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"Power"  

A Devotional Exposition of the Teaching of

the Christian Year, by Melville Scott.

EPIPHANY is rich in miracles. These are to be regarded rather as manifestations of Christ's divinity than as formal proofs. For this they were little adapted as being done in a corner of the world, and in a corner of that little corner, as witnessed by few, and that few already convinced of Christ's claims. Christ also frequently either worked them in secret or commanded secrecy, and deprecated a faith resting merely upon wonder. The purpose of Christ's miracles was not mainly evidential, but educational. To have proved Himself divine would have left His work half done, for men had wrong ideas about God, and their conceptions needed to be purified and exalted. The object of Christ's miracles was, therefore, not to show power, but grace, and even to-day, when we consider His power, we are to see that it used only to save what is good and to destroy what is evil. Mere power is neither good nor evil, though it magnifies the effects of both. We need not fear the almighty power of love, but rather rejoice that love will prevail.