WEDNESDAY GLORY ZONE SERVICE (25TH APRIL, 2018)
TOPIC: GREAT FAITH
TEXT: MATTHEW 8:5-13
SPEAKER: PASTOR EMMANUEL NKWOCHA
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, A centurion came to him (a centurion is a captain and a gentile). By Great faith, the Centurion who was an unbeliever, a gentile believed on the possibility of his request that was why he called him Lord.
The Secret of Great Faith is not knowing Jesus as the savior but discovering & Submitting to his Lordship. The bible called him the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Lord means one that has authority; authority over sin, authority over sickness, authority over death, etc. Lordship in Christ means the authority that you have received from Christ over your problems. When the Centurion told Jesus of the servant's illness, Jesus replied in (Matt. 8:7) " I will go and heal him" but the Centurion replied in (Matt 8:8) "Lord I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word and my servant will be healed. By saying Lord, he knew Jesus had the Authority.
The Compassion of God upon your life is not based on your goodness but on His Grace, (Lam. 3). You did nothing to merit it and will do nothing to merit it only but acknowledge his Grace upon you. Lam. 3 said it is by mercy that we were not consumed because his compassion fails not. One of the problems of most Christians is that they see their business as their source other than God; that is why when their business fail, they fail. Many Christians have not submitted everything about them to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
His Lordship is when you allow his word to gain control over your confession, over your actions and over everything around you see Matthew 8:9.
Faith is bringing out of the realm spirit what is already there, what is already true of you. When the Centurion came to him he said speak a word; the word is to bring or request the healing from the spiritual realm to the physical realm. Jesus regarded the Centurion as a man of great faith because of his words and believe that at the word of Jesus his servant will be healed.
For you to have a great faith, you must know that there is nothing wrong with God, nothing wrong with the word and through the blood of Jesus nothing is wrong with you; You have access to miracle. The reason why the centurion had result was that he considered that what Jesus can do, his word can also do. The Centurion had a revelation this made him when he looked at Jesus, he saw compassion and Grace. The man considered the word of Jesus as same to Jesus. In Matthew 8:10 Jesus said "I have not sen such great faith from anyone in Israel".
Through the Blood of Jesus you have access to miracle, you don't need more faith but Grace to receive from God, because Faith makes it available and Grace takes delivery.
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