Monday, March 19, 2012

"Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe"

John 4:43-54

After the two days he departed to Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Caper'na-um there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

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Kon mosuod kita kan Lord Jesus, mapa’abuton ba nato huyatan an Ija pagtambay, pagpasaylo sanan an ato pagbaga’o para kita makasunod sa Ija Kristuhanong pagkamaligdon?

Tanan mga milagro na taghimo ni Christ amo’y pagpapakita nan presensiya nan gahum nan gingharian ni God.

Nakita nato dinhi na an de ranggo na opisyal, seguro opisyal sija sa korte ni Herod, hugot gajud karajaw an ija pagtuo kan Jesus na waya na gani sija magpakabana kon nakalapas ba sija nan regulasyon ni Herod.

Kon buot hunaphuna’on, halajo karajaw an tagbiyahe nan opisyal, makapangajo lamang sijha nan pabor sa isa ka karpintero sa Galilea.

Ugsa na kinahanglan, kon mosuod kita kan Jesus, halayum sanan hugot gajud an ato pagtuo na Ija kita mapasaylo sa ato mga kasay’anan sanan andam kita modawat nan Ija mga grasya nan kalooy.

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"Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercy is unceasing. Give me the courage to surrender my stubborn pride, fear and doubts to your surpassing love, wisdom and knowledge. Make be strong in faith, persevering in hope, and constant in love."

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