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liberty bible church 3~/9~/08 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“god still has the power to heal”
John 4:43-54
introduction
Illus. of false faith healer.
There are countless examples of these types of “healers.”
God does still heal people, sometimes miraculously, but He doesn’t use people that make these types of outlandish claims.
Most of these, at worst, are demon possessed and at best, are charlatans.
How can we tell if healers are from God?
If God still has the power to heal, what does God’s healing look like?
OPEN to the passage.
*Prop.
*In these passages today, we see examples of healing that we can still see today.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
As we go through the Gospels, we see many examples of miracle healings of all sorts.
These are in the realms of both physical healing and spiritual healing.
What does Jesus want us to learn from these?
What can we apply today in the church and in our lives?
Today, we see three principles of healing that we need to understand to answer these questions.
First…
i.
physical healing can happen to people that don’t believe in God vs. 43-45
Illus. of everyday people are healed in various ways from various maladies.
Some, you might say, even boarder on the miraculous.
But, you’ll notice that not all of these have the same type of faith in the same God.
As we examine the healings of Jesus, you’ll notice that many that received His healing, though believing that He could do miracles, did not necessarily believe that He was the Messiah.
a.
Not everyone believes in Jesus the same way
V 43 1.
After Jesus spends two days in Samaria, he now heads north into His home area.
I’m sure that this would have been a much comfortable place for the disciples to be.
What’s interesting is that Jesus now makes a statement to the contrary.
V 44 2.
Similar statements are recorded in both Matthew and Mark.
In both of those places, it is clear what He is talking about.
Cf.
Matt.
13:53-58 He was preparing His disciples for the fact that not everyone would be warm and fuzzy to them, even though He was from this region.
They knew Him and His family all too well, but they were not ready to receive Him yet as King.
b.
Not everyone relates to jesus the same way
Illus.
of many use Him for needs emergencies.
Healings, finances, tragedies, etc.
But they have no use for Him in the daily activities of life and have no problem living in sin.
Here, we see the people of Galilee initially receive Him, but not the way they should.
V 45a 1.
“received Him” does not mean that they were saved.
It simply means that the people of the region welcomed Him.
He had a reputation.
V 45b 2.
Many had witnessed His ministry in Jerusalem.
He had cleansed the Temple and had healed many.
The people were enthused about this man.
But, He was not received as Messiah.
They were excited for what He could do for them, but had no interest in trusting Him beyond their immediate needs.
Jesus healed many that didn’t believe in Him as Messiah.
Many still today are healed even though Jesus is not their Savior and Lord.
*Trans.*
PHYSICAL HEALING CAN HAPPEN TO PEOPLE THAT DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD.
Second…
ii.
spiritual healing is more important than physical healing vs. 46-50
Illus. of although physical healing is important when you are sick, God may want you sick for a purpose.
It’s not always His will that you be healed physically.
But, He does want us healed spiritually.
Jesus’ healing ministry was intended to turn people to God spiritually.
Cf.
Luke 5:21-24 Here we see some that may be genuine converts.
a. an appeal for healing
V 46a 1.
This was a fairly private miracle that only the disciples and some servants saw this miracle, but it was intended to show that that Jesus was the Messiah.
V 46b 2.
This man was a royal official.
We don’t have his name, so he could have been a Jew or a Gentile.
It’s very possible that he was Jewish since Jesus included him as desiring a sign.
This was a trait of the Jews.
We’ll look at this in verse 48.
His son was sick at Capernaum.
V 47 3.
This man’s son was sick to “the point of death.”
No doubt he had exhausted every way he knew possible for him to be healed.
All his authority and all his money and influence could not save his son.
So, he traveled the 25 miles to Cana to try and get Jesus to come and save his son’s life; to heal him.
He was desperate.
This sets the stage for…
b. a demonstration of genuine faith
V 48 1.
This appears kind of harsh, but he wanted everyone to realize that a belief built on miraculous signs was not a genuine faith.
Cf.
John 2:23-25 As I already said, many Jews wanted to see signs and wonders or they would not believe.
Cf. 1 Cor.
1:22 We must have faith to be saved, but most will believe without ever seeing a miraculous healing.
Cf.
Matt.
16:1-4 Jesus told Thomas that Blessed are those that believe and have not seen Him physically resurrected.
Faith is believing in what we cannot see.
This man needed to do that.
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