John 4:43-54 43 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.
The Lord Jesus said that the prophet has no honor in his own country, so he did not perform many miracles there. Jesus went to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned water into wine. Turning water into wine was the first miracle performed by the Lord Jesus. He didn’t intend to perform it. He did it because of the request and intercession of his mother Mary . This passage talks about the second miracle performed by the Lord Jesus: Healing an official’s son who was sick and dying. The official begged the Lord Jesus to heal his son. With a word from the Lord Jesus, his son lived. Then the official and his whole family believed. The purpose of miracles is to make people believe, but some people still do not believe after they see miracles. The Lord Jesus continues to perform miracles because there are always people who believe. The Lord Jesus did not only perform miracles in the Bible times, he did it through the ages, and is still doing it now.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (James 5:14-16)
Here, James said that the sick should ask the elders of the church to pray for healing in the name of the Lord Jesus. Lay believers can also confess sins to each other and pray for each other so that they may be healed.
May God bless you and your family. 😀
