I came across these scriptures,and they really God laid them upon my heart...
Hope y'all can give some of your insight as to what God is saying to you, also..
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So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and HEAL his son, for he was at the POINT OF DEATH.
Then Jesus said to him, Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.
The nobleman said to Him, Sir, come down before my child dies!
Jesus said to him, [color=#FF0000]Go your way; your son lives.[/color]
So the man BELIEVED THE WORD that Jesus spoke to him,and he went his way.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, 'Your son lives!'
Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, 'Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.'
So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, '[color=#FF0000]Your son lives.[/color]
And he himself believed,and his whole household.
This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.
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The certain royal official is not identified.
He could have been a Gentile or a Jew, a centurion, or a minor official.
Possibly he was a Jew because Jesus included him among the people who desire signs and wonders.
His son had been sick,and undoubtedly he had exhausted all the means at his disposal.
Failure of position and money to solve his problem drove him from Capernaum to Cana hoping that the Healer would save his son from death.
Notice Jesus' address to him, though sharp, was necessary.
A faith built only on miraculous signs is not a COMPLETE FAITH.
Many hesitate to believe in Jesus apart from seeing miraculous signs and wonders.
Faith in Jesus is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, but not all believers are given public portents.
The official was in no position emotionally to argue his case theologically.
All he could plead for was MERCY, for his child was at the point of death.
Jesus' calm reply to the official's desperate request created a crisis.
Jesus announced, YOU MAY GO, YOUR SON WILL LIVE.
If the official REALLY BELIEVE that Jesus could make a difference in Capernaum, he must also believe Him now in Cana.
So he TOOK JESUS AT HIS WORD AND LEFT.
On the way back, the official must have pondered Jesus' promise every step of his journey.
His servants met him with good news.
His boy was living!
The official asked when his son recovered.
The healing was NO ACCIDENT, for it occurred AT THE EXACT moment Jesus made His promise to him.
The man's faith grew and he brought ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD TO FAITH.
To me the lesson of this incident is that Jesus' power is able to save from death EVEN AT A GREAT DISTANCE.
His Word has POWER TO WORK;
People are SIMPLY TO BELIEVE HIS WORD...
