Miracles

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‘Miracles’
The term miracle is used in many different terms in this day and age, in an average dictionary, the term is described as, “something that cannot be explained, by natural circumstances, a supernatural occurrence.”
Christian and maybe other religious groups believe that a miracle is an occurrence/s taking place through the gracious power of God! I think its something that man/woman cannot explain, it’s a gift from God. A miracle can take place at any point, and any time. It could also be unexpected, God is not predictable. I also think that we place miracles in the category of things that are humanly impossible to accomplish.

Is the term used correctly
I think the word miracle should be used to describe something of a powerful nature, for example, “It was a miracle that Jesus healed Aaron to recover from his coma.” I think that is the best way to use the term, although in today’s world it can be used in a simple sentence formation. For example, “it’s a miracle, I won the lottery!”
Many people use the word as if it’s nothing of any importance. I have a strong belief that a miracle ment more to the people of the New testament times, than in today’s world. Miracles were believed to be a supernatural act of God. I think they still are but the notion is not very strong today. The theories that “God does not exist” aids in the miss use of the term today and also adds to the mockery.

What people thought back then
In the times of Jesus, there was no science to prove things, there was no scientific explanation for supernatural things that took place, they just had their own theories. And I think they were more disillusioned to the actual fact of what had taken place. Although I think many believed that miracles were a known fact and that God had given his son, Jesus Christ the ability to perform them. When demons were driven out of people and bad spirits, people assumed it was purely ex...