The miracles show the character of God, the sovereignty of God, the kindness of God, the power of God, the mercy of God, etc.
Some will reject the gift, as you say, But our faith is in the substitutionary attonement. A perfect sacrafice for our sins, given by a holy transcendant God.
Free will in these matters is over-rated. The only freedom that matters is freedom from sin. Rejoice that you have it. But I don’t want to take this to a Calvinist / Arminian rant.
The Calvinist/Arminian debate is old and tired. I don’t even think in terms of “am I ca Calvinist, am I an Arminian?”
“The miracles show the character of God, the sovereignty of God, the kindness of God, the power of God, the mercy of God, etc.”
That is precisely what I was trying to say, only you said it better. To sit around debating whether or not the miracles were genuine misses the larger and more important point of what God was telling us with the miracles. I believe one needs to start with the belief that Jesus was the son of God. If that is accepted everything he did is true. If one tries to accept Jesus was the son of God because he performed miracles I think the point is missed. Jesus didn’t perform miracles to prove he was the son of God, but to demonstrate the character of God as you pointed out.