold great relevance in our lives today. As Dr. Rogers said, Their purpose is to deepen our trust in Him, not in the miracles themselves. They serve as signposts pointing to Jesus, showing that He was and is Gods answer to your deepest need - to your disappointments, doubts, disabilities, desires, despair, darkness, and death. This book will change the way you view God and His work in our lives.
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INTRODUCTION
B etween 1925 and 1963 one could drive the highways of America and read delightful red-and-white signs that dotted those roads. They were advertisements for a shaving cream known as Burma-Shave.
Some of you may remember these. There would be a succession of small signs, maybe one foot by two feet, set in the ground on sticks. They would be placed one after another in intervals of about a quarter mile or so.
You would have to read each sign as you rode along before you would get to the punch line. The entire thing often took the form of a little poem. For example:
A peach looks good
With lots of fuzz.
But a man is no peach
And never wuz.
You would ride a bit further, and the last sign would say, Burma-Shave! You got a portion of the message with each sign, but it all came together at the end.
That is an understandable example of what the apostle John was doing when he wrote his Gospel. The beloved apostle selected seven miracles that bring as much encouragement to us who live in this century as they did to those who experienced them in the first century. They are life changing!
A PARADE OF MIRACLES
At the end of Johns Gospel, we learn that there was a selection process going on as far as his recording of Christs miracles was concerned. By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, John chose those seven of the Lords miracles and put them together in a special sequence for our understanding:
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name (John 20:3031).
The word signs in this passage has great significance. It is the plural of the Greek word semeion , which means a miracle with a message or a miracle with a meaning. Not just a miracle at face value, but a miracle with a special lesson tied to it. It is a sign with special significance.
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan said that every parable Jesus spoke was a miracle of instruction and every miracle Jesus performed was a parable for instruction. I like that. There is meaning in these miracles John records.
Each of these seven miracles of Jesus shows not only His power over nature, but His redeeming power over sin, death, hell, and the grave.
These miracles point clearly to the wonderful truth that Jesus Christ is Gods answer to our deepest needs. He is Gods answer to your disappointments, doubts, disabilities, desires, despair, darkness, and death.
In this study, we are going to learn to believe in miracles but to trust in Jesus. We are going to learn that miracles of grace are greater than miracles of glory.
This book will affirm your faith in the supernatural. My prayer for you is that you will experience miracles in your life. But I would be disappointed if that is as far as you get. We need to go beyond miracles and go on to Jesus. When we receive Him and truly know His transforming power, we have experienced the ultimate miracle.
As the song says:
It took a miracle to put the stars in place,
It took a miracle to hang the world in space;
But when He saved my soul,
Cleansed and made me whole,
It took a miracle of love and grace!
Bill Gaither once wrote a song that included these words: There is a long parade of miracles, and it is led by a wonderful King. Indeed, that is so, and I am one of those miracles. Are you?
Chapter 1
THE POSSIBILITY
OF MIRACLES
I have good news for you. There is nothing wrong with you that a miracle would not cure. All you need is a miracle.
And I believe in miracles. I really do! Those who have problems with the possibility of miracles really have difficulty with the fact that there is a sovereign God. If one can accept Genesis 1:1 in the Bible, he should have little difficulty believing in the possibility of the miraculous.
God spoke and the universe sprang into existence. Billions of galaxies spread across the black velvet of space. Planet Earth swung into space and began to teem with life.
It is unthinkable that the Creator, having such incredible power, should subsequently be unable to move miraculously upon His own creation. Is the clock stronger than the clockmaker? No indeed! God is not a helpless onlooker to the work of His hands. The psalmist declares, The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them (Psalm 89:11).
Dr. Robert G. Lee, a great preacher now in heaven, has rightly said, God is not a bewildered bellhop running up and down the corridors of the hotel He created trying to find the right key.
God is not bound by the laws of nature because there really are no laws of nature. What men call the laws of nature are in truth the laws of God that nature must obey.
Years ago, I heard a delightful story from Dr. Lee Scarbrough, one of the early presidents of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a great preacher of the Word. He was preaching about Jonah being swallowed by a great fish.
Later at home, Dr. Scarbroughs little son asked a straightforward question. Daddy, do you really believe that a fish could swallow a man and keep the man alive inside for three days and three nights?
The wise father replied, Son, if God could make a man out of absolutely nothing to begin with, and if God could create the first sea creatures from absolutely nothing, dont you think He would have the power to make a fish that could swallow a man and keep him alive for three days and nights if He wanted to?
The little fellow replied, Well, if youre going to bring God into it, thats different.
Amen! Thats what I believe. I believe in miracles because I believe in God. I would remind all of us of the angels question to Abraham: Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? (Genesis 18:14).
I heard someone reply, Well, I dont believe in God; therefore, I dont believe in miracles.
But whoever says that must believe that nothing times nobody equals everything. The doubter must believe that in the beginning the heavens and the earth created themselves and then generated life spontaneously. Such a person believes in a colossal miracle without anyone to perform it.
Anyone who adopts this as his belief should not pride himself on his intelligence. The greatest minds of all time have believed in a Creator. Socrates, Lord Bacon, Galileo, John Newton, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, and Wernher von Braun all believed in a higher intelligence.
It is impossible to believe in a sovereign God and not believe in miracles. Ignorance of God makes belief impossible, but knowledge of Him makes unbelief impossible. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Paul asked Agrippa (Acts 26:8).
What do we mean when we use the word supernatural to describe God and His works? Supernatural merely means above nature. God is sovereign over nature. The law of gravity is overruled when a magnet picks up iron filings. The superior law of magnetism has taken over. In like fashion, the superior law of divine sovereignty overrules the lesser laws of nature. The patriarch Job said of God:
For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; To make the weight for the winds; and He weigheth the waters by measure. When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: Then did He see it, and declare it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out (Job 28:2427).
We dont have to prove miracles. Christians really dont need proof, and an unbelieving world wouldnt accept it. We need not be afraid of science. Christians should enjoy and appreciate science even more than unbelievers.
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