Is The Word Enough?
Text: John 4:46-56 In the name of Jesus. Amen. A royal official made the journey from Capernaum to Cana, about twenty miles uphill. But this was no routine trip. It wasn’t a trip for politics. He was not on a military journey either. Instead, we hear in our reading from the Gospel of Matthew that: “When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to [Jesus] and asked Him to come down and heal his son, for [his son] was at the point of death.” That official had nothing else to rely on. His son was dying. The physicians were helpless. So he went to Jesus. And get this: Jesus doesn’t follow him home. Jesus doesn’t lay hands on the boy, and He doesn’t speak over the child’s body. He simply says to the official, “Go; your son will live.” That’s right; one sentence…five words… that is all He got. But get this: the royal official believes. “The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.” Dear frie...
