Are Miracles Possible?

* Pheùp laï coù theå naøo xaåy ra ñöôïc khoâng? (Are miracles possible?)

? Coù theå naøo Gioâna soáng trong buïng caù lôùn 3 ngaøy ñöôïc khoâng? (Could Jonah live in the belly of big fish for 3 days?)

? Coù theå naøo Chuùa Gieâ-su cho 5,000 ngöôøi aên vôùi 5 oå baùnh & 2 con caù? (Could Jesus feed 5,000 w/ 5 bread & 2 fish?)

? Coøn ñi boä treân maët nöôùc hoaëc töø keû cheát soáng laïi thì sao? (How about "Walking on the water" or resurrection?)
I. Ñònh Nghóa & Phaân Bieät (Definition & Discernment)

> Pheùp laï laø gì? (What is a miracle?)

- Nhöõng ñieàu laï luøng (khoâng bình thöôøng) xaåy ra... maø con ngöôøi khoâng theå laøm ñöôïc

(Super-natural/unusual acts occured that man cannot perform)

- Khoa hoïc khoâng theå chöùng minh ñöôïc... vì traùi vôùi ñònh luaät töï nhieân

(Science cannot explain because miracles violate the natural laws)

(Many misunderstand miracles are when something unexpected occurs: A sport team won, I got an "A," magic shows)

> Pheùp laï khoâng phaûi laø ~khaùm phaù môùi # Nhö ~ng moïi thaáy chieác maùy bay laàn ñaàu tieân thì phaûn öùng gì?

(Miracles don't mean new discoveries such as people live in forest saw an airplane the first time)

> Ma quæ coù 1 phaàn quyeàn löïc ñeå laøm ~daáu laï (Devils have some power to perform "strange" signs)

# XEDTK 7:11/8:7 - Söï kieän giöõa Moâise vaø caùc phuø thuûy cuûa vua (In Exodus between Moses & witches)

# Math. 24:24/II Teâs. 2:9 – antichrist & tieân tri gæa cuõng laøm ~ñieàu laï ñöôïc

(Even anti-christ or false prophets can perform miracles)

> Ñeå hieåu pheùp laï coù theå xaåy ra – c/ta caàn coù ñöùc tin (To understand miracles – we need faith)

> Tin gì? Tin ÑCT laø Ñaáng toaøn naêng – khoâng coù gì Ngaøi khoâng laøm ñöôïc

(Believe what? Believe God is all-powerful – there is nothing He cannot do, no limit for Him)

# Trong STK – ÑCT chæ phaùn 1 lôøi – moïi söï hieän höõu (In Genesis – God spoke and all existed)
> Muïc ñích cuûa pheùp laï luùc naøo cuõng laø ñeå khaûi thò veà ÑCT, quyeàn naêng cuûa Ngaøi, höôùng daãn ngöôøi ñeán ñöùc tin

& laøm cho vöõng ñöùc tin; chöù khoâng bao giôø cho muïc ñích giaûi trí hay nguoàn lôïi vaät chaát caù nhaân

(The purpose of God's miracles is always to reveal God, His power, lead others to faith, confirm faith,

and encourage us to do God's will – not for entertainment or gain of money/personal power)

> Neáu pheùp laï laø ñieàu kieän cho 1 Ñaáng Toái Cao thì Phaät, Moâhameùt, khoång, laõo bò loaïi ra ngaøoi

(If miracles are required to qualify for a true God – then Buddha, Muhamed, Confusius are impaired)

> Kinh Thaùnh ghi cheùp laïi taát caû toái thieåu 34 pheùp laï cuûa Chuùa Gieâ-su (Bible recorded at least 34 of Jesus' miracles)

> Nhöõng pheùp laï cuûa Chuùa khoâng coù phoùng ñaïi... hoaëc bò töø choái

(Jesus' miracles were not exaggerated nor denied during His time)

> Pheùp laï cuûa Chuùa Gieâ-su thuoäc nhieàu khía caïnh: Thieân nhieân, söï soáng & cheát, chöõa bònh, vaø theá giôùi voâ hình

(There were variety in Jesus' miracles: Natural events, Life & death, all kinds of sickness, spiritual satanic world)

> 1 trong chöùng côù ñaõ chöùng minh Chuùa Gieâ-su chính laø Thöôïng Ñeá, Ñaáng Toái Cao & ÑCT hieän thaân laøm Ngöôøi

(At least – the miracles were the clear proofs about the deity of Jesus)

1) Ñöøng queân pheùp laï lôùn nhaát laø söï cöùu roãi vaø bieán hoaù cuûa cuoäc ñôøi

(Don't forget thegreatest miracle is the salvation and changed lives)

2) Giacô 1:5-6 - C/ta chöa daùm xin vôùi ñöùc tin khoâng lay chuyeån (We haven't asked for with an unchanging faith)