One day, the child, beloved by many,
loved to be urged, not because for a moment,
He is unwilling to grant our petitions, but because he longs to increase our faith,
the joy of knowing that we are prepared to hold them at the altar and again and be sure that is just
withholding. His actions, which he is so eager to give, ordains that we may be strung in our faith and love,
victors in the cross.

TO THE END
When the moment came, Christ responded gloriously to the father's faith. Instantly, he answers, "Let thy way; thy son liveth." The faith of this nobleman has been divided into three stages. There was first his faith in coming, which might be called tentative. Following it, it was willing to try, at any rate, and see whether this man could do what it was reported he had done. Then came the second stage, when he withstood the apparent unwillingness and cried out so earnestly, and this might be called persistent faith. The third stage was when he was cut home and found his child healed, and  Himself. If believed and his whole house. It was a growing and a culminating faith which proved him to be a disciple of Christ. We do not know anything about the subsequent life of this man or of his family, but we have this testimony that he believed, and it is a great testimony. 