Signposts, Part 2

In a crowd full of people seeking signs, Jesus singles out one man—a royal official—who is willing to believe without seeing. Like the Samaritans before him, his faith isn’t dependent on miracles, yet he is the one who receives a sign that strengthens his belief even more.

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John 20:30-31
“Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which aren’t written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe that the Messiah, the son of God, is none other than Jesus; and that, with this faith you may have life in his name.”

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John 2:11
This event, in Cana of Galilee, was the first of Jesus’s signs. He displayed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

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John 2:23-24
”While Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, several people came to trust in his name, because they had seen the signs he did. But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them. He knew everything, and had no need for anyone to give him information about people. He himself knew what was inside people.”

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Mark 8:11-12
“The Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Jesus. They were asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him out. Jesus groaned deeply in his Spirit. ‘Why is this generation looking for a sign?’ he said. ‘I’m telling you the truth: no sign will be given to this generation.’

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John 4:38
The woman left her water-jar, went into the town, and spoke to the people. ‘Come on!’ she said. ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! You don’t think he can be the Messiah, do you?’

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John 4:39-42
“Several Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of what the woman said in evidence about him: ‘He told me everything I did.’ So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days. Many more believed because of what he said. “We believe, too,’ they said to the woman, ‘but it’s no longer because of what you told us. We’ve heard him ourselves! We know that he really is the one! He’s the Savior of the world!”

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John 4:43
After two days in Samaria, Jesus went off from there to Galilee. Jesus himself gave evidence, after all, that a prophet isn’t honored in his own country. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him.

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John 4:45
They had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, since they had been at the festival too.

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John 4:46-47
So he went once more to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a royal official in Capernaum whose son was ill. He heard that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, and he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, since he was at the point of death.

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John 4:48
”Unless you see signs and miracles,’ replied Jesus, ‘you won’t ever believe.’

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John 4:49
“Sir! replied the official, ‘come down before my child dies.”

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John 4:50
“Off you go! said Jesus. ‘Your son will live!”

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John 4:50
The man believed the word which Jesus had spoken to him, and he set off.

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John 4:51-54
But while he was still on his way down to Capernaum, his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well. So he asked them what time he had begun to get better. Yesterday afternoon, about one o’clock, they said. ‘That’s when the fever left him.’ So the father knew that it had happened at the very moment when Jesus had said to him, ‘Your son will live!’ He himself believed, and so did all his household. This was the second sign Jesus did, when he came out of Judaea into Galilee.

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The point of these signs is to draw our attention to Jesus and to raise our confidence that He is who He said and that He will accomplish all that He has promised.

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Tish Warren
“For all the healing Jesus accomplished, he barely moved the needle on the number of lepers in the Ancient Near East or the number of women hemorrhaging or the number of people who died. But through his work, Jesus showed us what the kingdom of God looks like: in the Kingdom people are healed, forgiven, restored, and made whole.”

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How do I become the kind of person who can get a sign from God?

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How do I become the kind of person who can recognize and respond to the signs that are pointing me to Jesus?

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Ask

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Be on the Lookout

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What am I taking for granted that someone else might be desperately praying for right now?

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