There is one text and lesson but many applications. So here's the assignment so to speak: find a lesson taught in John 4 and then think of one area of application and how that might apply to your life. Pray before posting
What does John Chapter 4 teach us about...
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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 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 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 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. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
(Joh 4:46-54)
Jesus was revealing to this official that His Word is sufficient. Our faith is to be in His Word.
To often we are prone to walk by sight, hence ""Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
Jesus performed this miracle in such a way to wean this man off of sight and on to faith.
The Official wanted Jesus to come and heal his child (so he could see it with his eyes) but Jesus had a lesson to teach.
Jesus sent him home with a promise. God's Word held true as the official found out when "his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering". The time was exactly when Jesus spoke the Word, and so he believed (because of the Word, not the miracle).
(Joh 4:46-54)
Jesus was revealing to this official that His Word is sufficient. Our faith is to be in His Word.
To often we are prone to walk by sight, hence ""Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
Jesus performed this miracle in such a way to wean this man off of sight and on to faith.
The Official wanted Jesus to come and heal his child (so he could see it with his eyes) but Jesus had a lesson to teach.
Jesus sent him home with a promise. God's Word held true as the official found out when "his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering". The time was exactly when Jesus spoke the Word, and so he believed (because of the Word, not the miracle).