The Gospel of John 4:52-54 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.” (John 4:52-54 KJV)

These passages clearly demonstrate that we have a God who answers our prayers before we even know it. The truth of the matter is, in this post-resurrection time we are in, all the answers to our prayers are already done and provided for by the finished work on the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. All that we need are already made available through the sufficiency of His grace (2 Corinthians 12:9). The key to receive it, is our declaration of faith, with thanksgiving, in Christ Jesus. In Him, we have what we need by His grace. In this post-resurrection era of our Father's dispensation of grace by faith in Christ Jesus, we do not anymore come to God to ask Him to do for us or to give us any thing. He has already done and given all things (2 Peter 1:3). We come to receive by His grace with thanksgiving through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ! (Mark 11:24)

Yes, that's faith, just like this nobleman, and in another instance like that of a gentile centurion who came to the Lord in Capernaum to seek healing for his servant. When the Lord said to him, shall I come and heal him? Conscious of his being a gentile, “The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.” (Matthew 8:8 NIV).

With the nobleman's faith, in these passages, his son was healed exactly the same moment the Lord said the words, "Go, your son will live." Confirmed by his servants, he knew the exact hour. By God's grace in Christ Jesus, his son lives, he and his household - they all believed. As for the centurion of Capernaum in Galilee, a gentile just like us who believed, by his declaration of faith, the Lord affirms. “When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.” (Matthew 8:10, 13 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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