Good Morning Friends,
"The centurion sent friends to say to him: ‘Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it.’ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, ‘I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.’ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well."”
What is faith?
Faith is not just about what a person believes, although real faith rests upon a right set of beliefs and without those beliefs faith can't be real and solid. But faith is more than believing the right things.
Faith is about responding to the right set of beliefs in ways demonstrate you truly believe what you say you believe.
The centurion believed that Jesus could heal his servant. He believed that Jesus could heal his servant just by speaking the word. It wasn't about the medical treatment Jesus would offer. It wasn't about creating the right psychological environment to which the servant would respond. It was simply that Jesus had the authority to heal and that His word would accomplish that.
The centurion's response to what he believed about Jesus demonstrated that he truly did believe it. He not only said that Jesus could heal with just a word, but acted like Jesus could heal with just a word.
That is faith. To believe something and then to act on it in a way that shows you really do believe it.
You know the right things to believe about Jesus: He is God's Son, He forgives sins, He offers heaven, He is the Lord. You say you believe those things and that is good. But saying you believe isn;t the total of what faith means. The question is, do you act like you believe them. Jesus forgives, do you act like you are forgiven. Jesus offers heaven, do you act like heaven awaits when you die. Jesus is Lord, do you act like He is in charge of your life.
What would Jesus say about your faith?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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