The Word This Week
John 4:43…
We remember the first miracle Jesus performed was at a wedding in Cana, of Galilee – which is about 4 miles north of Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown.
Jesus was on the move from Judea back to Galilee. In a sense Jesus was escaping the leaders of the Jews, who had heard Jesus and His disciples were baptizing even more than John the Baptist.
He had gone through Samaria, where He had stayed two days to teach an entire village the Word of God that they may believe Jesus is the Christ – and they did believe - despite the fact Jesus performed no miracles there. This was such a stark contrast to the Jews, who were ALWAYS seeking a sign from Jesus to prove He was the Christ.
Arriving now at Cana, His testimony was a recrimination of Judea, which had always and now was rejecting the prophets God sent them, this time rejecting THE prophet, the Christ.
But those in Galilee, fresh from seeing the miracles Jesus had performed while they had been in Jerusalem for the feast, (not specifically recorded by John,) were excited to see and hear of Jesus’ return to Galilee.
This was especially true for a certain nobleman who lived about 25 miles away at Capernaum. (The news of return of Jesus’ return traveled fast.)
The nobleman’s son was dying.
Hearing Jesus had returned he traveled from Capernaum to Cana to seek out Jesus to request healing for his son. His thought was Jesus must come with him to Capernaum in order for Jesus to heal his son, which is a logical assumption, even on the realm of the miraculous.
But John records for us this not the case. (Perhaps WHY John recorded THIS miracle.)
For the One Who spoke the worlds into existence, location was never an issue.
Pastor Bill
We remember the first miracle Jesus performed was at a wedding in Cana, of Galilee – which is about 4 miles north of Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown.
Jesus was on the move from Judea back to Galilee. In a sense Jesus was escaping the leaders of the Jews, who had heard Jesus and His disciples were baptizing even more than John the Baptist.
He had gone through Samaria, where He had stayed two days to teach an entire village the Word of God that they may believe Jesus is the Christ – and they did believe - despite the fact Jesus performed no miracles there. This was such a stark contrast to the Jews, who were ALWAYS seeking a sign from Jesus to prove He was the Christ.
Arriving now at Cana, His testimony was a recrimination of Judea, which had always and now was rejecting the prophets God sent them, this time rejecting THE prophet, the Christ.
But those in Galilee, fresh from seeing the miracles Jesus had performed while they had been in Jerusalem for the feast, (not specifically recorded by John,) were excited to see and hear of Jesus’ return to Galilee.
This was especially true for a certain nobleman who lived about 25 miles away at Capernaum. (The news of return of Jesus’ return traveled fast.)
The nobleman’s son was dying.
Hearing Jesus had returned he traveled from Capernaum to Cana to seek out Jesus to request healing for his son. His thought was Jesus must come with him to Capernaum in order for Jesus to heal his son, which is a logical assumption, even on the realm of the miraculous.
But John records for us this not the case. (Perhaps WHY John recorded THIS miracle.)
For the One Who spoke the worlds into existence, location was never an issue.
Pastor Bill