Authentic miracles do not necessarily lead to great faith:
Steve is preaching this morning from Matthew 11:20-30 — RAISING THE BAR AGAINST THE OPINION. This will be a very full thirty-five minutes. The first five verses are about cities where Jesus and His Apostles did great miracles.
“20 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Coming to Jesus to requires all of the mind, heart, and will. The mind must accept the facts and process them, the heart must be touched and respond to the facts and events, the will must act upon what the mind sees, the heart is moved by and the will must move you to accept. These cities just saw and were amazed.