ODJ: goldfields’ miracle
March 8, 2011
In fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died (v.20).
READ: 1 Corinthians 15:12-53
Science’s discovery of nature’s laws makes an intervening God less believable. We surmise that lost limbs don’t grow back, and dead men don’t return to life. Or do they?
In October 2008, medical doctor Sean George was driving from Esperance to Kalgoorlie in the West Australian goldfields, when he started feeling chest pain. He called his wife and got to the nearest clinic. A short while later, he was pronounced dead. Fifty-five minutes of CPR and electric-shock therapy couldn’t bring him back. The death was called when Sean’s wife, Sherry, arrived.
Sherry walked into the room and picked up her husband’s cold hand. ”Lord,” she prayed. “Sean is only 39 years old. We have a 10-year-old boy. I need a miracle.” At that moment, medical staff reported, Sean’s lifeless body took a deep breath and his heartbeat returned on the monitor. Later, Sean told me his miracle story as a completely well man.
Skepticism about the miraculous goes way back. The apostle Paul confronted cynicism about resurrection among the believers in Corinth (1 Corinthians 15:12). He reminded them that Jesus’ bodily resurrection was the foundation of the Christian faith (v.4). If it was untrue, their faith was “useless” (v.14) for they were still lost in their sins (v.17). Just as importantly, Paul said that Jesus’ resurrection was the prototype for our own (vv.21-23). Our bodies will be raised and transformed, just like Jesus’ (vv.20,53).
I firmly believe in Jesus’ bodily resurrection. And although Sean George’s miracle was resuscitation, rather than resurrection, it is still modern proof of what God can do. Talk about inspiring! For a true resurrection awaits those who love Christ—the complete transformation of our bodies, souls, and hearts.
—Sheridan Voysey
Have you ever doubted Jesus’ literal, physical resurrection? Why? How will you take the reminder of your own future resurrection into your day?
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