2. Miracles? Healings? Answers to prayer?
There are questions a lot of Christians ask?

3. Splitting of the Red Sea Walls of Jericho Daniel in the lion’s den
Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego in the fiery furnace.
Jesus feeds Walking on water Healing man born blind Raising the dead Peter heals paralyzed man Tabitha raised from the dead
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4. Finishing up this series on questions

5. God do you still work miracles today?

6. John 5:1-10

7. the problem of belief

8. John 5:1-2
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

10. Enlightenment Movement
17th & 18th century
Enlightenment Movement

11. David Hume
We know that miracles do not happen because no one living today has ever experienced a miracle. Their testimony of miracles can be dismissed since we know that miracles do not occur.
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13. the problem of belief the problem of anti-supernatural bias

14. the problem of belief the problem of anti-supernatural bias the problem of technique

15. John 5:7
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

16. in the ministry of Jesus.. absence of any technique

17. Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

18. pray
biblical prayers
Do you know how to pray biblical prayers?

19. Simple Intimate – Abba Direct Listening
Jesus & prayer
Simple Intimate – Abba Direct Listening
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20. Miracles are worked by Jesus; not because we’re special, but because he is special.

21. John 5:5-6
One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

22. the problem of belief the problem of anti-supernatural bias the problem of technique the problem of not asking

23. James 4:2b
You do not have because you do not ask God.

24. Revelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

25. the problem of belief the problem of anti-supernatural bias the problem of technique the problem of not asking the problem of timing

26. John 5:5-6
One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

27. John 3:8
The wind blows where it wills. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it’s coming from or where it’s going.

28. 2 Timothy 4:2
[Timothy] preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not.