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BLESSED ASSURANCE

John 4:49 & 50
"49 The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way."

We are studying the Gospel of John when Jesus was walking the dusty streets and healing the desperately ill! A nobleman from Capernaum has traveled twenty miles or more pursuing Jesus. Hoping to find Him and get Him to heal his dying son. The tragedy of his son's illness has caused him to act in FAITH. This is the beginning of his FAITH JOURNEY.

This father wants his son healed!  When he finds Jesus he anxiously begs for his son to be healed. Jesus' answer sounds harsh; "EXCEPT ye see signs and wonders, ye WILL NOT BELIEVE." We do not know who the nobleman was, he might have been someone who should not be trusted. From what we do know it looks like he has chased down Jesus ONLY to heal his dying son. Does this nobleman want to trust in Jesus for his own redemption??? Or, is he like many of the other Jewish people in the audience; there out of curiosity and/or wanting to be healed and fed. Not there to see the Son of God, learn His heavenly TRUTH and be SAVED by Him.

In today's verses the nobleman demonstrated his PERSISTENT FAITH and asks for a specific thing from Jesus; "The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ERE my child DIE." The nobleman admits that if Jesus doesn't help him no one will. All his FAITH is in Jesus! Recognize that this is how we all come to our LORD wanting our problem solved and GOD wants to have a relationship with us! 

"Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man BELIEVED the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way." Jesus works in His own way. We don't have to understand. We just need to learn how to TRUST and OBEY. This nobleman gets to speed through the his FAITH JOURNEY. As soon as he finds Jesus he is heading back home with the BLESSED ASSURANCE that "thy son liveth."
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