Read: Matthew 8:14-34; Mark 4-5
We read about this yesterday in other books but I want to concentrate on what Jesus said to the centurion. This centurion was a captain over 100 men in the Roman army. He was not a Jew. That is why Jesus was so impressed with his faith. This man didn’t need Jesus to come to his house but to just say the word and his daughter would be healed. This is a concept we still have a hard time with. We want the pastor or the speaker or the healer to pray for us before we can be healed when it only takes our faith. This man had that kind of faith that would only take Jesus Word to heal. We have Jesus’ word and it is the Bible. If we can believe what it says the we can have what we say. The key is to pray according to God’s will and believe in our hearts. It is God’s will to heal. Jesus healed all who were oppressed.
Jesus told the centurion that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven…but the children of the kingdom will be cast out. What he was implying was that many would later come to him that were Gentiles and the Jews would be cast out. It doesn’t matter what our heritage is; what matters is our heart and what we believe. The centurion got his healing because he believed.
Lord, help us to believe Your Word.
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