Luke 7:1-10 (NKJV)
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
7 Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die. 3 So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was deserving, 5 “for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.”
6 Then
Jesus went with them. And when He was already not far from the house,
the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble
Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof. 7 Therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For
I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I
say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes;
and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”9 When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” 10 And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well who had been sick.
May you, the reader, be blessed by these words :)
Terry
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The people had many wonderful things to say to Jesus about the centurion and because of his works he deserves to have his request answered. The centurion himself did not echo the sentiment of the synagogue leaders on his worthiness and his works but rather relied on his faith in the word of Christ to
ReplyDeletesuffice. Jesus didn't acknowledge the centurion's contributions to the Jews but rather his contriteness and dependancy on the authority of God's spoken word. Not only so, Jesus spoke to the friends of the centurion who shared his humility in conveying the request of the centurion to "speak the word only and my servant shall be healed." The elders of the Jews depended on Jesus physically touching and healing for they had no or little faith in the word of Christ. Read John 1:12. Jesus came unto his own but his own did not receive him. Yet in the passage above we see those who were not "his own" not only received him but believed him. Where do we stand when asking Almighty God to hear our prayers and can we trust in the power of the word He speaks that our prayers are answered?