Book Notice: THE MIRACLES OF JESUS: HOW THE SAVIOR’S MIGHTY ACTS SERVE AS SIGNS OF REDEMPTION, by Vern S. Poythress

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From the author’s “Conclusion”

We have completed our journey through the miracles recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. They are indeed signs of redemption. They show the power of God, the power of kingdom, and the lordship of Jesus who is the king of the kingdom and the divine Son of God. But in addition they foreshadow that great central work of Jesus in his crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension. By pointing to Jesus, they also proclaim the gospel in its various aspects.

May the miracles serve, then, to show the gospel again in its freshness. And may the Holy Spirit continue through the message of the gospel to open eyes that are spiritually blind and give new life to people who are spiritually dead. May people from all nations become disciples and rejoice in Christ and his salvation.

Christ’s redemption has accomplished everything we need. And so it finds application not only in each individual at the time of conversion, but in daily living as well. May the miracles in the Gospels continue to speak to people like Joe who are bored while washing dishes, to people like Sue who are disciplining their children, to people like Dave who are depressed by failure in school, and to people like Jane who are elated with anticipation of romance. May the miracles speak to those in every kind of sin, distress, and trouble—people who need the healing plot of redemption operating in their own lives, both in regeneration and in daily living. May people continue to experience Christ’s redemption worked out in their lives. May they lift up their voices to praise and glorify God, as they see his “wondrous works to the children of man” (Ps. 107:8).

God has designed the miracles in the Gospels with these purposes in mind, as well as the more obvious purposes—telling us what happened, telling us that Jesus is the Messiah and Savior, and confirming the claims about Christ with astonishing works in time and space.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introducing Miracles

1. The Reality of the Miracles of Jesus
2. The Significance of Miracles

Part 2: Miracles as Signs

3. Illustrative Miracles from the Gospel of John
4. The Pattern of Redemption
5. The Pattern of Application of Redemption
6. Typological Reasoning about Miracles
7. Broader Implications of the Miracles of Jesus
8. Specific Applications

Part 3: Miracles in Matthew

9. The Virgin Birth
10. The Baptism of Jesus
11. Many Healings (Matt. 4:23-25)
12. Cleansing a Leper
13. The Centurion’s Servant
14. Peter’s Mother-in-Law
15. Calming a Storm
16. The Gadarene Demoniac
17. Healing a Paralytic
18. Raising Jairus’s Daughter
19. Healing Two Blind Men
20. Healing a Mute Demoniac
21. Many Healings (Matt. 9:35-38)
22. Healing a Withered Hand
23. Many Healings (Matt. 12:15-21)
24. A Blind and Mute Man
25. Feeding the 5,000
26. Walking on Water
27. Healing Many (Matt. 14:34-36)
28. The Syrophoenician Woman
29. Healing Many (Matt. 15:29-31)
30. Feeding 4,000
31. The Transfiguration
32. A Boy with a Demon
33. The Coin in the Fish’s Mouth
34. Many Healings (Matt. 19:2)
35. The Blind Men at Jericho
36. Cursing the Fig Tree

Part 4: The Resurrection of Christ and Its Application

37. The Resurrection of Jesus
38. Applications to Particular Needs

Conclusion

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THE MIRACLES OF JESUS: HOW THE SAVIOR'S MIGHTY ACTS SERVE AS SIGNS OF REDEMPTION, by Vern S. Poythress

Crossway, 2016 | 272 pages

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