Healing of the Official's Son

Follow Along with the Message

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. 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. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you[a] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his servants[b] met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[c] the fever left him.” 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.

--John 4:46-54 (ESV)

Questions for Bible Study:

1. What can we learn about  nature?

2. What can we learn about God’s ?

3. What can we learn about our ?

The Official- Human Nature:

1. He  to be near to Jesus.

2. He was  for a miracle.

3. He was .

Jesus- the Character of God:

• We see the Character of God through the incarnation of Jesus

 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

--John 14:7 (NASB1995)

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

--John 5:19 (NASB1995)

1. God is concerned about our .

2. God shows amazing .

3. God gives us an  to experience a heart change.

The Official’s Response- Our relationship to God:

1. We are changed by His .

2. We can choose to walk in .

3. We can choose to .

Our Response in prayer:

1. We draw near persistently.

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

--Hebrews 4:16

now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

--Luke 18:7-8 (NASB1995)

2. We have a heart change.

Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

--Ezekiel 36:26

3. We obey and praise.

Samuel said, “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

--1 Samuel 15:22

But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

--John 4:23