The Lord Jesus Christ offered His miracles as a leading

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


The Lord Jesus Christ offered His miracles as a leading cause to believe in Him. He said: "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves" (Jn. 14:11).

And He said to the Jews: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him" (Jn. 10:37,38).
Christ's words, "I do the works of My Father" mean that He does the very works of God Himself and this is a definite proof of His Divinity. That is why He reproached the Jews, saying: "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin" (Jn. 15:24). These works which no one else did are the Divine works of which He said: "I do the works of My Father" (Jn. 10: 3 7). In this way Christ proclaims that His miracles are proofs of His Divinity.

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