WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240 Chapter 7, which is on page 863. 00:00:04.419 --> 00:00:06.759 And really what I want us to see is the surprise in the chapter. 00:00:08.980 --> 00:00:11.060 I wonder if they've ever been surprised coming to church. 00:00:11.140 --> 00:00:15.620 ! I was talking to a man this week who said that he, I was working in the city in London. 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:18.019 He was a Hindu, a practicing Hindu. 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:20.400 He saw a crowd of people going into church. 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:22.420 He went into church about lunchtime. 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:24.100 He was there for 20 minutes. 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.460 He heard somebody preach about the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:26.780 --> 00:00:27.900 He walked in a Hindu. 00:00:27.899 --> 00:00:31.199 And to his own surprise, and certainly his family's surprise, 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:35.179 he walked out a Christian and a believer and a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:39.019 There are times there, even when you've read the Bible as long as I have, 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:40.439 you are greatly surprised. 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:44.679 Maybe there's a surprising claim or something in the Bible 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.420 that you stop and you see the surprise of it. 00:00:49.519 --> 00:00:52.060 So in Luke's Gospel, it's also familiar, isn't it? 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:55.659 At Christmas time with the nativity scene, you have the shepherds. 00:00:55.659 --> 00:00:58.479 But it is surprising, isn't it? 00:00:59.019 --> 00:01:03.279 That the lowly, uneducated, poor, irreligious shepherds, 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:10.899 they are the ones that are chosen to be the kind of first tellers of God made man, the incarnation. 00:01:12.259 --> 00:01:13.400 It's surprising, isn't it? 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:21.319 At the beginning of Jesus' mind, he isn't worshipped by the scripture-saturated, church-flowing scribes. 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.819 The people who know their Bible. 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:27.000 Or any of the expected Jews in Jerusalem. 00:01:27.399 --> 00:01:30.539 But instead, he's worshipped by Gentile Magi. 00:01:31.839 --> 00:01:34.339 Milton called them star-led wizards. 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.379 Who came from hundreds of miles to see him. 00:01:38.259 --> 00:01:39.759 Both of those things are surprising. 00:01:39.919 --> 00:01:41.000 They're not what you'd expect. 00:01:42.259 --> 00:01:45.139 And as you stop and think about them, they are wonderfully surprising. 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:47.159 And they make you love the Bible more. 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:49.099 They make you love the God of the Bible more. 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:52.259 So that's the first place we see surprise. 00:01:52.539 --> 00:01:53.919 This kind of stop shock. 00:01:54.379 --> 00:01:59.599 But the second one I want to talk about is, well really, let's see the surprise in the passage. 00:02:00.679 --> 00:02:02.299 It's a familiar story, it looks like. 00:02:02.939 --> 00:02:05.639 The centurion, this man in charge of a hundred soldiers. 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:08.900 And I want to show you what is so thrilling about it. 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:10.759 If you can look at verse 9. 00:02:11.180 --> 00:02:12.519 First line is the little letters. 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:15.459 The chapters are the big numbers. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:20.980 So verse 9, when Jesus heard these things, on page 863, he marveled at him. 00:02:22.260 --> 00:02:23.659 He marveled at him. 00:02:24.500 --> 00:02:25.640 He was amazed. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.659 To put it another way, Jesus was taken aback. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.120 Jesus was filled with astonishment. 00:02:33.260 --> 00:02:34.060 Jesus was shocked. 00:02:35.260 --> 00:02:37.120 Or even quite simply, Jesus was surprised. 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:38.040 That's what it means. 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:39.800 By what he just heard. 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.719 Now what surprises Jesus? 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:44.840 Have you thought about that? 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:46.880 What surprises Jesus? 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.320 It's one of the only places in the Gospels where Jesus is taken aback. 00:02:51.380 --> 00:02:53.219 Where he is surprised by what happens. 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:55.180 And the answer is faith. 00:02:56.460 --> 00:02:59.700 Faith like this faith surprises him. 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:01.960 But in verse 9 again. 00:03:03.100 --> 00:03:04.160 He marveled at him. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.580 Turned to the crowd that followed him. 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:09.100 He said, I tell you, not even Israel have I found such faith. 00:03:10.099 --> 00:03:11.659 Now let me ask you another question. 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:12.560 What's so amazing? 00:03:13.579 --> 00:03:15.000 What is so astonishing? 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.620 What is so surprising to Jesus about this man's faith? 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.199 Well, there's a few things that could be surprising. 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.319 First of all, was it that he was a Roman soldier? 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:26.840 To put it differently. 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:29.219 This man is a Gentile. 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:30.659 He's somebody who's not a Jew. 00:03:31.859 --> 00:03:34.680 And worse than that, from a Jewish perspective, he's a Roman. 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:41.460 Much worse, from a Jewish zealous perspective, he's a Roman centurion. 00:03:42.260 --> 00:03:44.560 He symbolises all of Rome's authority. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.520 He has a hundred soldiers in his charge. 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:52.560 And this man in the ancient world is a powerful man. 00:03:53.480 --> 00:03:56.380 He's wearing the wrong uniform for the Jews. 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:59.640 He's on the wrong eye of the religious schemeer. 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:03.100 He was a Roman enemy officer. 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:06.099 And is that what surprises Jesus? 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:07.739 That a man like this has faith? 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:10.240 Well, perhaps. 00:04:10.460 --> 00:04:12.240 But actually, I'm not sure about that. 00:04:13.079 --> 00:04:16.199 I'm not sure Jesus was surprised that this Gentile had faith. 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:21.600 He'd already encountered Gentiles, non-Jews, who'd believed in him. 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:24.279 So he mentioned to me the Magi. 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:29.379 Those wizards that had come from hundreds of miles away to worship him. 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:32.120 Surely somebody would have told him that story when he was a boy. 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:34.219 I said, perhaps. 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:39.000 Because it wouldn't have surprised him that Gentiles, people who were non-Jews, had come to faith. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:43.680 Because in his Bible, in the Old Testament, it's spoken about that all the time. 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.079 Hosea said, those who are not my people, I will call my people. 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.500 Those who are not my beloved, I will call beloved. 00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:54.920 Isaiah, of course, he had his voice. 00:04:54.920 --> 00:05:00.120 God spoke through Isaiah and said that Gentiles would bind themselves to the Lord. 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:01.920 And they would serve him and they would love him. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.240 They would love the name of the Lord. 00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:11.060 Isaiah spoke that God's house would be a house of prayer for all the nations. 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:13.720 Do you remember Simeon? 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:16.200 When Jesus was a little boy at the temple. 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.600 He said, now let your servant depart in peace according to your word. 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:23.259 For my eyes have seen your salvation. 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:26.279 My eyes have seen your salvation. 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:29.599 You've prepared in the sight of all the peoples. 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.319 A light of revelation to the Gentiles. 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:36.560 And glory to your people Israel. 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:43.639 In Jesus, non-Jews like you and me would find their salvation, their rescue. 00:05:43.719 --> 00:05:44.699 And I think Jesus knew that. 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:50.139 So I don't think he was any more surprised that this centurion has come to faith. 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.680 Than the centurion we found in Acts chapter 10, certainly. 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:59.759 Because the Holy Spirit was opening the eyes of the Gentiles. 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:01.560 Even mighty military men. 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:03.980 Okay then, what surprised Jesus? 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:12.939 Was it that this Roman soldier worked with the Jews to ask for Jesus for help? 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:15.220 Or perhaps? 00:06:15.900 --> 00:06:16.520 Possibly isn't it? 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:17.319 It's surprising to me. 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:18.939 At least when I read verses 3 to 5. 00:06:19.340 --> 00:06:21.720 The centurion adhered with Jesus. 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:25.100 And so he sent some of the elders of the Jews to him. 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:27.280 To ask Jesus to come and help his servants. 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.259 And when they come to Jesus, they plead earnestly with him. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:36.239 They say, this man, this centurion, deserves you to have you do this. 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.139 Because this man loves our nation. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:40.359 He's Roman, yes. 00:06:40.419 --> 00:06:41.419 But he loves our nation. 00:06:41.619 --> 00:06:43.259 And he helped us build the synagogue. 00:06:45.119 --> 00:06:49.619 Now as you read the Gospels, you find that the Jews and the Romans working together 00:06:49.619 --> 00:06:51.379 was unheard of for something good. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.459 For something in favour of Jesus. 00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:59.899 So as we read that, it should take us a back. 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:05.560 Are you telling me that the Roman centurion, that he called on the Jews, 00:07:05.939 --> 00:07:08.639 those prominent social and religious leaders, 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:10.819 to see if they would go and see Jesus? 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:13.539 And see if he would come back and be his servant? 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:16.240 Are they friends? 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:19.199 So if you can go through the Gospels and all that, 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:20.399 they're not normally friends, are they? 00:07:21.419 --> 00:07:22.979 Jews do not normally like Romans, 00:07:22.979 --> 00:07:25.060 and Romans do not normally like Jews. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:27.979 Well, it seems like they're friends here, isn't it? 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:31.339 And the reason they're friends is given to us in the passage. 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:32.839 Can you look at the end of verse 5? 00:07:33.099 --> 00:07:35.859 This thing to me, he loves our nation, 00:07:36.979 --> 00:07:38.719 and he's the one who built us our synagogue. 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:40.399 Or he helped build it. 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:43.099 He either funded it, 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:45.359 or he supplied people to help build it. 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.020 So either he's a God-fearing, 00:07:49.340 --> 00:07:51.420 a God-fearing Gentile, 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.280 that is a convert to Judaism, 00:07:54.340 --> 00:07:56.780 or at least he's somebody who's sympathetic, 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:59.699 of those he oversees, 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:00.819 of those whom he polices, 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:01.680 those he guards. 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:02.360 Well, maybe. 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.040 Maybe he's both. 00:08:05.580 --> 00:08:08.199 Whatever it is, Jesus actually doesn't seem very surprised 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.280 by the Jews and the Gentiles working together. 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.059 So that's our question. 00:08:12.859 --> 00:08:14.439 What takes Jesus aback? 00:08:15.919 --> 00:08:17.319 Why is Jesus surprised? 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:21.419 Was it that the Roman soldier, 00:08:21.559 --> 00:08:22.979 the Roman centurion, 00:08:23.419 --> 00:08:26.159 wanted Jesus' help on behalf of his servant? 00:08:27.859 --> 00:08:29.159 Look at verses 1 and 2. 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:32.300 After he'd finished all his sayings, 00:08:33.040 --> 00:08:34.340 and that is the Sermon on the Plain, 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.300 the little sayings of Jesus, 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:36.440 like I love your enemies, 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:38.480 he entered Capernaum. 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.840 And now a centurion had a servant who was sick, 00:08:40.920 --> 00:08:42.180 and at the point of death, 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:45.480 who was highly valued by him. 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.120 Isn't that an interesting phrase? 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:48.360 Highly valued. 00:08:50.139 --> 00:08:51.279 How was he highly valued? 00:08:51.540 --> 00:08:52.180 Ask that question. 00:08:53.660 --> 00:08:54.460 In which sense? 00:08:55.620 --> 00:08:58.940 The servant might have been highly valued, 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:00.539 in that he was useful. 00:09:01.459 --> 00:09:03.299 A good servant is hard to find, I'm told. 00:09:04.179 --> 00:09:05.899 Or he might be highly valued, 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:08.199 in that centurion loved him. 00:09:09.219 --> 00:09:10.740 Like he loved one of his own children. 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:14.419 He probably valued him in both those ways. 00:09:14.719 --> 00:09:15.939 He was a useful servant, 00:09:16.439 --> 00:09:18.559 and he was also a servant who was more like a son to him. 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:21.459 Now what is potentially surprising, 00:09:21.459 --> 00:09:23.459 is if we lived in the Greco-Roman world, 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.519 if we lived in the world that Jesus lived, 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:30.360 the average slave owner had very little time in regard for slaves. 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:32.539 He treated them like animals. 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:35.059 So in his book Ethics, 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.539 the philosopher Aristotle said, 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.120 there should be no friendship between inanimate things, 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:40.539 such as a horse or an ox, 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:41.779 or a slave. 00:09:42.699 --> 00:09:43.360 Roman writers, 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.320 Zavira or Ketel, 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:47.139 said the only difference between a slave and a beast, 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:48.379 and a cart, 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.659 was that the slave talked. 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:52.519 Do you see the surprise? 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.100 Once he put it in his historical setting, 00:09:57.560 --> 00:09:58.740 it is surprising, isn't it? 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:01.620 But this high-powered soldier, 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.659 this mighty soldier of the establishment, 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:05.259 cared about a lonely slave. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:07.480 Let the slave die, acquire another one. 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:09.100 Or at the very least, 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.159 don't humiliate yourself in front of everyone, 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:13.579 by begging to this Jesus, 00:10:13.719 --> 00:10:16.059 a man of little social consequence. 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.339 But even though the centurion 00:10:20.339 --> 00:10:22.879 is asking for his servant to be healed, 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:24.519 I don't think that surprises Jesus at all. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.339 If anyone 00:10:27.339 --> 00:10:30.179 was a high-ranking person, 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:31.860 well, it is Jesus, isn't it? 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:33.959 God incarnate is as high as he can, 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:34.899 I'd argue. 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:37.879 And yet he cared for the poor 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:39.039 and the suffering people. 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.579 I don't think Jesus is surprised by this. 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:43.639 So what was it? 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.039 What was it that surprised Jesus 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.139 about this man's faith? 00:10:49.719 --> 00:10:52.159 Was it that this powerful man 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:55.879 humbly trusted in Jesus' absolute authority? 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.879 Was it that this powerful man 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:04.779 trusted absolutely and humbly 00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:06.939 in Jesus' authority? 00:11:07.079 --> 00:11:07.919 And the answer is yes. 00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:09.059 Yes. 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:12.679 Yes, what is so surprising 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.179 is that this powerful man 00:11:14.179 --> 00:11:15.659 humbly trusted in Jesus, 00:11:16.439 --> 00:11:17.480 not just a little bit, 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:20.819 but all of his absolute authority. 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.139 Every word that the Roman centurion 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:26.600 says in verses 6 to 9, 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:27.100 it's important. 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:28.039 You can have to line it. 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:29.919 You can star it. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.439 You can mark it. 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:32.319 You can kiss it if you want. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.020 Just listen to what he says in verse 6. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:36.940 And Jesus went with them. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.879 When he was not far from the house, 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:39.900 he said to him, 00:11:39.900 --> 00:11:40.840 and said to him, 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:42.720 Lord, do not trouble yourself, 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:44.720 for I am not worthy to come, 00:11:44.920 --> 00:11:46.480 for you to come under my roof. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:48.580 Therefore I do not presume 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:49.480 to come to you, 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:50.820 but say the word, 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.280 and let my servant be healed, 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.780 for I too am a man under authority, 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:56.440 with soldiers under me. 00:11:57.180 --> 00:11:58.080 Come and he comes, 00:11:58.940 --> 00:11:59.980 and to my servant do this, 00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:00.760 and he does it. 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.100 Notice four things, okay? 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:06.139 First notice that the centurion 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:08.460 sent friends to Jesus 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:09.659 to relay the message. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:12.179 And so the centurion at this point 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:12.879 has never met him. 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:16.000 The centurion has never met Jesus. 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:18.439 He's only heard about him. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.240 He hears about Jesus 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:22.840 earlier on in the passage, 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:24.759 and he responds in faith. 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:25.740 It is as if, 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:28.559 as Paul said later on in the New Testament, 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:30.220 faith comes by hearing. 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:33.340 Faith comes through hearing. 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:35.100 So do not underestimate 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:36.379 what we're doing this morning. 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:38.480 And what we do every Sunday, 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:39.860 what we're doing right now, 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:41.840 that I am preaching to you, 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:42.740 and Lord willing, 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:44.779 you are listening, hopefully. 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.600 And that is according to the Bible, 00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:51.000 how faith gets into you. 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:53.379 Through your ears. 00:12:53.920 --> 00:12:55.379 Ears, as you might say. 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:57.639 So open that. 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:01.480 The second thing to notice 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:03.799 is the first word he says. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.080 Can you see what the first word is? 00:13:06.179 --> 00:13:07.539 What's the first word he says? 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.919 What is the title he uses? 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:13.379 He uses the title Lord. 00:13:14.419 --> 00:13:16.600 He calls Jesus Lord. 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.120 The Greek word for Lord is Kyrios. 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.560 And it's the same word that is found 00:13:21.560 --> 00:13:23.279 in the Greek Saturagia, 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.120 the way that the Greeks 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.340 would translate the Old Testament. 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.540 Whenever they translated Lord God, 00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:30.639 they translated it as Lord. 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:34.120 Now even if this Gentile 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.820 is speaking better than he knows, 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:38.320 either way, 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:40.259 that title is significant, isn't it? 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:44.759 It is symbolically significant. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.679 Here is a centurion 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:50.960 who is officially under the lordship 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.720 of who? 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:53.059 Of Caesar. 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.039 To the Romans. 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:58.439 Caesar, not Jesus, 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.419 is called Kyrios, 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:01.620 called Lord. 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:05.179 And so this title for Jesus 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:06.460 in the Gospels, 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:09.100 well, it's the most common way 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:10.379 believers talk about him, isn't it? 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.700 How do believers talk about Jesus? 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.420 They call Jesus Lord. 00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:17.580 Unbelievers have other titles. 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.600 They're respectful titles. 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:19.779 They call him Rabbi 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:21.000 or they call him Teacher. 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.659 In Luke 7 verse 40, 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:26.300 the Pharisee Simon calls Jesus Teacher. 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:29.399 Teacher is a tame title for Jesus. 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.139 But the Gospels teach you 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.779 that Jesus is more than a carpenter. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.399 And he's more than a teacher. 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:36.800 He is, as the centurion put it, 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.480 he is Lord. 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:41.659 Third thing we notice 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.820 is that the centurion is humble, 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.180 isn't it? 00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:44.279 After it, he says, 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:46.700 don't trouble yourself. 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:48.980 Do not trouble yourself, 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.379 for I am not worthy 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.240 for you to come 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.639 under my roof. 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:56.019 Just glance at verse 4. 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:59.259 What do the Jews say about him? 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:01.500 Can you notice this? 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.399 What's the word they use 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:03.899 in verse 4? 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.519 They say, 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.860 he is worthy. 00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:07.680 He's worthy 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:09.180 to have you come 00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:10.080 to do this for him. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.940 This guy, 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:11.960 this Roman centurion, 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:13.740 he really deserves you 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.960 to do something for him, 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.360 Jesus. 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.899 But then glance 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:19.159 at verse 7. 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:22.120 At verse 6, I mean. 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.500 Lord, do not tell me yourself, 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.320 for I am not worthy. 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:27.279 The Jews say, 00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:28.320 hey, this man is worthy, 00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:30.200 so lend him your ears. 00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:31.740 Do what he says, 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.500 he is servant. 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.779 But here the worthy man 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.659 says to himself, 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.720 I am not worthy. 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.159 I love it. 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:40.080 Jesus loves it too. 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.519 Jesus eats up humility. 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.240 God opposes the proud, 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.740 but he gives grace 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.559 for the humble. 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.240 Listen, it is surprising 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.440 that Jesus actually 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.740 starts to walk 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.840 towards this man. 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.779 And he's seemingly 00:15:57.779 --> 00:16:00.259 very welcome to enter it, 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:00.639 isn't he? 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.019 Listen, I was a Gentile. 00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:05.080 Jews do not knock 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.980 on Gentile doors, 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.580 and they certainly 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.600 don't cross the threshold 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.080 of the house, 00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:08.980 because in the house 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.519 there might be, 00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.360 well, there might not 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:11.259 be kosher foods. 00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:13.179 They might not have 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.080 had a ceremony 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.840 of cleansing. 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:16.199 It's a dangerous thing 00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:16.439 to do, 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.360 and yet Jesus, 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.799 he is willing to do it. 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.379 But more surprising 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.799 is that this military man 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.759 won't even let him do it 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.860 because of his own sinfulness. 00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:27.220 He sees himself 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:28.480 as too unworthy 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:30.519 and too beneath Jesus. 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.180 And that is surprising, 00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:32.519 isn't it? 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.680 Because in Luke chapter 9 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:34.580 and verse 58, 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.420 Jesus will save himself. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.080 I've got nowhere 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.800 to lay my head. 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:41.420 I've got no roof 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:42.159 over my head. 00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.460 I've got no home 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.560 that I can call my own. 00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.159 So you see, 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:49.560 what is so worthy 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.399 about Jesus, 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.659 what is so worthy 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:53.300 about this homeless Jew, 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.180 you see humility there, 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.480 don't you, 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.200 from the centurion. 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.280 A Gentile military leader 00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:00.980 who commands 00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:02.460 a large number of soldiers, 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.460 who is wealthy, 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.960 who earned a nice salary 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.299 as a Roman centurion, 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.920 who funds a major 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.799 building project 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.460 for the Jews 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.059 and the synagogue, 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.640 who very likely 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.720 as a household of slaves, 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.220 he thinks that Jesus 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.920 is so worthy 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.420 that it's unthinkable 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.319 that the Lord 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:20.900 should enter 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.279 into his house. 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:22.920 It's interesting, 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.680 it's amazing, 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.819 it's surprising. 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:28.319 So notice the hearing, 00:17:28.439 --> 00:17:29.519 through hearing alone, 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.659 he has faith alone 00:17:30.659 --> 00:17:31.700 in Christ alone. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.579 Notice the word 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.480 that he calls Jesus, 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.700 he calls him Lord. 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.619 Notice the humility 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:39.000 and fourthly and finally, 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.119 notice that this powerful man 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:42.679 humbly trusted in Jesus, 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.259 absolute authority. 00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:47.759 Listen again to verse 7 and 8. 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.460 Therefore, 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.879 I do not presume 00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.940 to come to you, 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:54.039 but say the word 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.440 and let my servant be healed. 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.059 For I, too, 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:57.279 am a man under authority 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.319 with soldiers under me 00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:59.420 and I say to one girl 00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.900 and he goes 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.619 and I say to another 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.579 come and he comes. 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.240 The centurion, 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.660 he knows how authority works. 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.539 If he told one of his soldiers 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.779 to go, 00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.180 he went. 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.099 If he told one of his soldiers 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.660 to fight, 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.160 he fought. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.819 If he told one of his soldiers 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.819 to stand and intentionally, 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.359 he did it. 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.839 I had a rugby coach 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.500 when I was a teenager 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:20.659 and if he told you to stop 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.720 and drop to the floor 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.759 and do 20 press-ups, 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.659 he did it immediately. 00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.379 And if he said, 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.399 I do 20 star jumps, 00:18:27.439 --> 00:18:27.939 he did it. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.359 If he said, 00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:29.119 go on that line 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:30.019 and run to that line 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.519 and run back, 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.159 he did it. 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.619 He had absolute authority. 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.899 As a parent, 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.759 if I tell my children 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.319 to get up, 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.419 get dressed, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.200 brush their teeth, 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.939 brush their hair 00:18:38.939 --> 00:18:40.059 and get ready for church, 00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:41.639 then they immediately do it. 00:18:43.179 --> 00:18:43.539 No. 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.919 That's said with the rugby 00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.419 field children. 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.480 In the gym 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.379 or on the training pitch, 00:18:50.399 --> 00:18:50.759 he was a man 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.740 of absolute authority. 00:18:53.439 --> 00:18:54.220 If I say jump, 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.720 you say how high. 00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.019 Now, 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.879 whatever authority 00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:59.059 illustration works for you, 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:00.000 you use it. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.799 This man, 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:03.000 he knew how authority worked. 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.359 He was a man 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.980 of authority. 00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:05.939 He was a man 00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:07.119 of great authority. 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.960 There's an interesting story 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:11.019 about King David 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:13.319 in 2 Samuel 23. 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:15.779 David and his men 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.339 are fighting 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.299 against the Philistines. 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:17.919 They're hiding out 00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.539 in a cave 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.819 and they're waiting there 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.700 for the right time 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.339 to attack 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.639 the enemy army. 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.519 The enemy army 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.759 has made their stronghold 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.859 in the city of Bethlehem 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.960 in David's hometown. 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.319 David, 00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:30.659 where David was born 00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.359 and raised. 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.819 And as they were waiting 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.599 for the right time 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.240 to attack, 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:36.259 David says out loud, 00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.799 oh, 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.759 I'd love someone 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.500 to get me a drink 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.079 from the well 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.099 that is in Bethlehem 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.859 by the gates. 00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:43.679 It's like we say, 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:45.339 I'd love a can of Coke 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.019 from the shop 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.599 on the corner. 00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.019 Now, 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.179 he might have been thirsty, 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.459 but actually David 00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:52.279 wasn't serious 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.779 I would think 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.439 in that passage. 00:19:54.399 --> 00:19:55.159 I don't think David 00:19:55.159 --> 00:19:56.059 was giving an order. 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.019 I think David 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.779 there is voicing 00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.479 a frustration, 00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.819 there's a military frustration, 00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:01.419 oh, 00:20:01.479 --> 00:20:02.359 I wish I could go 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.359 to my hometown, 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.699 to my home well 00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.659 and get the water 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.539 that I love. 00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:07.699 Oh, 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.019 I've drank all my life. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.740 But he couldn't 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.660 because it was occupied 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.319 by the enemy. 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:13.980 Anyway, 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.599 the interesting thing 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.559 is there's a few soldiers, 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.519 three of them 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.460 hear what he said 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.039 and they take it 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.639 as a command. 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.559 And off they went. 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.920 It's absurd, 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.920 this absurd 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.700 kind of life 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.940 endangered error. 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.759 But somehow 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.599 it's successful. 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.759 We read about it, 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.720 these three mighty 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.359 men of David, 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.559 they break through 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.819 the Philistine ranks, 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.200 they draw water 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.000 over the well, 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.980 which was by the gate, 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.759 and they carry it 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.299 and they bring it 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.019 back to David. 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.599 Mission accomplished. 00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.339 It's an incredible 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.019 thing to do. 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.960 That story's got 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.000 a very odd ending, 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.740 I won't give it to you, 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.279 but you can read it 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.819 this afternoon. 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.319 But it demonstrates 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.740 this, 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.980 it shows you and I 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.339 this, 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.579 it demonstrates 00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:55.559 the supreme authority 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.360 of a word 00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:59.180 spoken by God's 00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.019 anointed king. 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.420 I'm thirsty. 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.759 I want water. 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.180 Your water, 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.519 sir. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.940 I mean Lord. 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.180 And as Christians, 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.839 as those who may 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.620 be reading Luke's 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:14.860 gospel, 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.519 if you have, 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.200 you will know 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.839 that Jesus is 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.720 the son of David, 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.559 who's a far 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.420 greater king 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.940 than David. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.880 And we know 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.539 that he has 00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.240 all authority 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.940 in heaven and earth. 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.799 And we know 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.680 that he spoke 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.380 creation into existence. 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.019 And we know 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.039 that Jesus is divine, 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.079 he's the second person 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.900 of the Holy Trinity. 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:34.460 But think about this, 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.240 what did the 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.120 centurion know? 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:38.239 What did the 00:21:38.239 --> 00:21:39.000 centurion know 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.500 about Jesus? 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:39.939 Well actually, 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.719 not very much. 00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.339 What he did know 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.799 is that Jesus 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.599 had authority. 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.439 And Jesus 00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.079 had authority 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.839 over death 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.859 and disease. 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.359 He didn't 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.759 hear that much 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.179 about it 00:21:50.179 --> 00:21:51.719 through news 00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.159 of Jesus' 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.579 miracles. 00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.379 He knew 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.859 that Jesus 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.759 had almighty 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.619 authority 00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:58.699 to do 00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:58.719 to do 00:21:58.719 --> 00:21:58.979 what the 00:21:58.979 --> 00:21:59.399 centurion 00:21:59.399 --> 00:21:59.799 was asking 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.239 to do. 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.839 With just 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.539 one command. 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.679 As I order 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.199 my troops 00:22:05.199 --> 00:22:05.619 to go from 00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.439 here to there, 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.199 I want you, 00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:07.599 Jesus, 00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:08.859 to stop death. 00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.279 And I believe 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.879 death will 00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:12.039 stop now 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:14.479 because you 00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:14.879 say. 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.179 Now as I 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.619 study this 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.299 passage this week, 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.139 there's a question 00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:19.699 that keeps coming 00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.479 up in my mind. 00:22:20.979 --> 00:22:22.099 That I thought 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.619 Jesus would 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.539 respond differently. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:25.399 I thought 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.859 Jesus would 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.579 respond differently. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.559 Something like, 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.500 hey, Mr. 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.159 Centurion, 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.740 hey, Mr. 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.180 Finkshot, 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.039 you cannot 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.559 make a 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.259 theological 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.180 presumption. 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.299 You can't 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.099 think that I 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.799 work in the 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.500 same way that 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.960 you do in 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.720 your job. 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.079 You can't 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.379 make a 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.899 theological 00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.500 assumption 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.879 based on 00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.619 your occupational 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.480 experience. 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.420 In other 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.639 words, 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.379 just because 00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.059 you are the 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.539 people around 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.799 Mr. 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.440 Centurion, 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.379 and they do 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.399 what you say 00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.579 they should do, 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.159 that doesn't 00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.599 mean how I 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:51.980 work. 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.720 That's not 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.059 how my 00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.399 miracles 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.900 work. 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.440 They don't 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.740 work on 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:55.920 your 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.420 terms. 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.840 But of 00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.080 course, 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.580 that's not 00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:00.960 what Jesus 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.560 says yet. 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.060 Aren't we 00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.500 glad that 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.040 Jesus said 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:05.580 Jesus are 00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.360 not me to 00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:06.740 save us 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.120 from our 00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.340 sins? 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.780 Because he 00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.480 is compassionate. 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.700 I'm 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.259 simply pointing 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.620 out to you 00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.000 that Jesus 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.580 is kind. 00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.900 He's kind, 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.160 and it 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.560 seems that 00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:15.980 as you 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.900 read the 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.220 kind of 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.740 miracle 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.820 stories, 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.259 that everyone 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.780 who comes 00:23:20.780 --> 00:23:21.160 to him in 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.380 faith, 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.040 they might 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.580 be a little 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:22.780 bit 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.460 superstitious. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.339 They might 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.920 ask for 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.359 things they 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.720 shouldn't 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.279 ask for. 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.879 They might 00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.619 want miracles 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:27.960 done on 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.379 their own 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.799 chairs, 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.319 whatever. 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.059 But the 00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.619 point is, 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.859 whoever comes 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:33.599 to faith 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.660 in Jesus, 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.399 Jesus is 00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.940 willing to 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.599 work at 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.079 their level. 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.879 Mustard seed 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.259 faith? 00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.740 No problem. 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.440 Big and 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.039 bold faith 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.480 like this? 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.019 Fantastic. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.019 Just say a 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.399 word, 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.059 that'll work. 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.000 First 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.640 time tells 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.140 the tale, 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.500 doesn't it? 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.720 It's a 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.359 true story. 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.339 That speaking 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.859 the word 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.400 thing worked. 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.839 It was no 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.579 big deal to 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:55.940 Jesus. 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.000 And when 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.220 those who 00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.460 had been 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.099 sent returned 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.420 to the 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.680 house, 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.339 they found 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.279 the servant 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.279 well. 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.059 Let me 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.339 read that 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.680 again. 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.180 When those 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.519 who had been 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.279 sent returned 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.819 to the house, 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.519 they found 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.299 the servant 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.980 well. 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.839 One 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.220 commentator 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.740 writes this, 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.180 a greater 00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.740 miracle of 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.119 healing than 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.460 this is 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.740 nowhere 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.400 recorded in 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.519 the 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.000 gospels. 00:24:19.800 --> 00:24:20.160 Without 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.840 even seeing 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.540 the sufferer, 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.160 without a 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.519 touch of the 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.220 hand or a 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.519 look in the 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.900 eye, the 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.540 Lord restores 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.240 strength to 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.759 this dying 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.560 man, or 00:24:27.560 --> 00:24:27.820 he might 00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.140 be a 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.720 boy, by 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.320 a single 00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.880 word. 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.420 He speaks 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.900 and the 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.540 sick man 00:24:33.540 --> 00:24:34.120 is cured. 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.140 He commands 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.660 and the 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.420 disease 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.320 departs. 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.259 So let 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.560 me put it 00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.000 this way. 00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:42.660 Jesus' 00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.360 power in 00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:44.280 Luke 7 00:24:44.280 --> 00:24:45.540 reminds me 00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.160 a lot of 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.600 God's 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:46.980 power. 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.900 In 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.700 Genesis 1. 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.880 It's the 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.380 same word, 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.640 isn't it? 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.060 God said, 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.460 let there be 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.220 light, and 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.600 there was 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:53.920 light. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.400 God said, 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.820 let there be 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.900 life, and 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.300 there was 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.660 life. 00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.820 A one-word 00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.519 miracle from 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.120 a distance. 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.140 Not a 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.380 problem. 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.759 Not a 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.080 big deal 00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.519 for Jesus. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.680 What is a 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.600 big deal, and 00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.019 what Jesus 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.600 makes a big 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.240 deal of, is 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.820 this man's 00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.080 faith. 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.160 Jesus marvels 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.500 at it. 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.340 Surprise, 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:13.960 surprise, 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.880 surprise. 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.300 It's the 00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:16.780 whole point of 00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.320 the passage. 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:19.120 So let 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.580 me ask you 00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.000 this, wouldn't 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.540 it be great 00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:21.220 to live a 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.100 life, a 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.540 life of 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:24.019 faith, that 00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.660 Jesus would 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.140 be taken 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.860 aback by? 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.060 To live a 00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.440 life of 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.880 faith that 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.440 Jesus would 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.620 be amazed 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.900 at? 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.840 Wouldn't it 00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.280 be great to 00:25:33.280 --> 00:25:33.580 have the 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.060 sincerity, 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.720 sensitivity, 00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.460 humility, 00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.980 love, depth 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:38.160 of faith as 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.940 this Gentile 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.340 soldier? 00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.040 To have 00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.660 unlimited 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.680 confidence in 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.000 Jesus' 00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.800 absolute 00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.500 authority? 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.300 Wouldn't it 00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.960 be great to 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.920 humbly trust 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.600 in Jesus? 00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.960 This miracle 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.779 was not 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.500 written to 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.960 teach you 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.400 that any 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.860 time you 00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.180 need a 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.880 miracle, just 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.920 ask and 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.480 Jesus will 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.319 give it. 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.940 They weren't 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.299 written for 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.940 that purpose. 00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.700 The miracles 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.120 were written 00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.680 to show you 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.259 the gospel, 00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.120 to show us 00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.860 the gospel in 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.840 parable form. 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.480 So for 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.319 example, Jesus 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.799 healed the 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.340 paralytic. 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.620 Do you 00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.079 remember the 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.460 story? 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.799 He demonstrated 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.940 that he had 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.559 the power to 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.819 heal. 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.220 Well, yeah. 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.259 But what is 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.759 the point? 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.600 He has the 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.000 power to 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.880 forgive sins. 00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.620 The power to 00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.299 forgive sins. 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.360 And when 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.000 Jesus healed 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.460 Jairus' 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.380 dead daughter 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.360 and this 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.039 centurion's 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.860 dead servant, 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.700 dying servant, 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.259 what is the 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.620 point? 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.779 It shows he 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.579 has authority 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.740 over death 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.799 and that he 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.279 can forgive 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.700 sins. 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.240 He has 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.259 authority over 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.980 death. 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.720 And when we 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.059 see the 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.579 centurion, 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.279 this Gentile 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.960 who needed a 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.779 Jewish Messiah, 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.839 this mighty 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.860 man who 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.379 desperately 00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.240 needed help, 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.619 this worthy 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.279 man who 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.819 was so 00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.579 unworthy 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.819 before Jesus, 00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:48.099 this commander 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.399 of words who 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.319 knew that only 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.519 Jesus' word 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.259 would work, 00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.559 when we see 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.419 the centurion, 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.659 we see faith. 00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.639 We see the 00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.339 face of faith. 00:26:59.719 --> 00:27:00.219 This is what 00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:01.199 saving faith 00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.839 looks like. 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.559 It looks like 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.879 this. 00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.379 And it's what 00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.939 our faith should 00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.299 look like. 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.919 It's a story of 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.339 salvation. 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:10.879 salvation is 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:12.099 not given to 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.919 us based on 00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.519 our ethnic 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.139 background. 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.159 If you're a 00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.019 Jew, great. 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.179 If you're not 00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.980 a Jew, not 00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.519 so great. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.299 If you're 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.339 Welsh, terrific. 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.259 Anything else, 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.159 not so much. 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.599 It's not based 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.319 on our ethnic 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.740 background. 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.000 It's not based 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.859 on your generosity 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.659 and charity. 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.939 You give money 00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.519 away for the 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.939 temple, marvellous. 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.980 You give money 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.019 away for charity, 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.859 good. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.639 But it won't 00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.279 get you into the 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.919 kingdom of heaven. 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.059 Salvation is 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.679 not based on 00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.319 your moral 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.939 worth. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.720 Are you a 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.240 person who's 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.039 praised for 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.980 being worthy? 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.619 For your 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.379 good works, 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.459 wonderful, but 00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:48.959 it's not so 00:27:48.959 --> 00:27:49.500 wonderful that 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.919 it'll get you 00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.399 into heaven. 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.279 The only 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:54.119 ground, the 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.359 only basis of 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.220 salvation is 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.879 faith. 00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.779 What kind 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.179 of faith? 00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.220 This kind 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.599 of faith. 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.599 A faith that 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.740 abandons trust 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.459 in ourselves 00:28:04.459 --> 00:28:05.500 and totally 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.559 and without 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.399 reservation 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.980 relies on the 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.519 person of 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.960 Christ and 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.519 the authority 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.120 of his word. 00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.860 Do you have 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.340 this kind of 00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.620 faith? 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.220 Do you? 00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:19.000 I know where 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.480 to get it. 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.500 It's right here, 00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:21.740 isn't it? 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.460 It's right here in 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.540 this story, in 00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.360 story form in the 00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.640 Bible. 00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.660 And I know where 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.600 else to find it. 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.840 It is right there 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.920 in heaven for the 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.360 asking. 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.519 And ask 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.400 Jesus 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.860 right now 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:36.199 even to speak 00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.259 a word. 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:40.059 To speak a word 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.159 into your hearts. 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.759 And he will do it. 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.379 Let's bow our heads 00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.740 in prayer. 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.179 Let's pray.