Luke 8:41, 51-56 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:... (51) And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. (52) And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. (53) And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. (54) And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. (55) And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. (56) And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
Miracles continue to be a hot topic in the world of religion. There are many people that dismiss the Bible’s account of miracle’s existence as recorded in it’s text. They do not believe that they happened then nor that they happen now. Of course, most of them dismiss the Bible altogether as God’s revelation to man. To debunk the mentioning of miracles, they explain this sort of account as a parlor trick. They want to imply that the little girl was just asleep and that Jesus simply woke her up.
To draw this conclusion, we have to assume that humans during this time were simply “prehistorics”. According to Wikipedia, surgeries were performed as early as 3500 BC. That is 3500 years prior to the time of which we are speaking. Granted, they do not have the base of knowledge that we have today, but they could tell when someone was dead. So much so that when Jesus informed them that she would “awake”, they laughed at him. They knew it was a ridiculous notion. It may have been ridiculous to most but Jesus had the power of God. Notice how the Bible words this. When he called to her...
Luke 8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
Her spirit came again to her. Clearly she was dead because her spirit had departed. Jesus had the power, that only God has, to bring the life of a human back to their body once it has departed.
Jesus is different from every other religious leader because he was able to perform, real, substantial, verifiable, instantaneous miracles. Jesus clearly is the REAL deal and therefore worthy of us seeking and following him!
Reflecting the SON,
Dennis Hogan
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