Sermon: Do You Know the Gift of God: Confidently Trust the Savior

Part Four: John 4: 50-53

 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son lives!” The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.  As he was already going down [the road], his servants met him and reported that his son was living [and was healthy].  So he asked them at what time he began to get better. They said, “Yesterday during the seventh hour the fever left him.”  Then the father realized that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives”; and he and his entire household believed and confidently trusted [in Him as Savior].

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Do you believe Jesus died and rose from the dead on the third day?  If not, who are you praying to?

The nobleman in John Chapter 4 believed that Jesus could heal his son.  Therefore, he walked 20 miles to ask Jesus to come to his home to heal him.  Jesus looked at the nobleman – a Gentile, a Roman – and said, “Go; your son lives!”  And the man believed the words that Jesus spoke to him, and he went home.  He didn’t tell Jesus that He had to come to his house in order to heal his son.

When he met Jesus, he addressed Him as Sir, putting himself under Jesus although as a Roman, he had legal authority over Jesus.

The nobleman not only believed that Jesus could heal his son; he also obeyed what Jesus told him to do by going home.  He demonstrated faith.

James 1: 6

But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind. 

Do you have the faith of the nobleman?  Will you listen and do what God says?

When you pray to God, thank Him for everything He has done in your life.  Be obedient to Him.  And when you ask for God’s guidance, leave your problem in His hands.

God loves us all.  Be obedient to God.  Have faith.  Believe.

Read the Full Chapters of the Scriptures Referenced:
John Chapter 4
James Chapter 1

Read the other parts of the Sermon, Do You Know the Gift of God?
Do You Know the Gift of God? (Part One)
Jesus Offers You Living Water to Slack Your Thirst (Part Two)
Believe the Word that Jesus Speaks to You (Part Three)