Thoughts From the Bible

Read Luke 7: 1- 10-   The centurion provided a lesson for Jesus to use to show people how authority and respect can show faith. After the centurion asked for the healing of a servant, he then had the people tell Jes us, that all Jesus had to do was to speak the word on behalf of his servant and he would be healed. In verses 9 and 10, Jesus says this, ‘ (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 serv a nt well who ha d been sick.’   As we pray for other people who have situations in their lives that need a touch from Jesus, we need to understand how far reaching our faith can be and how far reaching the hand of Jesu s can be. We need to believe in Jesus’ authority and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our world and know Jesus will honor our requests. How those requests are ...

Read Matthew 8: 5- 10- This is Part One of a two part thought about this passage in Matthew. This situ ation is there to teach us about two things. One is faith and one is spiritual authority. The centurion had obviously seen the work of Jesus and had heard His words. The centurion knew who Jesus was and understood the spiritual authority Jesus possessed . The centurion also knew Jesus only had to speak a word of healing and it would be done. His faith was great, and Jesus acknowledged this in verse 10 , ‘When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed Him, “Truly, I tell you with no one in Israel have I found such faith.”’ My lesson for today is to work to make my faith like that of the centurion. I need to constantly recognize the power Jesus has and the spiritual authority I nee d to recognize in Him. This will help my faith be stronger in the situations life brings my way.