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โข Have you ever asked anyone for a big favor, and it was granted? How did you feel?
โข Is there anyone you believe no matter what they say? Who is that person? How did that happen?
โข Share about the most serious illness you or a family member experienced.
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ:๐ฑ๐ฏ-๐ฑ๐ฐ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ:๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ฑ๐ฎ.)
After Jesusโ first miracle at the wedding in Cana, news spread that He could perform miracles. When Jesus returned to Cana, it was likely that those around Jesus were watching to see if He really would, or could, do miracles. However, Jesus only granted the sign to the one who first believed it could be done, and then acted on that belief. How did this happen? Letโs look at how this personโs faith led to a miraculous healing.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ. . . . ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ช๐ณ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.โย ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ:๐ฐ๐ณ,๐ฐ๐ต
The story does not say whether or not the official was the only one who asked Jesus for something. What we do know is that at this time, the news of Jesus doing a miracle was mostly a rumor. Very few people had seen it happen. This desperate official took a chance and asked Jesus for a miracle. Jesus addressed the viewers, challenging their choice to believe only ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ seeing signs and wonders, instead of acting by faith. How did Jesusโ description of the viewers contrast with the officialโs actions?
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฐ; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ:๐ฑ๐ฌ-๐ฑ๐ญ
None of the viewers saw the sign or miracle that Jesus did. Only the person who acted upon his faith and asked for a miracle was able to see the sign. When the official heard Jesusโ words, he believed that the healing was complete and went home. Because he acted on his faith, the glory of God was revealed to him personally. What does it mean for us to take Jesus or God at His word?
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.โย ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ:๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐ฑ๐ฏ
Because of the miracle, Godโs glory was revealed to one household, and everyone in the household believed in Him. The miracle was personal to the official who received it, and it met an urgent and personal need. In the end, most importantly, Godโs glory was revealed and people believed in Jesus because of this. How has God built up your faith amidst challenging situations?
The second miracle Jesus performed revealed His authority over life and death. The official was most likely a Roman official, a Gentile who wasnโt expecting a Savior because of prophecies. As early as His second miracle, Jesus revealed His power and grace to more than just the Jews.
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โข Have you only ever heard about how Jesus can work miracles in your life? Would you like to know more about who He is today?
โข When you feel like Jesus has spoken to you, how do you normally respond? What would a response of faith look like for you?
โข Has everyone in your household experienced Christโs grace and glory? How can you share it with those in your household this week?
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โข Thank Jesus for the personal and loving way that He does miracles to meet His peopleโs needs.
โข Pray for the courage to take Jesus at His word and for the strength to obey by faith.
โข Ask Jesus for the opportunity to share about His grace and glory with your household this week. Pray for the right words to say as you speak about Him.