“NO ONE WHO MEETS JESUS IS

UNCHANGED”
Some are softened and transformed into one of His disciples.  Others
are hardened in their opposition to Him.  
People changed in different ways in that day as well.  Then, some
were hardened while others were softened.  Illnesses were healed. 
Lives were redirected.
EVEN JESUS
WAS
SURPRISED
(Jesus and the Centurion)
Luke 7:1-10
Matthew 8:5–13
ROMAN SOLDIERS WERE NOT IN THE HABIT OF
BEING FOND OF JEWS.
VICE VERSA
 The centurion was one the most unlikely persons to
amaze Jesus.

He was a Gentile.

Doubtless he had a pagan upbringing.

He was a Roman, stationed in Palestine to subject the

Jews to the Emperor's rule.

He was a man of war. He achieved the rank of

centurion by distinguishing himself above others in
the brutal Roman martial arts.

Not exactly the résumé you'd expect for becoming one

of the Bible's great heroes of faith.
 he's a first fruit and a
foreshadow of what Jesus
had come to bring about. He
was a living illustration that
"many [would] come from
the east and west and recline
at table with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob in the
kingdom of heaven" (
Matthew 8:11).
The centurion did not request that Jesus
should visit the young man, but he
asked instead that Jesus might heal him.
 Lord, just say the word and all will be well.  Because of his military training
this centurion understood the principle of authority.  Those who have received
authority do not give suggestions, but they give orders which they expect to be
obeyed

 Likewise, He who is Lord of all has authority over all that He created. 

 the Master of all could surely speak and it would be as He commanded!

LESSONS WE CAN LEARN IN
THE TEXT:

“Love your enemies”

 LESSONS WE CAN LEARN IN
THE TEXT:

"Man looks on the outward appearance,

but the Lord looks on the heart"
(1 samuel 16:7)
LESSONS WE CAN LEARN IN
THE TEXT:

Jesus is NOT as impressed with titles,

degrees, and achievements as we are.
He is impressed with those who really
do humbly believe him.
LESSONS WE CAN LEARN IN
THE TEXT:

"God will not reward

fruitfulness, he will reward
faithfulness."