Jesus, Miracles, and Faith

Pastor Zac Nazarian

John’s gospel is predominantly thegospel of _____.

John’s gospel is predominantly thegospel of belief.

John 20:31

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, andthat by believing you may

have life in His name.

John’s gospel is predominantly thegospel of belief.

It is through believing inJesus that people

become children of God.

John 1:12

Yet to all who received Him,to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God –

It is through believing inJesus that people

become children of God.

Through believing in Him people obtain eternal life.

John 3:15

“that everyone who believesin Him may have eternal life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the worldthat He gave His one and only

Son, that whoever believesin Him shall not perishbut have eternal life.”

Through believing in Him people obtain eternal life.

Through believing in Jesus people can avoid judgment.

John 3:16

For God so loved the worldthat He gave His one and only

Son, that whoever believesin Him shall not perishbut have eternal life.”

John 3:18a

“Whoever believes inHim is not condemned,

John 3:18b

but whoever does not believe stands condemned already

because he has not believedin the name of God’sone and only Son.”

Through believing in Jesus people can avoid judgment.

Through believing in Jesus people can partake in the

resurrection of life.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He

who believes in Me willlive, even though he dies;”

Through believing in Jesus people can partake in the

resurrection of life.

Through believing in Jesus people can possess the indwelling Holy Spirit.

John 7:38

“Whoever believes in Me,as the Scripture has said,

streams of living waterwill flow from within him.”

John 7:39a

By this He meant the Spirit, whom those who believed

in Him were later to receive.

Through believing in Jesus people can possess the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Through believing in Jesus people are delivered from

spiritual darkness.

John 12:46

“I have come into the worldas a light, so that no one

who believes in Meshould stay in darkness.”

Through believing in Jesus people are delivered from

spiritual darkness.

Through believing in Jesus people are empowered for

spiritual service.

John 14:12a

“I tell you the truth, anyonewho has faith in Me will

do what I have been doing.

John 14:12b

He will do even greater things than these, because

I am going to the Father.”

Through believing in Jesus people are empowered for

spiritual service.

God even commands people to believe in His Son.

John 6:28

Then they asked Him, “Whatmust we do to do theworks God requires?”

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The workof God is this: To believein the One He has sent.”

God even commands people to believe in His Son.

The tragic reality is thatmost people simply refuseto believe in Jesus Christ.

Matthew 7:13

“Enter through the narrowgate. For wide is the gateand broad is the road thatleads to destruction, and

many enter through it.

Matthew 7:14

But small is the gate andnarrow the road that leads

to life, and only a few find it.”

The tragic reality is thatmost people simply refuseto believe in Jesus Christ.

Unbelief isthe damning sin.

John 4:3

When the Lord learned of this,He left Judea and went

back once more to Galilee.

Acts 1:8a

“But you will receivepower when the

Holy Spirit comes on you;

Acts 1:8b

and you will be My witnessesin Jerusalem, and in allJudea and Samaria, andto the ends of the earth.”

John 4:44

(Now Jesus Himself hadpointed out that a prophet

has no honor in hisown country).

John 2:18

Then the Jews demanded ofHim, “What miraculous signcan You show us to prove

Your authority to do all this?”

John 2:20

The Jews replied, “It has taken forty–six years to build this

temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?”

Two erroneous assumptionsabout Jesus:

Two erroneous assumptionsabout Jesus:

1. He assumed that Jesus had to be ________________ to heal his son.

Two erroneous assumptionsabout Jesus:

1. He assumed that Jesus had to be physically present to heal his son.

Two erroneous assumptionsabout Jesus:

2. He hoped Jesus had the power to heal his son’s illness, but had no hope that He could raise him from the dead.

John 4:48

“Unless you people see miraculous signs and

wonders,” Jesus told him,“you will never believe.”

Two erroneous assumptionsabout Jesus:

1. He assumed that Jesus had to be physically present to heal his son.

2. but had no hope that He could raise him from the dead.

John 4:48

“Unless you people see miraculous signs and

wonders,” Jesus told him,“you will never believe.”

John 10:38

“But if I do it, even though you do not believe Me, believe the miracles, that you may know

and understand that the Fatheris in Me, and I in the Father.”

Jesus looks for people not only to believe in His ability

to _____________ – but especially to ____________.

Jesus looks for people not only to believe in His ability

to work a miracle – but especially to ____________.

Jesus looks for people not only to believe in His ability

to work a miracle – but especially to believe in Him.

John 20:29

Then Jesus told him,“Because you have seen Me,you have believed; blessed

are those who have notseen and yet have believed.”