John 4:46-54 “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.”

POINT: So this tells us that Jesus is able to

The Father Asks Jesus To….
“come down and heal his son, because he was at the point of death” - v.46

Jesus’ Response To Those There…
“Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”

Q: What does this response mean?

Remember what we confess in the creed? “He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead” - Apostle’s Creed

In this example…
POINT: He judges him as “

BUT there is a warning for those who doubted!

What about the Official…the “father”?
“The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.” -v.50

POINT: Faith moves Jesus to

POINT: Jesus doesn’t always answer our prayers in the way WE want. But He always answers our prayers in the way that builds our faith and our

First, we see that Jesus is

• Jesus could have “shaken off the dust of His feet because of their rejection of Him but He doesn’t!”

And….

POINT: And He doesn’t with

“….is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” - 2 Peter 3:9

SO, because we KNOW Jesus as gracious and kind and forgiving, why not come to Him in prayer?