{"id":11277,"date":"2020-09-04T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_6_37-49-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-08-30T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T23:47:13","slug":"luke_7_1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_7_1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing That Comes From Respecting Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 7:1-10\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is Luke 7:1-10.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 7:1-10 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
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\nOn verses 1-10:\u00a0 I find interesting the words of the elders who spoke on the Roman centurion\u2019s behalf.\u00a0 They said to Jesus, \u201cThis man\u00a0deserves<\/em>\u00a0to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.\u201d (v4-5)\u00a0 It raises the question: can we be so good and do so much good that we actually\u00a0deserve<\/em>\u00a0for God to do something for us?\u00a0 The answer is no.\u00a0 We don’t deserve anything from God.\u00a0 Every good thing God does is a gift of His grace that we didn\u2019t deserve.<\/p>\n

In contrast to the elders coming to Jesus with a sense of entitlement, listen to the centurion\u2019s own words to Jesus: \u201cLord, don’t trouble yourself, for I\u00a0do not deserve<\/em>\u00a0to have you come under my roof. \u00a0\u00a0That is why I\u00a0did not even consider myself worthy<\/em>\u00a0to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.\u201d (v6-7)\u00a0 Despite any good he had done or what others had said about him, this centurion didn\u2019t consider himself deserving or worthy of Jesus\u2019 presence or help.\u00a0 Thus he approached Jesus with great humility, unlike the entitled elders.<\/p>\n

Where did such faith and humility come from?\u00a0 The centurion\u2019s great respect for Jesus was born out of his respect for authority.\u00a0 He says, \u201cFor I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.\u201d\u00a0(v8) Jesus in turn praises this centurion\u2019s faith (v9) and speaks the word to heal the centurion\u2019s servant (v10).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1. Though God\u2019s love is unconditional and for everyone, heaven opens for those who have a humble heart toward Jesus, who respect his authority.<\/p>\n

2. A huge part of experiencing God-given blessings is respecting God-given authority.\u00a0\u00a0This is what I find: those who have no respect for their God-given leaders, who have no concept of what it means to love, honour, or submit to them, usually don\u2019t go very far with God.\u00a0 They remain bottom-feeders in the kingdom of God.\u00a0 In contrast, those who respect their God-given leaders, who have a \u201cserve first, receive later\u201d attitude, who are sensitive to, humble toward, and honouring of their leaders, tend to receive great blessing and promotion in God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, I pray that I would be respectful of Your Son\u2019s authority and the authority of those You place over me in leadership.\u00a0 May I honour the leaders You place over me, for there is great blessing in that.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Luke 7:1-10.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 7:1-10 (NIV)\u00a0
\n1\u00a0\u00a0When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.\u00a0
\n2\u00a0\u00a0There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die.\u00a0
\n3\u00a0\u00a0The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.\u00a0
\n4\u00a0\u00a0When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,\u00a0
\n5\u00a0\u00a0because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”\u00a0
\n6\u00a0\u00a0So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.\u00a0…<\/p>\n

On verses 1-10:\u00a0 I find interesting the words of the elders who spoke on the Roman centurion\u2019s behalf.\u00a0 They said to Jesus, \u201cThis man\u00a0deserves\u00a0to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.\u201d (v4-5)\u00a0 It raises the question: can we be so good and do so much good that we actually\u00a0deserve\u00a0for God to do something for us?\u00a0 The answer is no.\u00a0 We don’t deserve anything from God.\u00a0 Every good thing God does is a gift of His grace that we didn\u2019t deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11278,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions\/11278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}