2. Signs of a Savior
March 10 – Water to Wine March 17 – Healing Sick Boy March 24 – Healing Paralyzed Man March 31 – Feeding 5,000 April 07 – Healing Blind Man April 14 – Raising Lazarus April 21 – RESURRECTION

3. Signs of a Savior
Sign – that which points beyond itself; something that indicates the likely reality of something else A sign is not the point; the point is what the sign points to

4. Seeing God accurately and responding appropriately
Signs of a Savior
Seeing God accurately and responding appropriately

5. Seeing God accurately and responding appropriately
Signs of a Savior
Seeing God accurately and responding appropriately
- What do these signs reveal about Jesus?
How should we live in light of that?

6. John 4:46-54
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.   

7. John 4:46-54
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, he went to him…

8. John 4:46-54
47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

9. John 4:46-54
47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee, 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.”

10. John 4:46-54
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

11. John 4:46-54
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 “Go,” Jesus said, “your son will live.”

12. John 4:46-54
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 “Go,” Jesus said, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed.

13. John 4:46-54
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.”

14. John 4:46-54
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.

15. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God

16. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
v47 – “When this man heard that Jesus had arrive in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son.”
Begged – repeated, persistent action; not casual request but an insistent ask

17. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Phil 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God.”

18. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God

19. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God

20. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Phil 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God.”

21. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it

22. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it
v50 – “…the man took Jesus at his word and departed.”

23. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it
v50 – “…the man took Jesus at his word and departed.”

24. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it
Hebrews 11:1 – “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

25. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it
v50 – “…the man took Jesus at his word and departed.”

26. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God
Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it
God’s miraculous work in the world almost always involves some form of human obedience

27. Soren Kierkegaard
The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

28. Soren Kierkegaard
Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. “My God,” you will say, “if I do that my whole life will be ruined. How would I ever get on in the world?”

29. Soren Kierkegaard
Herein lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian scholarship is the Church’s prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close.

30. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it

31. Ask Jesus (v47) Present your requests to God Trust and Obey Jesus (v50) God is at work even when we can’t see it Follow Jesus (v53) The point and the purpose

32. Follow Jesus
ASKING – present your requests to God TRUSTING – faith in God’s unseen work OBEYING – whatever Jesus says to do

33. Follow Jesus
ASKING – present your requests to God TRUSTING – faith in God’s unseen work OBEYING – whatever Jesus says to do EXPLORING – keep seeking, keep digging

34. Follow Jesus
ASKING – present your requests to God TRUSTING – faith in God’s unseen work OBEYING – whatever Jesus says to do EXPLORING – keep seeking, keep digging TALKING – have a brave conversation

35. Follow Jesus
ASKING – present your requests to God TRUSTING – faith in God’s unseen work OBEYING – whatever Jesus says to do EXPLORING – keep seeking, keep digging TALKING – have a brave conversation COMMITTING – Jesus is who He said