Victor R. Claveau, MJ
Saint Thomas Aquinas says:
“The believer has sufficient motive for believing, for he is moved by the authority of Divine teaching confirmed by miracles, and, what is more, by the inward impulse of the Divine invitation.”[1]
There are certain cultic groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses that deny the divinity of Christ. They stubbornly insist that Jesus was not divine, and that, somehow, “Jehovah God” must have performed His miracles through Jesus.
Every miracle described in the Scriptures was the manifestation of God’s power (Exodus 14:15-31; 1 Kings 18:18-40; 2 Kings 4:17-37; Acts 9:36-42, 9:11-12). These miracles were performed by God at the behest of one of the holy men of old. Conversely, each of the miracles performed by Jesus manifested His individual power.
The Gospel of Luke 8:43-46 tells the story of the hemorrhaging woman which confirms the divinity of Jesus:
And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!” But Jesus said, “Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me.” Only God can perform a miracle, therefore Jesus must be God!
[1] Summa Theologica, Part II of the Second Part Q. 2, Article 10, Reply Obj. 3.