Matthew 1:18-19
The Virgin Birth of Jesus
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Matthew 14:22-26
Jesus Walks on the Water
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25 During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
Matthew 28:1-10
The Resurrection
1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them.“Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Our God is a God of miracles...I think some of us (I know I do) think some miracles are more powerful and larger than other miracles...Jesus' turning water into wine was a great miracle, but walking on water was an even more powerful miracle (for me)...Some people, in my opinion, think that in the Biblical days during and before Jesus -believed more in miracles then than we do today...Today's scientists and science are much further advanced than it was over two thousand years ago...It may be, that we think science can disprove most or any miracle...
There maybe a difference how people of long ago viewed miracles, than a modern person views miracles...This may again be that we are predisposed to science and technology...Science and technology are all around us...While our ancient ancestors were more focused on God and religion than we are...But for whatever reasons or reasons you have on how our ancestors viewed miracles, one thing cannot be taken for granted...Our ancestors knew the Natural Laws...They knew that one can only get pregnant, with a man and a woman's joining together...A normal man or woman cannot walk on water...It is not normal to have a dead Man three days after He died talk to you...These things happening are against the Natural Laws we know...Not only are they are against the Natural Laws that we know, they are against the Laws of Nature...And the people of Jesus' time knew and believed in these things just as we do...
C. S. Lewis put it like this...There is one thing we cannot and must not say about our ancestors...We must not say that they believed in miracles because they did not know the Laws of Nature...When Joseph realized that his fiance was pregnant he had in mind to divorce her quietly...When Jesus walked on water, the disciples thought they were seeing a ghost...But they saw that it was Him walking on the lake and they were terrified...When Jesus was resurrected, He told His friends, do not be afraid, but go and tell the others I AM alive...It is not normal for a virgin to become pregnant on her own...It is not normal for a Man to walk on water...It is not normal for a dead Man to be able to speak and be alive again, three days after His death...Our ancestors understood these normal Laws of Nature...
We believe in things which we think are normal to our thinking and our senses...Our ancient ancestors viewed normalcy in the same way...Virgin births, walking on water, and resurrections were something our ancestors and we do not normally believe in...This is why Joseph wanted a divorce...This is why the disciples were terrified, seeing Jesus walking on the lake...This is why Jesus, told His friends, after His death, do not be afraid...
Jesus was a Man from God and speaking for God...He and God were One...He was God in the flesh...All His acts, what He spoke, and His teachings were and are different, because of this -unique and great relationship with God...Because of His Great Uniqueness, we cannot exactly relate to Him and His Father and the miracles He does...We find this hard and difficult to explain to others -these things He did...And He did a lot of different and unique things, that we do not view as normal...Because of this, I sometimes think, this is why we can talk about the weather to our best friends, but we cannot talk about the One who we think is not normal (and very, very difficult to explain and make good sense to others)...We want to talk about the easy things, those things we think we understand and can explain...No words or vocabulary can explain or express One who was born of a virgin, the One who walked on water, the One who spoke and then ate broiled fish after His death (Luke 24:42)...These are miracles...They are all different types of miracles from God...Our God is a God of miracles...To believe in God, you must believe in miracles...