The Sign of the Healing of the Nobleman's Son<\/p>\n
"Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way" (Joh_4:50).<\/p>\n
Cana of Galilee was the location of the first sign; it was there that Christ turned the water into wine.<\/p>\n
The second sign recorded by John was given also while Christ was at Cana.<\/p>\n
1. The sickness of the nobleman's son. The nobleman lived in Capernaum; his son was sick. When Christ had come into Galilee, the nobleman besought Him that He would come down and heal his son, for he was nigh unto death.<\/p>\n
"Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe" (Joh_4:48).<\/p>\n
The nobleman, however, continued to plead: "Sir, come down ere my child die" (Joh_4:49).<\/p>\n
2. The son restored. Jesus did not answer the nobleman's request by going down with him to Capernaum, He simply said: "Go thy way; thy son liveth" (Joh_4:50).<\/p>\n
The nobleman's faith remained unshaken. Evidently it had not occurred to him that Christ could heal his son unless He went down to Capernaum, where his son was sick.<\/p>\n
In answer to Christ's command, however, he obeyed, and as he went his way, his servants met him, and said: "Thy son liveth" (Joh_4:51).<\/p>\n
As a result of his healing, the nobleman himself believed, and also his whole house.<\/p>\n
3. The sign set forth. This miracle, following as it does the miracle of the turning of the water into wine, is the more significant.<\/p>\n
The empty waterpots, as we have before seen, set forth the hollowness, the lifelessness of the Jew's religion.<\/p>\n
As a result, we read in John 4, of how Christ turned to Samaria, and of how the city of Sychar heard His Word.<\/p>\n
Christ testified unto the Jews saying: "A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country" (Mat_13:57; see Joh_4:44).<\/p>\n
The Jews had refused Him; the Gentiles had received Him, Israel was sick; the nobleman's son was healed.<\/p>\n
The type may be used to typify the wonderful power of Christ to save the Gentiles.<\/p>\n
(1) Christ turned from Israel. He was refused, rejected, and despised of His own people.<\/p>\n
(2) Christ turned to the Gentiles. During this age, the time of Israel's temporary setting aside, God is reaching out His hand to the lost of every nation.<\/p>\n
The healing of the nobleman's son must have stirred the hearts of the Jews to jealousy.<\/p>\n
So also must the fact that Christ has turned to the Gentiles, provoke the Jews to jealousy.<\/p>\n
The sign proclaims the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God; it demonstrates that they who believe in Him receive life through His name.<\/p>\n
The signs to follow, clearly show Christ turning again to Israel and her final redemption.<\/p>\n
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sign of the Healing of the Nobleman's Son "Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way" (Joh_4:50). Cana of Galilee was the location of the first sign; it was there that Christ turned the water … Continue reading “1650. The Sign of the Healing of the Nobleman's Son”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}