Thoughts on the Gospel of John (110) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

Therefore the people, who were with him when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. For this reason the people also met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look the world has gone after him!
John 12:17-19.

Thoughts on the Gospel of John (110)
The miracles of Jesus are often called "signs" in John's gospel. This signifies that there is more to the miracle than a demonstration of supernatural ability: it is an authentication. The signs that Jesus did identified Him as the Christ, the Son of God (ch. 20:30.31). No-one could dispute that. We shall now briefly survey the seven signs of John's gospel and their meaning.

The marriage at Cana: the joy that Christ gives exceeds the greatest of earthly joys (ch. 2:1-11).
The healing of the nobleman's son: believing Christ brings blessing (ch. 4:46-54).
The healing of the paralysed man: Christ has mercy on hopeless cases (ch. 5:1-9).
The feeding of the 5,000: Christ is the bread of life for mankind (ch. 6:5-14).
The healing of the one born blind: Christ reveals His true being (ch. 9).
The resurrection of Lazarus: Christ overcomes death with life (ch. 11).
The miraculous catch of fish: Christ gathers people from all nations for their blessing (ch. 21:1-14).
In addition to these Christ did many other signs. These seven, however, are recorded "that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (ch. 20:31).

(to be continued next Sunday)

Today's reading: 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 · Psalms 79:8-13