Big Healing Book - John 4:46-53

John 4:46-53:

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
When he had heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
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.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, Thy son liveth.
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
So that father knew that it was the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

Notes on John 4:46-53:

This man is interesting because he took a lot of effort to seek out Jesus, yet he did not fully “believe.” This is clear from what Jesus said to him (“Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe”) and from the end of the story, where the nobleman finally “believed” AFTER the healing took place!

The man had no doubt heard that Jesus was doing miracles, but he was not yet committed to following Jesus. It is interesting that he believed the word of Jesus and received his miracle before believing in Jesus in a general way! Jesus is merciful!

Yet even before he got home, this man exercised what Jesus elsewhere called “great faith.” He didn’t need any visible proof that the deed was done – the mere WORD of Jesus on the matter settled everything for him. If this man could do this BEFORE he fully “believed” and BEFORE there was a New Covenant under which he could be born again, surely WE should be able to believe something SOLELY on the basis that God has SAID it!