Day 26: Believe That Jesus Has the Ultimate Authority
Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it. ” When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Matthew 8:5-13 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.8.5-13.NKJV
Jesus continued to dwell on the topic of faith. Yesterday, we learnt from the leper how he fully believed God - he believed in the One Who CAN do it. Today, we learnt from a centurion who believed Jesus was full of authority. By just His words, people would follow His commandments. The centurion based on his own experiences of having authority and how his subordinates would do as he said. Similarly, we must recognise and fully believe that Jesus has FULL AUTHORITY from our Heavenly Father. Jesus is God Himself. We must fully believe that Jesus has the ultimate authority. In fact, before Jesus gave the most important commandment to us to make disciples, He said this in verse 18 of Matthew 28, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples..." Yes, do we truly believe that? https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (please click to view a visual)
Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it. ” When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Matthew 8:5-13 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.8.5-13.NKJV
Jesus continued to dwell on the topic of faith. Yesterday, we learnt from the leper how he fully believed God - he believed in the One Who CAN do it. Today, we learnt from a centurion who believed Jesus was full of authority. By just His words, people would follow His commandments. The centurion based on his own experiences of having authority and how his subordinates would do as he said. Similarly, we must recognise and fully believe that Jesus has FULL AUTHORITY from our Heavenly Father. Jesus is God Himself. We must fully believe that Jesus has the ultimate authority. In fact, before Jesus gave the most important commandment to us to make disciples, He said this in verse 18 of Matthew 28, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples..." Yes, do we truly believe that? https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (please click to view a visual)
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