An angel of God appeared to him, saying, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God” (Acts 10). This Cornelius was a devout man and feared God with his entire household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. This centurion is an example, as is Cornelius, the God-fearing centurion who was a just man, feared God, and had a good reputation among the Jews. Throughout the Bible we find that those who have been leading holy lives are those whom God chooses to specially bless. While our own good works cannot make us worthy, as the centurion rightly recognized, they are evidence to God of our faith in Him and our willingness to obey Him. In fact, the elders of the Jews use this as evidence of the centurion’s worthiness. I find it interesting that even before the centurion has his need, even before he hears Jesus is coming, he has shown his faith by doing what is right in the eyes of God. The very act of coming before the Lord is itself an act of faithfulness because it takes faith to come and to come the way that God requires. If this were true, then you could rightfully say, “Physician, heal thyself!” because I’ve gone through the steps, and I still await my own physical healing.īut in that greatest miracle of all, the healing of your soul, God promises to bless all who truly come before Him with faith. I can’t guarantee that if you follow the example of the centurion’s faith that you will be healed of your physical infirmities. But getting to #10 is a process, the process of faith and faithfulness. Somewhere in this list is the place where you’re stuck in your relationship with Jesus Christ, the one who can heal you. Somewhere in this list of ten items is the secret of your success today. says, through his friends, “Say the word, and I know that my servant will be healed.”.says, through his friends, “I’m not worthy to come to you.”.sends friends to Jesus, saying, “Lord I’m not worthy for you to come to me.”.sends elders of the Jews to Jesus to plead to Him to come.What the centurion did was so simple and so blessed, that I’ve taken a few notes.
Looking for a topic for a term paper? Compare this story with 1 Kings 17:17-24, where the prophet Elijah revives a widow's son, and 2 Kings 4:32-37, where the prophet Elisha also resurrects a woman's dead son.Jesus is saying this to us this morning, with regards to the centurion’s faith.Their assertion that God "hath visited" (KJV) or "looked favorably on" (NRSV) his people is pretty loaded.
This seriously freaks everyone out, but they're all giving God major props and are convinced that Jesus is a prophetic superstar.Jesus comforts the mother: "Do not weep" (7:13), and then he turns to the corpse and says, "Young man, I say to you, rise!" (7:14).approach the city's gate, Jesus happens upon a funeral procession for the only child of a widow. Next up, another city in Galilee called Nain.These non-Jews may be unclean, but their faith evidently outpaces Israel's. Jesus is impressed and says to the crowd following him, "Not even in Israel have I found such faith" (7:9 NRSV).That's all he has to do to get his people to follow him, at least. Besides, he's convinced that Jesus needs only to say the word for his slave to become healthy again.He knows that that a non-Jewish house is a source of religious pollution.
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