#031 Jesus Heals a Government Official's Son (John 4:46-54) - Life of Christ = Week 07 - Monday

Jesus Heals the Son of a Royal Official

John 4:46–54

⁴⁶Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum. ⁴⁷When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

⁴⁸Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

⁴⁹“Sir,” the official said to Him, “come down before my boy dies!”

⁵⁰“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.

⁵¹While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive. ⁵²He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him,” they answered. ⁵³The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.

⁵⁴This therefore was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.

John 4:46-54 (Cana) Boy in Capernaum Healed

• God is ... What do we learn about God in this passage?
• We are ... What do we learn about people in this passage?
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• I will ... What has the Holy Spirit revealed to us in this passage? How will I
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• You can ... Who do you know who needs to hear this? Feel free to share with others by social media links at the bottom of this.

OPEN

• When you were a child, what was the most serious illness or injury you ever had? 

DIG

• Now that Jesus is home again, what motivates the people to welcome him?  
• How do you account for the contrast between the crowd's welcome (v. 45) and Jesus’ comments in verses 44 and 48? How are the Galileans alike and unlike the Samaritans in verses 39-42?  
• What motivates the royal official to travel so far? How would you have responded to what Jesus told him to do? What does this miracle tell you about Jesus? 

REFLECT

• When you bring your problem to God (such as a sickness in the family), do you tend to accept his word or keep fretting and fussing?  
• When have you taken God at his word (even though the circumstances were seemingly impossible), and discovered that he did exactly what was promised? 

Other Resources: 

Keeping God's Commandments John 4 https://virtualbiblestudy.com/john/4/

https://youtu.be/jKKdXYar3Uw