For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ( Isaiah 53:2).
Whatever appeal an image or icon of Christ gives to the unregenerate; it isn't going to reveal God's true character. Jesus in fact at the end of His earthly existence was marred beyond recognition ( Isaiah 52:14). Whatever He DID look like He only spoke the words God gave Him; at least in terms of teaching. Clearly He had permission to turn the water into wine before the time His mission was fully underway; and we can assume that many other things that John mentioned not written down were left out of the Canon for reasons on this side of eternity we won't fully grasp. Jesus told Phillip that to see Him was to see the Father ( John 14:9). It is clear if the 12 Disciples didn't fully grasp the truth before Pentecost then it is something only revealed supernaturally.
Thus; we can extrapolate that any sensational so called miracle needs to be seen in light of scriptural doctrinal truth. Technology of course can simulate many things but cannot truly create; thus the miracle where a seemingly insignificant gnat was created by God showed the intervention of God where demonic entities couldn't replicate during the time Moses was in the process of delivering His people from Pharaoh.
To understand one's sin therefore is clearly a miracle as we are all formerly spiritually dead. Perhaps an emotion can be evoked to simulate such freedom but it is beyond human expression and a renewed heart brings forth life that cannot be explained or replicated with any technology. We also can't conjure up such an experience to bring appeal to the masses; if true conversion occurs in a large scale event each individual must be convicted through a supernatural work of God. Repentance is action beyond lip service and impossible in our own strength.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ( Isaiah 53:2).
Whatever appeal an image or icon of Christ gives to the unregenerate; it isn't going to reveal God's true character. Jesus in fact at the end of His earthly existence was marred beyond recognition ( Isaiah 52:14). Whatever He DID look like He only spoke the words God gave Him; at least in terms of teaching. Clearly He had permission to turn the water into wine before the time His mission was fully underway; and we can assume that many other things that John mentioned not written down were left out of the Canon for reasons on this side of eternity we won't fully grasp. Jesus told Phillip that to see Him was to see the Father ( John 14:9). It is clear if the 12 Disciples didn't fully grasp the truth before Pentecost then it is something only revealed supernaturally.
Thus; we can extrapolate that any sensational so called miracle needs to be seen in light of scriptural doctrinal truth. Technology of course can simulate many things but cannot truly create; thus the miracle where a seemingly insignificant gnat was created by God showed the intervention of God where demonic entities couldn't replicate during the time Moses was in the process of delivering His people from Pharaoh.
To understand one's sin therefore is clearly a miracle as we are all formerly spiritually dead. Perhaps an emotion can be evoked to simulate such freedom but it is beyond human expression and a renewed heart brings forth life that cannot be explained or replicated with any technology. We also can't conjure up such an experience to bring appeal to the masses; if true conversion occurs in a large scale event each individual must be convicted through a supernatural work of God. Repentance is action beyond lip service and impossible in our own strength.
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