All kinds of Faith, Sermon given May 29th, 2016

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The Sermon for this past Sunday was over the verses found in the Gospel of Luke 7:1-10.

1 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. 3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4 When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, 5 for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.” 6 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; 7 therefore, I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 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.” 9 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.” 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Often we hear sermons from these verses highlighting the 'faith' of the Centurion, but there's more faith involved here than just his.  In the sermon, I consider the faith of the Jewish Leaders who come to Jesus on the Centurion's behalf.  I also discuss Jesus' own faith... Jesus' faith you say... yes Jesus'.  Here Jesus models for us (as he always does) what our own relationship and agency to the Father should be like.  If you've got 15 minutes or so take a listen to the sermon.

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In God's constant care & love,
Roy