1. 1 COR 1:10 “Now I exhort you, brethren…that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

3. LONG DISTANCE FAITH John 4:43-54

4. Round Trip Miracles What Do We Usually Think of In Regard to John 4? The Woman at the Well, Right? Samaria in the City of Sychar (Ancient Shechem). Our Miracle Takes Place in Cana of Galilee. Water Into Wine – 1 st Miracle at Cana (Jn. 2:7) Jesus Goes to Judea – Talks with Nicodemus (Jn. 3) Jesus Goes Through Samaria On His Way Back Home (Jn. 4) Jesus Returns to Cana (Jn. 4:46) * Cana * Sychar * Jerusalem

5. John 4:46-54 – The Nobleman’s Son The 1 st Two Miracles Jesus Performs Are All Spoken With Results Learned Later. We Pray to God and Later We Learn His Answer. Royal Official KJV = Nobleman He Is An Official of High Rank in Herod’s Kingdom. Even Rich People Have Troubles. You Can’t Solve Every Problem With Money. Even Rich People Need Jesus. He Lived In Capernaum

7. When All Hope Is Gone Where Are You Going to Turn? This Man Had Run Out of Options. He Had Hope, But Did He Have Faith? Jesus Was Going to Test His Faith…A Long Distance Faith. God Doesn’t Want Us To Wait…But Some Do. Let’s Understand… This Illness = Sin. Jesus Is Not a Crutch.

8. Long Distance Faith… Not Based On Sight “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe” (48). They Received Jesus Gladly Because of His Miracles, Not Because of Who He Was. The Miracles of Jesus Were a Means to an End, Not an End to Themselves. If Jesus Stopped Doing Miracles Would They Still Follow? Many People Are Like This Today. No Miracles/No Christianity

9. Long Distance Faith…Based On Hearing This Man Probably Came to Jesus Because of What He Had Heard. Jesus Now Tests His Faith By, Apparently, Doing Nothing. He Believed Jesus Could Heal His Son If He Was Present, But What About Being 16 Miles Away? Hearing & Believing: How Do You Know You Are Forgiven (Mt. 9:2)? How Do You Know Your Sins Are Washed Away in Baptism? How Do You Know God Can Heal? How Do You Know There Is a Heaven? Hell?

10. Jesus Has the Power Over Distance Jesus Does Not Need to be Physically Present to Work. Jesus Is Not Limited By Time or Space. Rom. 10:6-9 If You Have God’s Word, You Have God. What Kind of Faith Do You Have? Faith By Sight Only? Faith By Hearing Only? LONG DISTANCE FAITH!