These essays are written in sequence and build on each other. Read the preceding essay here.
In the preceding essay, we gave the example of superficial people who cite airplanes as evidence that man has broken, or “freed himself from”, the laws of gravity, whereas all we have done is to adapt to it i.e. to obey it.
In this, there are similarities to our opinions on God’s Laws. Our reactions to miracles are conditioned by our superficial understanding of God’s Laws as revealed in The Word.
Anything that actually happens in Creation is, by definition, possible…
We are still learning about God’s Laws and the powers that He has embedded in Creation. Just like the airplane did not herald a change in the laws of gravity, miracles do not herald any “law-breaking” but only show possibilities that He has already embedded in Creation that we were not aware of i.e. they show the depth of our ignorance and the magnitude of His Laws.
They do not indicate random action by Him.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,
— Luke 16:17
than one tittle of the law to fail.
As we alluded to in an earlier essay, the Word is the user manual of Creation.
Lack of understanding of a user manual leads to improper use of the machine. The one who has studied the manual in detail becomes capable of doing much more with the machine than the ignorant user, because he adapts himself better to the possibilities presented by the machine.
In addition, some users are simply more capable or powerful than others, and can therefore do more with the machine.
Christ could do things that were beyond human comprehension, but His actions did not break the Laws of His Father. Just as a space rocket can go further than a bicycle without breaking any laws of physics, Christ being a Son of God can do more than a human being within the Divine Laws.
It is a strange thought that Christ, who is a Part of the Creator of the Law, would break the Law.
He that believeth on me,
— John 14:12
the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall he do;
Christ entered Creation to come to Earth, and in so doing he aligned Himself with the Laws of Creation. These same Laws are accessible to all human beings on Earth.
If we actually “believe” Him, which means we change our lives to act only alignment with The Word in all things, we will gain through experience a deeper understanding of God’s Laws and be able to apply them in more impactful and spiritualized ways than we currently do.
Christ not only “aligned” with the Laws; he fulfilled them. He expressed Them in their full perfection. If we renew ourselves in The Word, we too can fulfil the Laws. Our works will also have to be in the same pattern as those of Christ, i.e. according to the same lawfulness.
Therefore Christ’s statement supports the position that miracles always work within the Law, as long as we base all our interpretations on the infallible fact of God’s Perfection and a comprehensive view of The Word.
Many of our technical achievements today would have been viewed as miraculous a few decades or centuries ago. Man has grown intellectually, and can therefore make increasingly better material use of the Laws of Nature (which are also manifestations of God’s Laws).
But it is more important for man to grow spiritually. As man grows in The Word, he will also be capable of spiritual works that would be deemed miraculous by current standards.
Miracles do not breaks God’s Laws, and believing otherwise reveals doubt in God’s Perfection.
God’s Laws are miracles in themselves, as they are living, loving, and infinite in their scope and reach, while operating so simply and logically.
Miracles are activities that occur within the Law but are outside the scope of our current understanding, and we should thank the Lord for His wonderful Laws that provide these miraculous possibilities.
Today’s Resolution
- We will hold to the idea of God’s Perfection while seeking true knowledge of His Laws.
The Word, (Re)Discovered 