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Jesus the Compassionate Healer
Intro
Return Home
Jesus had just spent some time in Samaria.
John tells us there was there for 3 days and then makes his way back to Galilee.
And we get an interesting note from John 4:44 “44 (Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)”
What’s going on here?
Because right after we read that we see Jesus in his home town Galilee and he is welcomed by the people there.
But do you see why he is welcomed… b/c they had seen what Jesus could do.
They had witnessed his signs and wonders.
And they were excited to see what He was going to do in their town.
They didn’t care about Jesus the Messiah.
They didn’t care about Jesus the King.
They didn’t care about Jesus the Creator of the Universe.
They wanted Jesus the magician.
They wanted Jesus the miracle worker.
They wanted Jesus the healer.
Jesus the Savior.
Not Jesus the Lord.
And if we’re not careful we can fall into the same trap.
Where we desire the gifts of God, but not the giver of those gifts.
These Galilean fanfare welcomed Jesus, but notice they didn’t believe in Jesus.
And John is directly contrasting their response to Jesus with the response from the Samaritans.
In John 4:41 “41 Many more believed because of what he said.”
The Samaritans listened and believed.
The Galileans saw and welcomed.
To those in Galilee, Jesus’ own people, Jesus was a sideshow to be witnessed not the Lord to be worshipped.
But their reception of him doesn’t mean that he isn’t compassionate.
That Doesn’t mean that he cares less about the hurting.
He is still going to do some miraculous things in the sight of the Galileans.
A Father’s Plea
Jesus returns to Cana where he turned water into wine.
And as he is there, a royal official comes to plea with him about his son.
This man most likely served Herod, one of the governors in this region.
And he was used to being in power and having control.
But he is now in a situation where he has no power and no control.
He hears that Jesus, this miracle worker, is traveling around and he can do miraculous things.
So out of desperation and heartache for his son he travels some 22 miles from Judea to go and ask Jesus to heal his son.
I know that there is not much more heartbreaking than watching a child suffer.
I know that for my parents when they were trying to figure out what was going on with me they were absolute wrecks.
And even when my kids have a cold or the flu it is absolutely painful to watch them suffer.
And this Dad’s son is dying.
He is desperate for a miracle.
And in that desperation he runs to Jesus and begs him to come and see his son.
He believes that Jesus has to be near his son for the healing to occur.
He doesn’t recognize who Jesus is.
He doesn’t know that the Son of God works all kinds of miracles near and far.
But the Father and the crowd receive some push back from Jesus.
jn 4:48 “48 Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.””
Jesus is speaking to both the Father and the crowd when he says this.
Jesus sees that the only way that they will believe in the him is if they see something Amazing, something spectacular, something awe inspiring.
All the while missing that the most amazing, spectacular, and awe inspiring God of the universe is standing before them.
These people are no different that some people today.
I know that you have heard of people that say, If God would do this one thing, If God would reveal himself to me, If he would make this mountain move then I would believe in him.
But here’s where the push back from Jesus happens.
He knows that a belief in him based on a Miracle is a shallow and hollow faith.
Because a faith built on a miracle means that if the miracles cease you may cease to believe.
That kind of thinking views God not as the Lord and Savior of the World, but as a mystical and magical Genie ready to serve your every whim.
That is a very low view of who God is.
And a radically too high a view of who you are.
Jesus is more concerned with their belief in him than he is in their trust of what he can do.
The Crowd there in Galilee had already heard about and maybe even saw the miracle at the wedding where he turned water into wine.
In verse 45, it states John 4:45 “...the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem during the festival.
For they also had gone to the festival.”
And Yet those weren’t enough to cause them to believe.
Rather they wanted more.
They wanted to be wowed again and again.
Jesus is more concerned with saving their souls than he is with meeting their physical needs.
Jesus came to solve our greatest problem.
He came to conquer sin and death.
He came to pave a way for us to be in right relationship with the Father.
He came to restore us.
And often times all we can see is what can Jesus do for me.
How can he make my life better.
How can he end my current suffering.
How can he serve me.
How selfish can we be?
How arrogant can we be?
Jesus, Give me ______ and I will commit my life to you.
Give me a promotion.
Give me a new boyfriend/girlfriend.
Heal my mom/dad/friend and I will believe in you.
Show me a sign.
Accomplish this impossible task and I will believe.
Give me children/grandchildren.
Heal my Marriage.
Without even recognizing it we put the condition clauses on our belief.
And then if Jesus doesn’t show up in the way we think he should then we don’t believe.
And if he does show up this time, but he doesn’t the next time we stop believing.
This is why the Miracles of Jesus should not be the foundation of our faith.
They can be a catalyst for our faith, but not the foundation.
If the miracle drives us to love Jesus not just what he can do.
The greatest miracle of all is that God put on flesh and dwelt among us.
That he suffered and died on our behalf.
And that he rose again conquering sin and death.
The greatest miracle is the gospel message.
If Jesus never does another thing for you in your life.
He already performed the greatest miracle, He loved you.
That should be enough.
Now what I don’t what you to hear me say is that Jesus doesn’t care about your suffering.
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