What do you suppose surprises Jesus? Does anything wow him? In this week’s message we will look at the story of a man who was considered unclean, but had an astonishing faith that amazed Jesus. We will also learn how we can also have the same kind of wondrous faith that makes Jesus say, “WOW! Never have I seen such faith!” www.christiancrusaders.org/audiostream/ccr20130616.mp3
Scripture: Luke 7:1-10
After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.”
And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,' and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
God wants you to choose HIM, for to choose him is to choose life. You see, this God, who wants you to choose him, went to great lengths to make you his own. He gave his only Son at the cross to restore that broken relationship between God and you. So his song cries out to those of us who listen this day: Choose me! I know what makes life work. After all, I invented it and designed it, didn’t I? I ought to know what makes it work for you. Draw near to me. Open my Word, read and reflect on it, and you will have life. I will change your life for the better and you will find real happiness.
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