Signs and Miracles Paper

Liberty University Online

The Eight Signs and Miracles in Gospel of John

By

Angela Dawson

ON-LINE LEARNING CAMPUS

BIBL 323-B09

Philip Heidt

February 25, 2014

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction 3

Part 2 The First Sign Miracle: Turning Water to Wine 4

Part 3 The Second Sign Miracle: Healing the Nobleman’s Son 6

Part 4 The Third Sign Miracle: Healing of the Lame man 8

Part 5 The Fourth Sign Miracle: Feeding the 5,000 with Bread and Fish 10

Part 6 The Fifth Sign Miracle: Jesus Walking on Water 12

Part 7 The Sixth Sign Miracle: Healing of a Blind Man 14

Part 8 The Seventh Sign Miracle: Resurrection of Lazarus from death to life 16

Part 9 The Eighth Sign Miracle: Miraculous Catch of Fish 18

Conclusion 8

Bibliography 10

Introduction

The gospel of John is considered by most to be the most profound book in the Bible. It communicates perhaps the most profound truths about Jesus Christ found anywhere in scripture.

John 20:30-31 tells us the purpose of this gospel, “The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book.  But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name” (NLT). In the Gospel of John there are eight recorded signs and miracles that Jesus Christ performed. This paper will briefly describe each miracle and how they reveal the deity of Jesus Christ.

Turning Water into Wine

The first miracle of Jesus Christ and the first time he revealed His glory took place in Cana in Galilee, which was recorded in John 2:1-11. Jesus and His disciples were invited to attend a wedding celebration of which His mother was already present. During the course of the celebration the wine ran out, and Mary seeing a need for more wine asked Jesus to perform a miracle. Mary knew Jesus was of God and most likely knew He could do something about it. Although Mary showed a...