8 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. The centurion comes to Jesus, says, “My servant is paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” Jesus says, “Okay, I will come and heal him.” The centurion says, “You don’t even have to come. Matthew 8:5-13 Theme: A distinguished faith - one that catches our Lord's attention - is one that is placed confidently and completely in His authority. Remember this is part of a section of Scripture emphasizing the power and authority of Jesus. By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Once again, we pick up where we left off last week. RESTS IN THE POWER OF GOD Vss.

He felt that he was unworthy that one so good and great as Christ should come under his roof; and so, as Augustine well said, in his characteristic way, accounting himself unworthy that Christ should enter into his doors, he was counted worthy that Christ should enter into his heart.IV. The only enduring thing is the word of Christ.Those who have the most exalted views of Jesus Christ, have humble and abasing views of themselves. We need nothing but the word of Christ; for the word of Christ is not like the word of an impotent man, that falls helpless to the ground. THE RIGHT KIND OF FAITH . Sermon Matthew 16:21-28 Solid Rock or Stumbling Block? Matthew 8:5-13. In other words he is open to blessing (says, when thou eatest and drinkest the body and blood of our Lord, he entereth under thy roof. Matthew must therefore desire his readers to see a connection between the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5-7 and the miracles that follow in chapter 8. Even so tender-hearted and amiable a man as Cicero once blushed and offered an abject apology because he so far forgot himself as to feel a twinge of regret at the painful death of a slave. This is not said as rejecting and despising the presence and company of Christ; but is expressive of his great modesty and humility, and of his consciousness of his own vileness, and unworthiness of having so great a person in his house: it was too great a favour for him to enjoy. Mark the centurion's beautiful humility. The reply is again easy. The statement is that he is not worthy for Jesus to come into his house. The grace of healing having been committed to Christ, 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.Several features of the character of this centurion are worthy of all imitation.I. Last Sunday we heard Jesus’ question, “But who do you say that I am?” and, in response, Peter’s great confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:15-16) This morning we’ll focus on the scene that follows. (Bristow) --- See Luke vii. Religiously he is ‘poor in spirit’ and ‘mourning’ over sin, and ‘meek’. cxviii. But, as the greatest of Roman historians (Mommsen) tells us, African slavery is a mere drop in the ocean in comparison with the horrors of slavery in the old Roman empire. He is not, of course, yet aware that Jesus rises above all such things, making clean by His presence. 2 And behold, a leper [] came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3 And Jesus [] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Zerr's Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament 8-12 . (See St. Augustine, Ep. Matthew 8:8, ἱκανὸς: the Baptist’s word, chap. The first words of Matthew 8 link the miracles that follow with Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount: After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him (Matthew 8:1). It is a faith that: REQUESTS THE POWER OF GOD Vss.

sub finem; and so doth the Catholic Church say at this day in every mass. The difficulty is even increased by what immediately follows, Is it objected, that nothing belongs more peculiarly to God than to accomplish by a word whatever he pleases, and that this supreme authority cannot without sacrilege be yielded to a mortal man?

For the exposition, see on [1234]Lu 7:1-10.Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and PowerPoints for Preaching on Matthew 8:8. INTRODUCTION: Today is the second message in our new series on Ten Miracles of Jesus.

This Roman soldier teaches us the great practical crowning lesson of being satisfied with the word of Christ. (Matthew 8:8–9) What a picture of trust in Jesus, of faith. Go to But the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. Click here for more messages from the Ten Miracles of Jesus series. But that does not explain why he applies the idea of unworthiness only to himself. As the former expression declares his modesty and humility, and the mean apprehensions he had of himself; so this signifies his great faith in Christ, and the persuasion he had of his divine power: he does not say pray, and my servant shall be healed, as looking upon him barely as a man of God, a prophet, one that had great interest in God, and at the throne of grace; but speak, command, order it to be done, and it shall be done, which is ascribing omnipotence to him; such power as was put forth in creation, by the all commanding word of God; "he spake, and it was done, he commanded, and it stood fast", The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matthew 3:11, but the construction different in the two places, there with infinitive, here with ἵνα: I am not fit in order that.This is an instance illustrating the extension of the use of ἵνα in later Greek, which culminated … Matthew 8:8, ἱκανὸς: the Baptist’s word, chap. Browse Sermons on Matthew 8:8. And if such a man was unworthy, having been an idolater, and lived a profane course of life, that Christ should come into his house, and be, though but for a short time, under his roof; how much more unworthy are poor sinful creatures (and sensible sinners see themselves to be so unworthy), that Christ should come into their hearts, and dwell there by faith, as he does, in all true believers, however vile and sinful they have been? It is mighty; the omnipotence of God is in it. 6.

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