Title: Lessons from the Centurion's Faith
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Title: Lessons from the Centurion's Faith
Bible: Matthew 8:5-13
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Today, we would like to share grace with you through the words of the text entitled “Lessons through the Centurion's Faith.”
A few years ago there was a line from a movie called “Number Three” that reads:
A person in the organization asks his girlfriend.
“How much do you trust me?
Then my girlfriend said.
“I trust you 100%. Then how much do you trust me?”
“I believe 51%.”
However, towards the end of the movie, this dialogue appears once more, and the answers of the two people are the same.
The only difference is that the man's answer is a bit longer than before.
His answer is:
“I trust you 51%, but in our organized world, 51% believes everything”
What do you think?
Do you also believe in Jesus, but don't you have faith that fits your situation rather than 100%?
If so, why?
In today's text, we are talking about Jesus' thoughts on faith through a Gentile named a centurion.
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If we go into the text and look at the words first,
As Jesus enters Capernaum, a centurion comes to Jesus and begs him to heal his servant.
Then Jesus said, “I will go and heal you.”
But the centurion concludes with one word.
If you look at verse 8 of the main text,
“Only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.”
confesses.
Then, seeing the centurion's faith, Jesus healed the servant with the word and praised the centurion's faith with many people.
Then, what kind of faith does the centurion have in today's verse?
First, the centurion's faith was the belief that he realized he was insignificant.
If we look at the words of verse 6 of the text,
"He said, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in great pain."
And if we look at the words of verse 8,
“The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to come into my house.”
These words are to confess that a servant lying paralyzed at home or a centurion himself is insignificant, unable to stand before Jesus.
We are living a life of shame every day before God.
When you realize the value of your existence, you can come to Jesus.
During the praise, “There is ....