Jesus' Divinity is Authenticated by His Miracles(Mainstream Apologetics)

Jesus' Divinity is Authenticated by His Miracles

Argument ID: HIS-DS10

Argument: Jesus' Divinity is Authenticated by His Miracles

Argument:
(P) Jesus' Miracles were Attested by Multiple Witnesses as Having Occurred [HIS-IS27]
(P) Jesus is Attended by God's Power, not Satan's [HIS-IS38]
(C) Therefore, Jesus' Divinity is Authenticated by His Miracles

Summary: God authenticates Moses' message of deliverance in the Old Testament, and Jesus' message of divinity in the New Testament through the use of miracles. Miracles offer proof that the message is authentic.

Description: The purpose of miracles is found in the Old Testament book of Exodus. When God commissioned Moses, he equipped him with the proof that would be required to convince the Israelites and Pharaoh that Moses' message was from God himself. In so doing God authenticates Moses' message with signs and wonders.

¹Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’" ²The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff." ³And he said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. (Exodus 4:1-10)

"When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’" (Exodus 7:9)

In the end, Pharaoh and the nation of Egypt acknowledged that Moses' power was from God (Exodus 12:31, Exodus 14:25).

In the New Testament, God authenticates Jesus' message through the use of signs and wonders. After Jesus healed a paralytic at Bethesda, he was challenged by the Jewish leaders regarding his authority. Jesus responded by saying ...

³⁶I have a greater witness than John the Baptist —my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. ³⁷And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. (John 5:36-37 NLT)

Jesus' disciples echoed the same truth regarding Jesus' message in the Book of Hebrews.

And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders, and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose. (Hebrews 2:4)

Jesus' claims of divinity are authenticated by his miracles.