How Would Jesus Describe Your Faith?
Twice do we find Jesus speaking of someone’s faith as being “great”. It is significant that both times it was in reference to someone who was not a descendant of Abraham.
a. Here, Jesus is amazed at the “great faith” of this Centurion (Luke 7:9; cf. Matthew 8:10).
b. The Syrophoenician woman in Matthew 15, whose daughter was “demon-possessed” (Matthew 15:28).
I tell you all this today because of the important role that faith plays in our lives as followers of Jesus Christ.
Today, I would like for us to look at Jesus’ healing of the centurion’s servant here in Luke 7:1-10 and ask ourselves what caused Jesus to describe his faith as being “great”.