【约翰福音四章43-54节】
43过了那两天，耶稣离了那地方，往加利利去。44因为耶稣自己作过见证说：先知在本地是没有人尊敬的。45到了加利利，加利利人既然看见他在耶路撒冷过节所行的一切事，就接待他，因为他们也是上去过节。46耶稣又到了加利利的迦拿，就是他从前变水为酒的地方。有一个大臣，他的儿子在迦百农患病。47他听见耶稣从犹太到了加利利，就来见他，求他下去医治他的儿子，因为他儿子快要死了。48耶稣就对他说：若不看见神迹奇事，你们总是不信。49那大臣说：先生，求你趁着我的孩子还没有死就下去。50耶稣对他说：回去吧，你的儿子活了！那人信耶稣所说的话就回去了。51正下去的时候，他的仆人迎见他，说他的儿子活了。52他就问什么时候见好的。他们说：昨日未时热就退了。53他便知道这正是耶稣对他说你儿子活了的时候；他自己和全家就都信了。54这是耶稣在加利利行的第二件神迹，是他从犹太回去以后行的。
导言:
从耶稣的眼光看世界 (44节) (45节) (48节) (47节)
先知在本地是没有人尊敬的
加利利人接待他，是因看见他所行的神迹
这又不信又悖谬的世代
谁是生命的主? 那些倚仗财货自夸钱财多的人，一个也无法赎自己的弟兄，也不能替他将赎价给神，叫他长远活着，不见朽坏。因为赎他 生命的价值极贵，只可永远罢休。
一、当信耶稣的话 --- 顺服神的话
信耶稣所说的话，就有福了
话语的大能
二、当信耶稣 --- 信他是神的儿子 记这些神迹，要叫你们信耶稣是基督，是神的儿子，并且叫你们信了他，就可以因他的名得生命。
三、谁当信耶稣?
迦拿的第一个神迹，也就是水变酒的神迹， 门徒就信耶稣了
迦拿的第二个神迹， 大臣和全家就都信耶稣
最大的神迹， 耶稣自己成了神迹:他自己被钉死在十字架上，三天后覆活。谁当信耶稣?所有的人都当信! 信了他，就可以因他的名得生命。
小结、回顾:
撒玛利亚人信耶稣，因为那妇人作见证
因耶稣的话，信耶稣的人就更多了
我们信耶稣、不是因为人的话、是我们亲自听见了、知道这真是救世主 可见信道是从听道来的、听道是从基督的话来的。
有信心的人，就是亚伯拉罕的子孙。亚伯拉罕所信的，是叫死人得生命、使无变为有的神。亚伯拉罕认定，神能使人从死人中覆活，因此，就喻意说，他(以及大臣)的确从死里得回他的儿子。
专一注视耶稣
耶稣是我们信心的创始者和完成者，现在就坐在神宝座的右边。(50节) (53节) (54节) (39节) (40节) (42节)
John 4:43-54
43 After the two days he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. 48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed. 54 This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
Introduction:
Seeing the world through Jesus' eyes
1. The prophet is not respected locally
2. The Galileans received him because they saw his miracles
3. This unbelieving and perverse generation
4. Who is the Lord of Life? Those who relied on wealth and boasted that they had a lot of wealth could not redeem their brothers, nor could they give the ransom to God for him, so that he could live for a long time without seeing corruption. Because the price of redeeming one’s life is extremely high, he can only give up forever.
(v44) (v45) (v48) (v47)
A. Believe in Jesus' words --- Obey God's words
1. You will be blessed by believing in what Jesus said
2. The power of words
B. Believe in Jesus --- Believe in Him as the Son of God. Remember these miracles so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God, and that if you believe in Him, you can have life in His name.
C. Who should believe in Jesus?
1. The first miracle of Cana, that is, the miracle of turning water into wine, the disciples believed in Jesus then.
2. The second miracle of Cana, the minister and his whole family believed in Jesus
3. The greatest miracle, Jesus himself became a miracle: He himself was nailed to the cross and came back to life on the third day. Who should believe in Jesus? All people should believe! If you believe in him, you can have life in his name.
Summary and Review:
The Samaritans believed in Jesus because of the woman's testimony
Because of Jesus' words, more people believed in Jesus.
We believe in Jesus, not because of human words, but we have personally heard it, knowing that this is really the Savior. Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
People who have faith are the children of Abraham. What Abraham believed is the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being the things that were not. Abraham believed that God can bring people back to life from the dead, so, metaphorically, he (and the ministers) did get his son back from the dead.
Focus exclusively on Jesus
Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, and now sits on the right side of the throne of God.
(v50) (v53) (v54)
(v39) (v40) (v42)