John 4:46-54

This could be the Christ because of His miracles and signs -- John 4:46-54: The healing of the nobleman's son was a second miracle at Cana. It was here that Jesus had made the water into wine. (John 2:1-11) This is a tender and touching story of a father pleading for his son. It is also a powerful story of the miraculous ability of Jesus. "Jesus said to him, 'Go your way; your son lives.' So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, 'Your son lives!' Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, 'Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.' So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, 'Your son lives.' And he himself believed, and his whole household." (John 4:50-53) What a beautiful picture of the compassion, concern and power of Jesus, the Son of God. This was a genuine miracle. A miracle is something above the laws of nature, something the laws of nature could not do in their normal course of operation. Jesus performed great signs, wonders and miracles. The purpose of miracles was to establish the foundation truth of Christianity and salvation, and that truth is that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Later John wrote, "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." (John 20:30-31)

What a thrill when people come to the point of total faith in Jesus as the Christ. You can enjoy redemption in the blood of the Lamb and also forgiveness and hope because "this is the Christ."