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Consider the performance of "miracles". Many people maintain, either explicitly or implicitly, that the miracles which Christ performed occupy a preeminent position in Christian theology, and constitute the greatest proof of Christ's divinity. Christians generally agree that, at the least, they constitute a great proof. He changed water into wine, caused the lame to walk, and was raised from the dead. No doubt, countless other times, some of these recorded in the New Testament, He performed what only the Son of God could perform (110:5) Despite this, however, people can deny, if they wish, that Christ performed miracles. They have, in fact, been doing it for centuries. After all, since the time that Jesus left this world, people have not had the opportunity to see for themselves His divine power, and they can therefore question the validity of the stories recorded in the Gospels about Him. The fact that some believe in a miracle is not proof in itself that it really took place. In various cultures and religions, there are miraculous stories told about many people in history. Should these be accepted as true simply because they are believed by some people, or because they are written about in a book? (110:6) Nevertheless, eyewitnesses to a miraculous phenomenon have a quality of belief in it that is elevated above others who learn about it through the spoken word. In this respect, eyewitnesses to the events in Christ's life had a distinct advantage over others in their faith. They had been transformed by His presence, and had been raised to such heights of certitude that few of their fellow believers of later generations could ever hope to rival or surpass (110:7) But, remember, the number of such eyewitnesses were relatively few. Only a handful had been given the bounty of seeing with their own eyes Christ's mighty works. His miracles, therefore, cannot be proof for everyone of His divine station, because for the most part, people could not then, and cannot now, see these miracles
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