Tuesday, August 19, 2014

GOSPEL Gem: The Centurian

Synergy of Matthew 8:5-13/Luke 7:1-10/John 4:46-54
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine....

And there was a certain nobleman,
whose son was sick at Capernaum.
And when he heard of Jesus,
he sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
and besought him that he would come down,
and heal his son:

for he was at the point of death.
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented.
And when they came to Jesus,
they besought him instantly, saying,
That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

And Jesus saith unto him,
I will come and heal him.
Then Jesus went with them.
And when he was now not far from the house,
the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him,

Lord, trouble not thyself:
for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
For I also am a man set under authority,
having under me soldiers,
and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he cometh;
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him,
and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him,

I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
And I say unto you,
That many shall come from the east and west,
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus saith unto him,
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Go thy way;
thy son liveth.

And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him,
and he went his way.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
So the father knew that it was at the same hour,
in the which Jesus said unto him,
Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did,
when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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Paul Adds - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, Ephesians 3:20
"Renouncing all self-dependence, we may look to the cross of Calvary and say:
"In my hand no price I bring;
Simply to Thy cross I cling
."

Ministry of Healing p.65 E.G.W.