BRING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS TO JESUS (Luke 7:2-3) Do you recognize Jesus’s authority? Do you recognize Him as Lord over your life?Ģ. He spoke and taught as one with authority, yet many in Jesus’ day missed it. He showed His authority over evil, sickness, nature, and sin. He believed Jesus had authority over sickness.įrom the start of His ministry, Jesus demonstrated that He had complete authority.
When the Roman asked Jesus for help, it expressed his faith in Jesus. This centurion was convinced that Jesus was who He claimed to be. That this man recognized Jesus’ authority contrasts sharply with the questioning Jesus received from the Jewish religious leaders (Matthew 21:23). But recognizing Jesus’ authority requires faith and submission, humility and meekness, something rare among the people of that time and ours. He may have heard about some of Jesus’ healings from people. This centurion, a foreign invader, sends a message to Jesus, a travelling rabbi, who he believes as an authority above his own. He had no doubt heard about Jesus and the miracles He performed and decided to ask Jesus to help him.
We now from our Bible text that the servant had become dear to him. It is possible that this servant is the captain’s most trusted steward, and his illness has affected him in one way or another. Such construction required a lot of money in building materials and workforce.
The centurion in this passage must have been very rich, for it is mentioned that he built a synagogue for the townspeople (Luke 7:4). In Jesus’ time, the military leaders were well off and often had several slaves. They were organized in different levels, one of which was the centurion-a leader with eighty to a hundred soldiers under his command. The Roman soldiers had conquered Judea and Galilee and were stationed there to guarantee order, rule the conquered people, and protect the trade routes. This account teaches us how faith can work in spite of circumstances and how important it is to recognize and submit to Jesus’ authority. One of these is that of a servant of a Roman centurion. The Gospels tell how Jesus went through villages and cities, preaching the Gospel and performing many miracles.
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