Is the Resurrection Enough?

This past weekend I was talking with my class at Fresno Pacific University about the topic of miracles. Here is a thought inspired by that discussion:

The resurrection is enough! Those are not my words. Jesus himself makes it plain that all other miracles in Biblical history are prelude and epilogue to this singular climatic event. He said, “an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but they shall only receive the sign of Jonah.” And yet many in our world apparently find Jesus’ words inadequate to their own private sense of fairness. The atheist believes that he too should be able to see a miracle, “in order that he might believe.” The Christian believes that he too should live a “blessed life.”

Every person in the Bible who experienced a miracle merely experienced a delay in the inevitable, and in some cases these people were raised to suffer death again. Not everyone who prayed diligently for a miracle received it, even if they believed with absolute purity of heart. Jesus warned those he healed not to tell anyone because he knew that people’s motives would run askew. They would come to him for all the wrong reasons. They would come to him for a relatively better life in this fallen world. Jesus came to give them another life altogether. They would seek limited physical repair while he promises complete destruction and complete restoration.

How about you? Is the resurrection enough for you or are you looking for more (which in the end is actually less)?