{"id":98684,"date":"2026-10-24T17:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=98684"},"modified":"2026-10-24T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:33:06","slug":"his-disciples-believed-in-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/his-disciples-believed-in-him\/","title":{"rendered":"His Disciples Believed in Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Hugh DeLong<\/p>\n

As you end this gospel, John writes: “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name<\/em>” (John 20:30-31).<\/p>\n

These attesting signs and wonders began with Jesus turning water into wine. It was something that was in a public setting, with at least the servants knowing what had happened – they poured water into these huge pots, but when they immediately drew some out, it was wine.<\/p>\n

What follows in the telling of this story as recorded by John:<\/p>\n

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  1. Turning water into wine at Cana (John 2:1-11). John calls this “the beginning of His signs<\/em>” (John 2:11).<\/li>\n
  2. Healing the royal official’s son at Capernaum, from a distance (John 4:46-54). John calls this “the second sign<\/em>” (John 4:54).<\/li>\n
  3. Healing the man lame for 38 years at the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-9).<\/li>\n
  4. Feeding the five thousand (John 6:1-14).<\/li>\n
  5. Walking on the water (John 6:16-21). In John 6:21, the boat also reaches land immediately.<\/li>\n
  6. Healing the man born blind (John 9:1-7).<\/li>\n
  7. Raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There were, of course, some other supernatural events such as his knowledge of Nathanael under the fig tree (John 1:47-50) and of the Samaritan woman’s history (John 4:16-19).<\/p>\n

    John then adds the ‘many other signs<\/em>‘ that are not <\/strong>recorded in this book. The one sign that becomes paramount in our understanding is his resurrection from the dead (John 20:1-10)! By this He was declared to be the Son of God. The disciples, upon seeing the first one, believed in <\/strong>Him.<\/p>\n

    We, having read all of\u00a0this, are confronted with the choice: do\u00a0I believe in Him<\/strong> as the Son of God, or do I deny the testimony of all\u00a0who witnessed these events? What is your choice?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Hugh DeLong As you end this gospel, John writes: “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[139,49,363],"class_list":["post-98684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-belief","tag-faith","tag-miracles"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31874,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-support-conscientious-objection\/","url_meta":{"origin":98684,"position":0},"title":"Do you support conscientious objection?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you or your church support selective conscientious objection and conscientious objection? 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