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Your Son Will Live

Date: Jan. 15, 2024

Passage

John 4:43-54 (ESV)

43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.

46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

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Key Verse: 4:50

Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.

Jesus returned to Galilee and was met by a large crowd. They had witnessed his miracles, but Jesus knew they still did not believe in him. Our faith must not only come from witnessing miracles but through the word of God. A royal official approached Jesus, pleading for healing for his dying son. Jesus challenged the man by saying that unless they saw miracles and signs, they would never believe.

The royal official persisted. He begged Jesus to go with him. Instead, Jesus said, “You may go. Your son will live” (50). The man took Jesus at this word and obeyed. On his way back to Capernaum, the man’s servants met him with news that his son was alive! The fever left at the same time Jesus told the man he could go. What changed the situation was this man’s obedience and attitude to Jesus’ words. When he believed, his son was healed.

In desperate situations, we long for a miracle or a sign of assurance. In such moments, we can put our expectation, hope, and faith in Jesus by taking him at his word. Heaven and earth will pass away, but Jesus promised that his word will never pass away (Mt 24:35)! His word makes the dead come alive and heals the sick. May our faith be rooted in the word of Jesus.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord Jesus, forgive me for seeking a sign from you. You have given me your life-giving word. May I accept your words today.

One Word: One Word: Take Jesus at this word?

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Key Verse: 7:9-10

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