Lesson 3: God’s Power is Demonstrated in Miracles

Matthew 8:27 - “And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey Him?”

According to our text, the disciples were absolutely amazed by Jesus' behavior. Why? Because they saw firsthand that Jesus not only had the miraculous power to create the universe but to also control it! It was not just the wind and the waves that Jesus had the power to control. Let me share with you just a few of the other miracles He had the power to do:

* Water converted into wine - John 2:1-11
* Heals the nobleman's son – John 4:46-54
* The catch of fish – Luke 5:3-10
* Heals the demoniac – Mark 1:21-28
* Heals Peter's mother-in-law – Matthew 8:14-15
* Cleanses the leper – Luke 5:12-14
* Heals the paralyzed man - Matthew 9:1-8
* Healing of the immobile man - Luke 5:18-26
* Restoring the withered hand - Mark 3:1-6
* Restores the centurion's servant - Luke 7:1-10
* Raises the widow's son to life – Luke 7:11-17
* Stills the storm - Luke 8:22-25
* Throws demons out of two men – Luke 8:26-39
* Raises the daughter of Jairus from the dead – Luke 8: 40-42, 49-56
* Cures the woman with the issue of blood – Luke 8:42-48
* Restores two blind men to sight – Matthew 9:27.31
* Walks upon Lake Galilee – Matthew 14:22-33
* Heals the daughter of the Syro-Phoenician woman – Matthew 15:21-28
* Feeds more than 4,000 people - Matthew 15:32-39
* Restores the deaf-mute man – Mark 7:31-37
* Restores a blind man – Mark 8:22-26
* Heals the epileptic boy – Luke 9:37-43
* Pays the temple tax by getting money from a fish's mouth – Matthew 17:24-27


* Restores ten lepers to wholeness – Luke 17:11-19
* Opens the eyes of a man born blind - John 9:1-12
* Raises Lazarus from the dead – John 11:1-45
* Heals the woman with the spirit of infirmity – Luke 11:14-23
* Cures a man with dropsy – Luke 14:1-6
* Restores sight to two blind men near Jericho – Matthew 20:29-34
* Condemns a fig tree; Heals the ear of Malchus – Luke 22:50-51
* The second catch of fish – John 21:4-11

I do not know about you, but I say that anyone who could command the winds and waves, walk on water and raise the dead, must be powerful; how about you?

Jesus’ greatest miracle, something impossible for any human, was on resurrection day - when He raised Himself from the dead. In John 2:19 and John 10:18 Jesus prophesied that He would raise Himself from the dead. He said He had the “authority to lay it down and to take it up again.” In John 11 Jesus called Himself the “resurrection and the life.” Then, in John 14:6, He said He is life itself. God the Father and God the Spirit were right there when Jesus rose from the dead! Only God could rise from the dead in His own power!

* What makes the miracle of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead important to your life?