Mat 8:9 “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.”
Mat 8:10 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!
As Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion ( *A Roman army officer who commanded about 100 soldiers* ) came to Jesus and asked him to heal his servant. Jesus willingness to enter the house of a gentile must have shocked the centurion for the Jewish law banned Jews from doing this.
Being an army officer, he operated in a system of authority where he only needed to give a command and everything could be done as directed. *He believed that Jesus carried the authority of God and he only needed* *to say a word and his servant would be healed. He had confidence that even though the servant was in a different location, Jesus could still heal him. And indeed he got healed!*
*The word of God is real and can penetrate any distance and accomplish the intended purpose. The word of* *God spoken in faith in the name of Jesus has power to overcome insurmountable obstacles* . *Heb 4:2 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword, piecing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.*
Further readings:
Psa 107:20
Isa 55:11
Jer 23:29
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