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“They spoke against God, saying, ‘Can God spread a table in the desert?’ When he struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. — But can he also give us food?” (Psalm 78:19,20).
The solution to stubborn unbelief is not miracles. There are never enough miracles; there is always another request. Another objection.
The rich man in hell pleaded with Abraham across the chasm in heaven to send an apparition to his brothers: “If someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent” (Luke 16:30). Abraham replied, “If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.”
That seems ludicrous! Of course I would believe if someone appeared to me from the dead!
But would I really? One likes to think so. And certainly for the first hours, or days, one is completely convinced. But Father Abraham was a savvy psychologist. Life is a succession of moments, one moment succeeding another, one moment questioning the certainties of the previous moments. Certainty will fade over time like Moses’ shekinah shine behind the veil. (This is the weekend retreat syndrome, by the way — a mountaintop experience that sinks back to the doldrums.)
I have often asked God for miracles to prove his love. But nowadays I ask for spiritual eyes to see what He has already made clear.
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“But nowadays I ask for spiritual eyes to see what He has already made clear.”
There’s probably wisdom in that.
I’ve always liked this parable.
Some folks are not convinced although Someone did indeed rise from the dead.
Yes, the best wisdom is found in the Psalms and Proverbs. I love watching God come through for the righteous and overturn the unrighteous words of treachery. Miracles happen everyday.
But nowadays I ask for spiritual eyes to see what He has already made clear.
I like that and that is what I need…that phrase will join my daily prayer life.
#2 Blue,
And don’t tell me it is Bush’s fault the US military is spread too thin either when it was Clinton that cut the military nearly in half and the left has had nearly two full years now to pull the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan any time they wanted. this had been their war since they took over congress and took the responsibility and are now entirely accountable for it.
You need to talk to the left if want the US military spread less thin or you want it bigger. No one can stand int heir way. The problem is they don’t have a way, a plan or a clue when it comes to this nations defence.
Sorry wrong thread I will move it
The best wisdom is found through the Psalms and Proverbs? I don’t think so, although there’s a lot of wisdom in those two books. The best wisdom is found through Jesus Christ, who was much wiser than King David or the other authors of those two O.T. books.
Christ’s miracles were much greater than those of the New Testament as well, as His miracles touched people individually rather than through nations.
David was an individual expressing the truth of what God does in individuals. Christ is in the Psalms.
Uh, I thought Christians believed that Jesus, being God, WAS the author of those two books?
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I really like having you around, I mean, wow, I mean, WOW, thanks for that thought!! YES!! That is true, of course. Except that some “Christians” make divisions where there are none.
Being a witness to a miracle might temporarily turn a heart towards God. But as proved out by Pharoh and the Egyptians, they were witness to countless miracles and as far as I know, there was no mass conversion of the Egyptians to the God of the Israelites.
Eventually, a heart that acknowledges God due to witness of a miracle, if the heart is not converted, will eventually fall away as the trials of life will bury them back into the state they were in prior to the miracle.
Of course, witnessing miracles can cause someone to acknowledge a “Higher Power”, but unless they come to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of their sins through this experience, their acknowledgement is worthless.